We tested the best trout rods while fishing everything from small streams to Pyramid Lake with a variety of techniques.

With an MSRP of $229.99, the Daiwa Ballistic MQ LT is not inexpensive, but it’s a great reel that is at home on a small native brook trout stream or chasing huge browns on the White River.

What’s the best bait for trout? It’s a tough question ... onto a jig hook and swim it through the river’s darkest pools. Mad River Manufacturing is headquartered in Eureka, California ...

We are out here at the Niagara Whirlpool casting spinners for steelhead. The shorelines are busy as the trout are out here ...

It comes in a wider range of lengths than do most trout-specific rods, allowing you to choose the one that’d work best for where you ... from a boat or, say, a river inlet, you’ll want a ...