I usually catch browns that are stocked ,but I throw most of them back.I catch 15-16 inchers regularly.I also use them for rainbows and caught a nice 18 incher in some water that was chocolate milk and nobody caught anything else all day.I am a diehard steelhead fisherman and I rarely get skunked.I didn't get out last fall due to knee surgery and I missed it.I have done that on opening day of deer season as my leg makes it hard to do anything at all.I don't walk very far from a bridge and the guys are just amazed at how I catch them stockers with my 3 1/2 ft. pole and 4 lb test line and my rooster tails.I am know as the spinner guy.Most people use salted minnows and worms but I catch bigger fish with my rooster tails.