When the fishing is slow that Berkley Powerbait Trout dough works great. Especially if you're just rigging it for bottom fishing in deeper pools on the river. Also for stock ponds, later in the day when the trout likes to go deeper. Even if it's on a bobber set up it works too. I used to go to Coon Rapids and rig it that way deep like 15' deep on the the slip bobber with trout dough. Some cheese works just a good as trout dough at times.
Sometimes I like to just use artificial lures. That Storm Hopper Popper works great for top water action. Next I pick a Hula Popper, the smallest one at 1/8th oz weight. I cut off the skirt so the Hula Popper is just like a bug. Kastmaster spoons of 1/8th oz or 1/12th oz works really well. Sometimes the Swedish Pimple works better and same weights of 1/8th or 1/12th oz. too. Even simple jigs with plastics works. Mimic Minnow Fry's of 1/16th oz or 1/8th oz.
Inline spinners. All sorts of varieties. Sometimes the pure white rooster tail is hot. Sometimes that brass Mepps spinner is hot. Sometimes the Blue Fox flash spinners or Vibrax spinners are hot. Sometimes it's the Panther Martin spinners that are hot. The reason is some spinners stay deeper and some ride higher closer to the surface.