[Potter Co. Joe]

They will catch Trout, know several guys who use them with success, I mainly fish with artificials but these are just not my cup of Tea.

 

[Bramble]

It takes a knack to fish them like nymph fishing does. I was fishing a hole with a slow current flowing through. A fisherman came down to me and ask me how I was doing, i told him I caught a couple but I guess I had hooked them all. He said mind if I try it. I told him to go ahead I didn't own the stream. He caught 4 trout in about 10 minutes on a goldish colored trout magnet. I told him I had some but could never catch anything on them. He said watch my bobber and I will tell you when one hits it. It barely wiggled and he said there one just picked up and dropped it. He tossed it above the same spot and as soon as it started to stop he hooked it and landed a 11" brown. Thats probably why I didn't catch any on them because I was waiting for a hit not a slight movement.

 

[TrashPanda]

They work

This. ^^^ The only people who can't catch fish on them are the ones who don't know how to use them properly.

 

[Bramble]

This. ^^^ The only people who can't catch fish on them are the ones who don't know how to use them properly.

I don't think my reflexes are good enough anymore. I need something that they are going to hit at least hard enough that I can feel them.

 

[Trout Traveler]

I don't think my reflexes are good enough anymore. I need something that they are going to hit at least hard enough that I can feel them.

I’ve never used Trout Magnets. I used to sometimes use tube jigs when I used to fish mostly for stocked trout in the late 90s/early 2000s. It was my experience that tube jigs worked much better on stocked trout than wild ones. I haven’t used tube jigs for a long time.

Though trout often hit jigs lightly, I’ve found that they often don’t hit spinners hard either. Large trout are notorious for hitting lightly.

 

[Bramble]

I use to fish nymphs and you rarely felt anything. Just had to watch the indicator thread on the line. I still fly fish with wet and dry flies but don't use nymphs much anymore.

 

[pt1e]

The only time I see people using and having success with them is if there’s a big one in a hole and they’re trying to snag it. Try Mutzies trout worms, they’re out of Missouri. I know of a crew of guys who use them exclusively and love them.

If someone is using their thin hooks to snag a big one....thats not the hook to use.

 

[TrashPanda]

I don't think my reflexes are good enough anymore.

Me too. I catch fish on them, but my landing rate is not good.

 

[pabuckkiller]

It takes a knack to fish them like nymph fishing does. I was fishing a hole with a slow current flowing through. A fisherman came down to me and ask me how I was doing, i told him I caught a couple but I guess I had hooked them all. He said mind if I try it. I told him to go ahead I didn't own the stream. He caught 4 trout in about 10 minutes on a goldish colored trout magnet. I told him I had some but could never catch anything on them. He said watch my bobber and I will tell you when one hits it. It barely wiggled and he said there one just picked up and dropped it. He tossed it above the same spot and as soon as it started to stop he hooked it and landed a 11" brown. Thats probably why I didn't catch any on them because I was waiting for a hit not a slight movement.

My experience with the trout magnet floats is that they just simply take the float under water. I use very light fluoro line and sometimes you do not feel the strike at all. Just use the float going under. I've also had to learn not to try the hook set immediately. Let them have it for a few seconds.

 

[Asajoe1]

We sold a ton of them at Wertman's and the biggest complaint was the hooks. Almost like the thin wire hooks got too hot when the heads were poured and became brittle? They would break riight where thhe hook entered the head.

 

[Will Shaver]

Been fly fishing nymphs for 60 years. I never use a strike indicator and it is a lot harder. You develop a feel when a fish hits. Not easy to learn. I would think it would be the same with the Trout magnet.

 

[Trout Traveler]

My experience with the trout magnet floats is that they just simply take the float under water. I use very light fluoro line and sometimes you do not feel the strike at all. Just use the float going under. I've also had to learn not to try the hook set immediately. Let them have it for a few seconds.

When I used to use tube jigs, I never used a float and of course don’t use one when fishing with spinners, plugs, or the rare occasions I use spoons. I use 6 lb. mono, never fluoro.

 

[dpms]

I have had pretty good success with them over the years. Now I just buy the Trout Magnet jig heads and put a 1 inch Gulp Minnow on it. I have found that works even better than the original. When everybody is fishing on the bottom or drifting various things, the jigging action of a jig often triggers bites.

 

[Confused]

When you all are fishing them like a nymph, do you use the provided jig head, or substitute it out? Thanks.

 

[pabuckkiller]

I have had pretty good success with them over the years. Now I just buy the Trout Magnet jig heads and put a 1 inch Gulp Minnow on it. I have found that works even better than the original. When everybody is fishing on the bottom or drifting various things, the jigging action of a jig often triggers bites.

My son and I do that as well.

 

[Jimmycrackcorn]

I’ve never used Trout Magnets. I used to sometimes use tube jigs when I used to fish mostly for stocked trout in the late 90s/early 2000s. It was my experience that tube jigs worked much better on stocked trout than wild ones. I haven’t used tube jigs for a long time.

Though trout often hit jigs lightly, I’ve found that they often don’t hit spinners hard either. Large trout are notorious for hitting lightly.

Fwiw, I do pretty good using tubes for wild trout.

 

[Trout Traveler]

Fwiw, I do pretty good using tubes for wild trout.

Fair enough. I caught way more wild trout on spinners and plugs than when I used tube jigs, so it’s been years since I’ve used them.

 

[whil e kioti]

When you all are fishing them like a nymph, do you use the provided jig head, or substitute it out? Thanks.

I use the provided heads on my 9' 4 weight flyrod.

 

[ZDC]

Fwiw, I do pretty good using tubes for wild trout.

I do good fishing for steelhead with tubes as well
Some of my best steelhead days were tube jigs days

 

[Trout Traveler]

I do well fishing for steelhead with tubes as well.
Some of my best steelhead days were tube jigs days.

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The last time I went steelhead fishing, I hooked several steelhead using tube jigs. That was in the late 90s.