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Trout Fishing
Trout fishing...
Fly fishing for reared rainbow and brown trout, or wild brown trout, can be excellent fun. I always manage a few trips each year to my favorite trout fishery - i.e. Rutland. With regard wild brown trout fishing, I go as often as I can during the months of April, May and June. Due to guiding commitments during the coarse fishing river open season, I do not get much time to go fly fishing for trout after June 16th - i.e. the start of the coarse season.
If asked which I prefer to fish for, I would have to say that I much prefer to fly fish for wild brown trout to that of trout stocked water reservoir. I find fly fishing for wild brown trout, in fast flowing rivers, far more of a challenge.
Personally, after my third or fourth visit of the season to water reservoir trout fisheries, I start to get a bit bored. I much prefer fishing rivers to stillwaters - over the last three years I have done a lot more fly fishing for sea trout - now they really do go when hooked!!
Locating wild brown trout...
Wild brown trout are usually found in fast running water - their noses facing up river waiting for food to come down on the flow. The best presentation, in my opinion, is to cast your fly up the flow and then quickly start to recover line. Once the line it taunt, small twitches, with the odd pull, tends to work wonders. It is not unusual to see 7-10 wild brown trout at a time following my fly down in the flow. As my fly sweeps round in the flow, well down river to my fishing position, it is then, more often than not, when the fly gets nailed. Wild brown trout fishing can be very, very visual - that’s provided the water is clear and you own a good pair of polaroid sunglasses! In my opinion, they’re a must have item for trout, chub and pike fishing.
Flies for wild brown trout...
I have found the best flies for wild brown trout are fry imitations (which produce best when there is an abundance of fry around), weighted nymphs (which produce just about any time) and dry flies (which produce best when there are plenty of insects hovering over the water). If the water is not flowing too fast, I will also use microscopic size buzzers.
Flies for rainbow trout...
In my experience, when rainbow trout fishing, it pays to have a large collection of flies to hand. Keep changing flies until you find the one that produces best. A blood worm fly rarely ever lets me down. Cast out and left for a few minutes... can be a deadly method!!
Fly fishing fackle...
Fly tackle is a very personal thing. Personally, for wet fly fishing, I use a 7-8 weight fly rod and weight forward 7-8 floating and sinking fly lines. I use a Loop fly reel. As for leader, I use 4lb, 6lb and 10lb mono. For dry fly fishing, a much lighter set-up is called for - for example, a 4-5 weight set-up. Personally, to save on outlay, I also use my heavy set-up for dry fly fishing. When dry fly fishing, I use a 4lb mono leader though.
I'm no expert fly angler - but I havce great fun doing it my way!!
That's what fishing is all about - i.e. having fun!
Remember back to when we were kinds - we have great fun using micky mouse tackle - well I still do (!)
Good Luck!