Trout have a sometimes-aggravating tendency to follow baits for a long time as they consider whether they want to bite. Often they end up turning away. Occasionally they attack. Although there's no sure way to convert a follower into a taker, the most certain way to make a fish turn away is to stop the presentation. It's hugely tempting to stop working the lure when a fish is following, especially if you're running out line for your presentation. In nature, though, a minnow or other critter being chased by a predator doesn't ever suddenly stop and wait to be eaten, so for the trout it's an instinctive red flag. Your best bet, almost without fail, is to keep doing exactly what you are doing, working the lure as long as possible, and then changing something slightly on the next cast with hopes of triggering a strike instead of a follow.
The easiest change is in the presentation itself, maybe trying twitches if you had been reeling steadily. If you get several follows without getting bites, that tells you that you're around fish and are close with your lure and presentation. Try a color change or even a different lure that can be used to work the same part of the water column and see if that's that triggers strikes.
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