| Fly fishing for trout is the most popular form of fly | | | | They tend to stay under trees when there by the |
| fishing. Most fly fishing techniques were developed for | | | | bank. When fishing a river start upstream moving very |
| fly fishing for trout. | | | | slowly; allowing the fly to drift down stream for a |
| Approximately 90% of the trout feed on the bottom | | | | couple of casts. Trout usually shelter behind |
| of a river/stream or lake; and only come to the | | | | underwater features out of the current waiting for |
| surface when there is something large enough to eat. | | | | food. |
| During the summer months, anglers should always be | | | | In cooler water, trout tend to bunch together and may |
| prepared with the right flies to match any | | | | be lured to bite on a streamer fly. Anglers should use a |
| circumstance. | | | | technique of casting out and slowly moving the line |
| Dry Fly Fishing is done with the line and flies that float, | | | | from left to right, back and forth to give the fly a more |
| using a tapered leader, which is placed between the fly | | | | enticing action. |
| at the end of the leader next to the line. Even though | | | | Trout not only like to stay around rocks; they also like |
| most of the trout feed on the bottom, the number of | | | | weed beds and drop-offs. If the angler should see |
| trout that come to the surface is still enough to keep | | | | anything such as these, they should cast ahead of the |
| most anglers very busy. This type of Fly Fishing is | | | | trout and slowly pull the fly back into the trout's area. |
| considered to be the purest form of fishing. | | | | Fly Fishing for trout, is different from cast fishing, |
| In some situations anglers wade into the water to fish | | | | where the line on the cast rod is usually already tight; |
| giving them a better chance. During these months | | | | with fly rods there is always some extra line between |
| nymph fishing may be more productive. The inactivity | | | | the index finger, the thumb, and the reel. |
| of surface insects is less, sending the trout to go | | | | So the angler is actually catching the trout while holding |
| deeper to find food. Therefore, nymph flies can be | | | | the line in their hands, until the trout hits the fly and the |
| weight at the leader. | | | | angler pulls on the line with the hand that is holding the |
| When river fishing, trout tend to face upstream in order | | | | extra line, to sink the fly hook, at the same time letting |
| to watch for food as it gets washed downstream. | | | | the extra line go. |