How River Trout Fishing Works
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Ah, a day in the life of a trout: water, relaxation, food brought close enough that you’d barely have to move. Sounds like a nice change of pace. But I have to say, I prefer having a brain bigger than the size of a quarter.
There are two large facts that make understanding the trout’s lifestyle a little easier. Trout are a tad lazy, and they’re less intelligent than many of their freshwater neighbors. If you apply these facts to your fishing techniques, you just may improve your success!
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First, let’s think about the lazy life of the trout. As a rule, trout prefer rivers, or water with a current, because they don’t have to move to find food each day. They can find a covered area when the water’s flowing moderately and just wait for their food to come to them. That’s a helpful tip in finding the trout.
The fact that they’re unintelligent is also important for you to remember while fishing. The trout isn’t capable of processing more than one thought at a time. They just simply aren’t made to multi-task [source: Cochran]. So, apply this: If you scare the trout, it will forget it wants to eat. And a fish that’s scared and won’t eat, certainly won’t venture to the surface to take your lure.
We understand the basics, so use your complex brain to continue reading! Next, we’ll learn about understanding rivers and fly fishing.
After learning about the trout itself, you should learn about rivers. You’ll see that it’s easy to understand where you’ll find the fish if you understand the anatomy of a river. Luckily for us, it’s not that complicated. If the trout’s figured it out, hopefully you’ll be able to.
River currents tend to flow with a pattern that repeats itself over and over. Just remember: “riffle-run-pool” [source: Troutlet]. Here’s a basic breakdown of each section and how it translates to trout fishing.
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The riffles of rivers tend to be where water is shallow and the current is strong. In large rivers, this area would be the white-capping rapids. In all rivers, you might see banks of gravel or pebbles breaking the surface of the river throughout the riffle. For the most part, this area of the river will only contain small trout, because the water isn’t quite deep enough to ensure large fish cover.
The run of a river is deeper and slower than the riffle. If you’re looking for the area of the river that house the most adult trout, this is your best bet. It provides good cover and the current is a great moderate speed that allowed the lazy trout access to a sufficient buffet. After all, the trout’s ideal habitat is one that provides him with adequate shelter and delivered food.
River pools are the laziest part of the river. Here the water is deep and the current runs slow. Some trout, especially big Brown trout, may be found here, but the slow current doesn’t provide enough food for most.
Now that you understand the current and its effect on trout, read on to the next section to learn how to use that knowledge in fly-fishing.
When trout are still the in the fry stage of life, they spend a majority of their time in hiding. After all, they must do what they can to avoid being eaten by any number of their predators. Now, we would expect the trout fry to fear birds and bears, or even larger aquatic animals, but unfortunately for the young trout, they must also be aware of their parents, who have been known to eat their spawn without thinking twice [source: Cochran].
In the 19th century, Europe dominated the world in terms of exploration. Like most people away from home, Europeans almost always recognized what things were missing from their new colonies. Trout were no exception. After many failed attempts, the travelers finally succeeded in relocating and habituating trout to waters as far away from England as Australia. You just may have our fore fathers to thank for trout fishing on top of freedom [source: Schullery].
There are a few different ways to fish trout — some easy, some not so much. But you’re up to the challenge. Fly fishing is difficult, but it’s also one of the most popular methods for river fishing.
A fly is a type of lure made out of light-weight materials like feathers or special string. You attach a fly to a hook and use a lightweight rod to cast the fly onto the surface of the river. The cast is the difficult part, so read on to get a better understanding.
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Here’s one method, but before you go out, you may want to do further research on the specific, and sometimes, complex details of fly-fishing.
Once you’ve mastered the hard part, don’t forget the little things you already learned. Go to the final page for a helpful wrap-up.
Fishing can be an expensive pastime, but there are ways to keep within your budget. Learning to make your own flies is one of those ways. Most sporting goods stores offer the inexpensive materials and learning aides, so go down and check them out. You may even find that you enjoy constructing your own creations.
In the end, trout fishing is really about understanding the fish and applying that knowledge. Here are five main tips to help you succeed:
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In an effort to maintain strong trout populations, or many fish for that matter, catch and release fishing techniques have become more and more popular. If your fish becomes unconscious, get a firm grip and place it back in the water. Guide its body back and forth through the water, allowing water into the gills. After the fish gains strengths and begins to fight you, let it go [source: Troutlet].
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