Fishing with a spoon or "spinning" is possibly one of the most used techniques around. Basically your lure has a spoon around a treble hook that spins as it is recovered against the current. This attracts the trout that is properly placed and as it crosses over its line of sight, triggers an attack (and eat) reaction.

There are a couple of important pointers that you should take into account before even casting.

The first is that the spin is caused as the lure is recovered against the current as the force of water sets the spinning action. If you cast and recover in favor of the current, the flow will not meet any resistance and the spin action will not take place. In these case one of two things may happen. The first is that you just recover your spinner, very quickly without causing any attraction impulses to take place. The other, and very typical is that the line will either get tangled or your spinner will get caught in a rock.

The second is that trout are smart. They are not just rushing about all over the place. They want to save energy while filling their bellies and breathing in comfort. The best way to do this is to face the current in a comfortable place, allow the water to flow freely into their gills, while keeping an eye out for insects and other delicious morsels of food that float by.

When fly fishing you can, and many should, cast in favor of the current as the fly action is very different and can float with the current. Spinning on the other hand demands a continuous reeling in. Obviously there are times when you have to cast with the current, not against this, but these occasions should be limited to light currents, are relatively fast reeling in.

As to the casting action itself. Your spinners is tied to a nylon line and it is the weight of the lure that makes it shoot along, hopefully where you intended. There are many trees and branches all over the world that testify this is not as easy as it sound. You do require a certain amount of skill to cast as the ideal places to land (water?) the spinner are is small pools found under branches or between rocks and roots. This also means that the risk of losing the lure is high.

The type of spoon you use will depend on the water color, the weather and luminosity. A good rule of thumb is to make friends with the locals and listen to their suggestions.

Try to make your cast to the opposite shore at an angle of about 45 ° upstream from your position. The recovery should to adapt to the current speed where the focus is on keeping the spoon flowing in a smooth motion and a constant rate during the recovery.

Another import pointer when actually fishing, and for argument´s sake let us say you have now dominated the casting (which in fact with a little practice comes naturally) is to mentally dived the stream in front of you in pie sections. Starting from the 45 ° upstream position and working down stream. This way you will work the stream effectively. If you are fishing with a partner or find other fishermen nearby, common courtesy would be to alternate river stretches.

Philip Robinson is passionate about fishing and much of what he writes originated while teaching his children to fish. You can visit his latest fishing related website on fishing tackle boxes and fishing tackle bag (as well as other fishing accessories).

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