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<p>I am a whitewater kayaker and my GF, who does not kayak, sometimes accompanies me on river trips. She loves the outdoors and is never bored when I am boating (besides driving my vehicle from the putin to the takeout, AKA "shuttle bunny") but she has mentioned that she wouldn't mind to do some trout fishing.</p>

<p>While the water level needs for kayakers (higher flows) are different than for fishermen (lower flows), some of the rivers I paddle are dam released, IOW, the basic flow is low and then the dam releases, injecting a necessary flow for kayaking for a few hours, then it is low again.  So it could work out that she could fish on the same river where I am boating or find another stream with (stocked) trout nearby.</p>

<p>My question is, what is the basic setup for trout fishing with a spinning rod (which would be more basic than fly fishing)?  What size of rod is optimal.  Our rivers/creeks are mostly smaller (e.g. 30-100 ft across, 300-1400 CFS) with some rapids and some swimming/fishing holes in between and lots of trees around (which makes fly fishing less practical).  What kind of bait and test lines?  Other equipment?</p>