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What’s good for the trout is good for man. Understand and take care of the trout’s environment. Get involved and make a difference. | |
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Trout will feed only if they can get more energy from the food than they expend. | |
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Trout face into the current. They need protection, safety, comfort, and food. | |
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Limestone water buffers acid rain and grows more items in the food chain than freestone. | |
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Trout are opportunists. They will feed on anything they get conditioned to, including insects, forage fish, crustaceans, terrestrials, and even baby ducks. | |
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The lifecycle of the mayfly presents a fly fisher with several varying fishing opportunities: Nymph (bottom nymph), Hatching pupa (wet fly), Dun (dry fly), Spinner (dry fly), or Drowned Spinner (wet fly). | |
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In your fly tying you are trying to imitate the natural food, your fly than is fooling the trout into thinking it is feeding. The principles of SIZE, SHAPE, and COLOR should be stressed in dressing your hook. Create the best possible silhouette combined with a good presentation. | |
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Trout feeding activity is dominated by temperature and insect activity. | |
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Fishing strategy: | 1.
Read the environment 2. Select the proper fly 3. Gauge position and approach 4. Use a cast and leader to compliment 1, 2, and 3. |
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Presentation is the final factor in the equation to catch trout. | |
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You cannot catch fish if your fly is not in the water. | |
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Learn good tying habits and practice. Patterns are just recipes to be followed – use your skill. | |
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Do not accept poorly tied flies; take it apart and retie it. (Option: put it in the GUEST BOX!) | |
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Develop a selection of basic flies that cover a variety of fishing situations. Class flies are a good start. | |
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Learn critical knots: improved clinch [link], surgeons knot [link], and blood knot [link]. | |
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Be flexible: fish from top to bottom or bottom to top in the water column. | |
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Learn where trout hide and live; look for edges and take advantage of knowledge. | |
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Gather enough basic equipment to get started: learn to recognize the difference between gimmicks and necessities. | |
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Approach each stream with a plan and you will catch more and bigger fish than if you leave things to chance. Do not rely on a random approach. | |
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Experiment and have fun figuring out the puzzle. Enjoy the environment, the fish, the flies and the people. | |
TIGHT LINES!
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