What type of gear for rainbows for a newbie please

[Breach]

Im going to head up to Heart Lake sometime this week and try for some rainbows, as ive heard that it isnt very crowded and offers some ok fishing. Is it true that I have to use a very light line for trout? I was thinking of just bringing my 6' canadian methods and then spooling my extra spool with whatever type of line you guys suggest. Mepps inline spinners a good choice?

[charlied]

6 pound p-line flouroclear is a good line to use. Shiny spinners are good. small cleos should also work. Also don't under estimate how productive a live minnow can be.

[Breach]

Awesome, thanks for the advice. Ive had great success with minnows for bass and walleye, but Ive never fished anywhere that had any type of trout, so had no idea what to use for em.

[yo_guy]

It's been years since I've been there you can get trout using trout worms under a float in the early mornings.

[johnnyb]

When I went there a couple years ago, it was berkely trout bait under a float, on the far side of the weedbeds...little orange and red marshmallow lookin' things

[singingdog]

Unless there are monster trout in there, I would go 4 lb or lighter for line. You can save some respooling by just tying on a 4lb leader to your existing line.