Brook trout bait question

[okie archer]

I'm planning on going to Colorado in June for family camping and fishing. Providing I draw 1st rifle elk I plan on going again in October.
I'm not asking a where to go question but a what to use question. Was thinking about just taking a lightweight crappie rig and hoping to find some streams/creeks.
Spinners, power bait, worms?

 

[reallyoldman]

I'm planning on going to Colorado in June for family camping and fishing. Providing I draw 1st rifle elk I plan on going again in October.
I'm not asking a where to go question but a what to use question. Was thinking about just taking a lightweight crappie rig and hoping to find some streams/creeks.
Spinners, power bait, worms?

ALL you need is a size 10. or 12 hook, BB sized split shot ( in swift or bigger stream you may need to add or lessen), 4# line and any light weight pole with a small reel. A small earth worm or piece of one never fails. Most creeks you can fish with about 6-10' of line. Creel to keep em in. May require you to hike away from trails or roads but nearly every higher stream will have them. Really good eating. Be prepared to loose some tackle.

 

[Treeshark]

Lightweight spinning combo with small Panther Martin spinners will pound them. Color really doesn’t matter, but I like orange, silver and bee patterns.

 

[Gr8bawana]

I like to use either worms or grasshoppers if they are still out in really small creeks and just let them float naturally.

 

[mevertsen]

I like to use either worms or grasshoppers if they are still out in really small creeks and just let them float naturally.

Nice red band

 

[mevertsen]

Small 10 size hook. Drift a piece of worm through rifles into pools.

Or if there is a high bank with a lot of cover, just dangle it straight down through the brush and trees into a hole below.

 

[JohnCushman]

Read the regs on the water you're fishing to see about live or artificial bait requirements