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How To Catch Trophy Trout

By Chris Shaffer

In the past 10 years, anglers across North America have discovered new techniques to catch trophy rainbow, brown and lake trout. But no single method has been as effective as trolling with plastic and rubber swimbaits.

The new technique has paved the way for ordinary anglers to catch more trophy trout than ever before. It’s a technique that can be mastered by hardcore, lifelong trollers, weekend warriors, and even first-time anglers.

But there is an art to it. Unless you are in the loop, you’ll have trouble finding success.

Successful trolling with swimbaits includes:

• What swimbaits to use: the oldest, the newest, the best
• What kind of rod, reel, line is necessary
• How to fish swimbaits in lakes, reservoirs and large ponds
• Fishing swimbaits from shore
• The secrets of trolling swimbaits
• Secrets from the pros

Chris Shaffer will speak at several ISE shows in 2007, talking about trout fishing and some of America’s best fishing destinations. For more information about Chris and his “Definitive Guides to Fishing”, visit: www.fishingcalifornia.net