Trout fishing?

[Alk]

I doubt anyone will even read this here but it would have been moved off of the main page in a matter of seconds so here goes. I know there are a few avid fishers on here so I figured I would see what you thought. I'm going to Colorado on vacation in a few weeks and from what I understand, Trout is the big fish there. My question is, what sort of tackle do I need to take to catch them? line, bait/lures, hooks. Last time I bought some powebait that resembled some sort of eggs. They were red. Anyway I didn't seem to have much luck with them but maybe I just picked a bad day to fish. Anyway, any help would be appreciated.