How to pull in a rainbow trout.?

If this happened to you several times, then you are not maintaining tension on the line. Once or twice is a badly set hook -- just bad luck. Three or more times is something you're doing. I have landed 18- and 20-inch trout on tiny #18 and #22 hooks -- the size of the hook does not matter as much as keeping the line tight. Think about it -- if you get a barbed hook in your finger, you've got to twist it, push on it just right, and work it out. But let's say you have a barbless hook in your finger and the hook is tied to some line. Your friend has the line and as long as he keeps it taut, you will not get that barbless hook out. If he lets up on the line for a few seconds, you might be able to shake the hook out or it might even just fall out, but if it's taut, it'll stay in.

Same with your fish -- if you maintain a steady and firm tension, a barbless hook will stay set. If you give the fish even an instant of slack, the hook may come out. Next time keep tension on the line at all times until you get him to the net or bank. You might also try deflecting your rod to one side down to the water -- this will keep the fish from jumping too high into the air. When they get really airborne and shake, it can create a tiny moment of slack in the line and you can lose fish that way.

As to setting the hook, you have to remember to set the hook according to the hook size. Big hook, big set. Small hook, small set. If you're working with smaller hooks (#16 down to #20), you have to be very careful in setting the hook. Small hooks often grab just the faintest outer film of the fish's lip. This is one reason small hooks are good for catch-and-release angling -- they do very little damage to the fish. However, too much power on hook set will open the hook bend, pop off the hook eye, or just tear the hook out.

If it happened to you several times then you probably have too small or too large of a hook on your line. My guess is its a little too small. try a little larger hook.

It could also be that you are setting the hook a little too soon. I dont know what you are using for bait but if your using a floater delay your hook set by about a second after the initial bite. Itll take them a second or 2 to actually get the bait far enough in their mouth to get a good hook set. Normally they'll pretty much hook themselves so simply raising the rod rather than jerking will get you better results, similar to crappie fishing.

Very simple-keep using your barbless or de-barbed hooks, but keep the tension on the line at all times, use a monofilament that has some stretch to absorb any jumps that the fish takes without just snapping the line.

I know very little about Trout fishing. So if your doing catch and release the barbless hook is the way to go, however landing them is greatly reduced. If you want to keep them for one heck of a fish fry I would suggest using barbed hooks.

check the size of your hook,get barbed hooks,adjust your drag on your rod it shoud help also let the fish play with it for a lil then reel it in

Use power bait on your hook somewhere...good luck!

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