The trout are alive and well in the Cumberland River, despite the claims of naysayers. I went kayak fishing Tuesday afternoon/evening and Wednesday morning and caught good numbers of rainbows and browns - and even one beautiful little brook trout. All on small spinners in riffles and fast moving water by sandbars. Nothing large but good fighting fish in the 9-13" range. It seems to me that the riffles usually produce good numbers of small to medium fish and the occasional slot rainbow or good brown.

Lots of insects, but I did not see a rise on Tuesday evening.

I am curious about the patterns any of you use for larger trout. I don't usually fool around with live bait or planer boards because I am fishing out of a kayak.