Thread: Trout - total beginner - any tips?

@Dundee - HaHa - I have never been so incredibly frustrated with a sport (except golf maybe).
Went for a wander late afternoon and into the evening - and saw quite a few fish, no huge ones but would have been fun to hook up.
I had several fish chase the lure until they got quite close and then just turned away. That was fun for the first few times and then not so much fun - seeing them there only a few feet away and not being able to get them.

I was just longing for my spear-gun to sort the situation right out. I'm not normally a quitter, but don't quite think it will be the sport for me anytime soon. I do a heap of spearfishing, so I'm used to instant gratification of dinner on the spear quite quickly after getting in the water.
Oddly enough I stood on and saw several flounder, and I would have been about 1km up from the sea.