RE: Your favorite trout bait...
Yeah, I learned quick and put 4# Berkley Fireline on my trout rods and have only lost a couple since then. That line is TOUGH, I have pulled in my fair share of water logged tree branches with that line!
I am gonna try some new lures this year, they are a plastic jerkbait that I think will be killer on larger trout. While fishing Yellow Creek here in Indiana PA I ran into Joe Renosky, the owner of Renosky Fishing lures and he let me try a few casts with a new lure that he was testing out. I can't remember the name but it looked alot like a Rapala but it had some amazing shine and after three casts I pulled out a 25" Rainbow!