Thread: Fussy/lazy trout

If its a pond isolated from another waterway then most of the above will be rather poor performers. They will occasionally take but more out of instinct than anything else.
Match the hatch is a pretty old saying but still very relevant. Why use a small fish or smelt immitation where there are no small fish or smelt? Its like trying for fish n chips at McDs.
These fish will be eating what is alive and abundant in their habitat.
Look a bit harder and find out what the next step down the food chain is.
My bet will be midge, water boatman, snails, damsel and dragonflies (might be a bit late in the season for these though) and maybe the odd koura. I would expect they will taste like shit too if this is what they're eating.