Need Advice: Spin Fishing Below The Dam Thanksgiving Week/weekend

[hookinear]

I will be heading down either the 19th or 20th of November. I mainly fly fish any open water below the dam, anything from stripping sculpins down to casting any choice of size 20 midges to sipping trout. This year i still fully plan on doing the forementioned both wading and boating. However, i want to try something a little different.

My father and I want to give casting rapalas and other mixes of crankbaits and swimbaits for (hopeful) larger trout. Ive never really given it too much of a chance and i know that the odds of hooking/landing a large caliber trout with all the crowds that week will be slim, but i still think itd be worth a try. Plus i can wear gloves and keep my hands warmer with the spinning rods. unless im night fly fishing with a lighted indicator i dont wear gloves while stripping big streamers. for some reason i dont have a good feel with gloves on while fly fishing. especially if i cant see my line as i would during the day.

I will be mainly trying the spin fishing at night. Almost all of my larger trout that i have tangoed with have come between dusk to just after dawn. My main question is what type of rod and line should i bring with me. Any advice would be more than helpful and greatly apprieciated.

Thanks,

Hookinear

[fshndoug]

Most swimbaits are made of plastic.Plastic is prohibted from the cable at the dam to mouth of Fall Creek.Try #6-#10lb test ,at least 6Ft rods

[Phil Lilley]

I wouldn't overlook fishing down lake for big browns. Recently they've been seen in the Landing area. Can fish early and late and at night off the bank or from a boat.

[bigredbirdfan]

If you fish them under low water conditions you will spend a lot of time cleaning moss off of barbs I know this from experience. Most fish I catch on them are under high water conditions.