Trout Tips by Kirk Deeter

Author:Kirk Deeter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2017-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

I’ve never met a trout that didn’t love a good cut bank.

Think Like a Fish

When you are out fishing and are on new water, trying to find fish, remember that fish are basically lazy, just like human beings. They don’t really like to work any harder than they have to, and they want to feel safe. So think about where the softest current with the most food going by might be that appears the best protected, and cast in those areas if you hope to take the bigger fish. The smaller fish are going to be in the areas the big fish aren’t kicking them out of, which also tend to be the areas easiest for a fisherman to reach and fish.

—Nanci Morris-Lyon, Bristol Bay, Alaska

Reading Water Vertically

Most anglers are taught how to read the water by observing what’s happening on the surface—riffles, runs, eddies, seams. I believe they need to look beyond the surface and understand what’s happening underneath, all the way to the bottom. Read the stream vertically as well as horizontally. Water velocity can vary widely from the surface to the stream bottom. A dead-drifted strike indicator on the surface is actually dragging a nymph along the bottom at a very unnatural speed. The friction of water against the stream bottom dramatically slows down the flow in this zone, so it can be difficult to get a natural drift with the surface current pulling your indicator and line along at a much faster rate. Whether it be additional weight on the fly, more persistent mending of the line, or specially constructed leaders that allow the fly to sink more easily, it’s imperative the angler learn how to better control the drift of their fly when it’s not visible.

—Jimmy Harris, Georgia

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