The "power bait" thing got me to thinking so I looked up attractants and
trout and found an article about the use of "scent" in fishing for trout
and steelhead. Seems that a company, (which will remain nameless), is taking
stuff out of the trout's and steelhead's food chain and crushing them into
a kind of paste, then adding vegetable oil as a carrier and putting this
attractant, into a pump spray bottle and marketing them through fly shops
as "Smelly Jelly". I used scents/attractants extensively in my alter fishing
life as a Chunker / Winder for largemouth bass and can attest that I catch
more fish when my lure is sprayed with the attractant, be it crushed crawfish,
shad, etc. I haven't purchased any of the new stuff for trout and steelhead,
but I'm wondering if any of you on the list have stooped so low or would
stoop, as to borrow from a C & W's methods. I pose the question: Would
sparying a little Smelly Jelly on your favorite trout fly be considered "bait
fishing"? The oil in the jelly would certainly help a dry fly stay dry!
All of you who know me well know that I'm no PURIST, (I even wrote a poem
about that), and it's not beneath me to fish for trout with a spinning outfit
on occasion. And, I still have my arsenal of some 20 casting rods and my
big bass boat, but I just don't know about spraying my fly with an attractant.
Your opinion
JIMMY D (
Boy, this oughta get the JUICES going!)
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