anyone had much luck with this? do you let the bread float or sink?

I know of trout being caught using bread but never had any myself. I have had plenty on sweetcorn when after grayling, however

I might be daft to ask but why do you want to use bread when there are other more effective baits like worm etc?

Just watch the fish where there is any duck feeding activity and you will see that bread, floating or sinking, is a very effective trout bait once they are conditioned to look for it. The Glos. Coln at Bibury, in front of the Tyn y Cornel Hotel on Tal y Llyn and the Wye at Bakewell are cases in point.

It's better than worm in these situation because a) it doesn't need digging, b) it's cheap and c)the trout are on it. Sadly all those venues are fly only - wash my mouth out with soap!!!

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I have caught trout on floating bread in our local river when everyone told me there are no trout present. I will of coarse keep that one a secret. But yes it works very well.

hmm i dont think il be in any rush to try this method then

variety is the spice of life

Yep... when conditioned, bread is as good a bait as any, browns and rainbows, so is cheese...Fishing Llyn Celyn years ago as a kid... had not had a bite on worm.. stuck a piece of cheese on.. bingo a nice trout.. and 3 more to follow
Can you still fish bait on Celyn ???

Stickfloat .............

There are a good few poachers on our river who use this method , Would you like me to ask them nicely how they present it?

Bread caught me my first trout big enough to take home for supper as a very proud 11 year old. Piece of cork for a float, no lead, a size ten hook with piece of bread wrapped around it. Waded in and let the cork float downstream. I think the trout need to become accustomed to bread though because it worked nowhere else on the river. I caught it in the middle of the town where the shop keeper beside the bridge used to throw the unsold bread into the river. The trout used to go mad for it.

Have seen the trout at Tal Y Lyn eating the bread when we were over. Some big fish.

Bread was always a good bait for trout in fast water, they attack it as it passes.Rig used for years , Grayling Bob float 5/6 lb line direct to 8/10 hook and a lump of Bread as big as your thumb.

So how about the breadfly then if they are accustomed to bread.