Leech Fishing Rainbows

[Calicanuck]

So I always wondered how fishing leeches would work for the trout. Since quite often when I catch them they often have leeches in their stomach or a few in their mouth. Well I had some left over leeches I had picked along the shore and decided to take them out to the pond. It actually was working really well... but I was getting lots of missed strikes and missed a few hook ups off camera. Well this is what happened. So if you have some leeches laying around and heading to the trout pond give them a try. There were a bunch of people fishing and I didn't see any others caught while there. Lots of surface action. Actually as I walked out a guy on the belly boat was getting some action on the fly.

But regardless this leech was getting lots of attention. I probably should have put in to a deeper depth to get into the larger fish. Shoulda coulda woulda... just not enough time and I was getting action just not solid bites. I think they were pulling the leech and missing the hook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSrtlgfLEZo
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[wiperhunter2]

I've always heard about using leeches for eyes but you rarely hear of folks using them for trout, at leave live leeches. Fly fisher folks use a leech pattern for big trout. How tall is the tripod mount you used for filming your video?
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[Bmarsh]

Makes sense that the lives ones do well. Probably 90% of the flys I throw in lakes are some type of a leech imitation.
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