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Get a small ultra-light rod (2 pc if possible) and a quality reel. I like okuma and zebco but there are tons of good ones out there. You also don't need to have the hugest reel out there either. If you're only going to be casting/drifting 50' at the most you don't need a reel that holds 100 yards of line.
I've also seen something called a mountain lake trolling gear or something of that nature. Basically a really small, think 12 to 18", trolling gear with small flashers etc, designed to be cast from shore and acts like trolling gear although you are reeling it in. Of course maybe I'm wrong in the retrieval method and you are supposed to walk along the shoreline with it and troll it out in the water a bit.
If you are fishing mountain trout streams you want to be able to "cast", fling might be a better allusion, just a small red worm (or part of a nightcrawler) on a small hook with just the tiniest of splitshot sinker or no sinker at all. You just need to get it into the middle of the stream where the current will take it. Feed out line as it goes so its a more natural presentation and when you figure its gone downstream 50' or so you can reel it in and try again. Remember to play the fish, especially with light gear, so that the line doesn't break. The fishing from upstream is really important so you don't spook the fish. If they see your shadow they will spook and move way downstream.
I've also seen something called a mountain lake trolling gear or something of that nature. Basically a really small, think 12 to 18", trolling gear with small flashers etc, designed to be cast from shore and acts like trolling gear although you are reeling it in. Of course maybe I'm wrong in the retrieval method and you are supposed to walk along the shoreline with it and troll it out in the water a bit.
If you are fishing mountain trout streams you want to be able to "cast", fling might be a better allusion, just a small red worm (or part of a nightcrawler) on a small hook with just the tiniest of splitshot sinker or no sinker at all. You just need to get it into the middle of the stream where the current will take it. Feed out line as it goes so its a more natural presentation and when you figure its gone downstream 50' or so you can reel it in and try again. Remember to play the fish, especially with light gear, so that the line doesn't break. The fishing from upstream is really important so you don't spook the fish. If they see your shadow they will spook and move way downstream.
