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Night Fishing For Trout

More than 50 years ago when I became serious about trout-fishing, I heard stories about fishermen who caught big trout at night during the midsummer. I decided I was going to try it.

Before I became a die-hard fly-fisherman, I tried various baits in my efforts to capture trout. Dad knew the local night-fishermen used commercially grown crickets. I found an advertisement for them in a magazine, and I ordered 1,000. I was still in college and living at home during the summer. When the crickets arrived, I placed them in a large cage Dad had used when he'd once tried cricket fishing. He didn't...

 

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