BTW - another Oklahoma nuance: people are encouraged to KEEP what they catch since there is no possible way for the fish to survive much past mid-April. The water gets far too warm for them to survive.
Doug- Forget those purists on the list who may not have read your last paragraph. Get some salmon eggs, cod liver oil or some other healthy vitamin for the fish and you won't be baiting but promoting healthy fish. If this water is not capable of sustaining trout past April, you are fishing in an artificial environment. Catch em and eat em, say I.
OTOH, you are NOT fly fishing in the pure sense, just fishing. Nothing wrong with that considering the circumstances. Honey bugs, green weenies (eastern style) and nymphs/streamers would be appropriate since you are not trying to match the hatch but catch the fish in its aquarium. Scent will likely get the hook deeper in the trout so bring your creel.
Murf
