Normally I can be found somewhere on Lake Oconee in Georgia almost every Friday night or Satuday, but this past weekend my wife and I decided to spend a few days at her parents place in the mountains near Cleveland Ga. Their place is situated right on a stocked Trout stream, so of course I threw a rod and reel in the van along with the rest of our baggage. Even though my wife and I spend about 9 days in the North Carolina Mountains every fall (and I do fish while we're there) I've never done any real Trout fishing, so when we got to her parents place I found one of the local boys and asked him to show me the ropes. I fished up and down the stream using a small panfish hook, with a small sinker about 6" above it. The local boy had said that corn good so I had some of that with me, but I also took a couple slices of loaf bread as well. I soon found out that the same method of using doughballs I had so frequently used as a boy still worked. I didn't catch any trout, but I caught quite a few horny heads.
   I may never become a great Trout fisherman, but I had plenty of fun walking up and down the stream by myself catching horny heads on doughballs. I might try some this coming weekend when I'm back in my usual place on Lake Oconee

 

You should try it with peanut butter on the bread, sometimes works also.

Sounds like a nice vacation. Potato bread balls, or berkley dough balls usually work well for me. I use a rig similar to the one you described and I catch panfish, carp, and trout mainly.

With all the new equipment and techniques that have revolutionized the sport of fishing since I was a kid with nothing more than a cane pole and a few slices of bread, it's nice to see that the old school stuff still works! I Will say , I can't remember when is the last time I actually saw someone fishing with a cane pole though. Do they still sell them thangs?