So you want to improve your fly fishing techniques for trout huh? Well, below are some basic fly fishing techniques for trout and a great video and if you follow these tips, you’ll be well on your way to catching your limit when your out fly fishing for trout. You also have to keep in mind trout are far more intelligent than many people think. Despite scientists and biologists saying that a brain of that size operates almost exclusively at an instinctive level and any learned behavior would be from repetative based actions and not be retained for a long period of time, I DISAGREE COMPLETELY… tell me then, how come you‘re not “nailin” them, one after the other, when you’re out fly fishing for trout? They’re a super smart fish and by recent study, it showed that if an average sized trout and an average sized man were the same size, the trout would have a bigger brain than the man, so you tell me. That’s why fly fishing techniques for trout are crucially important to learn and master to become all you can.
Here’s a couple of techniques that I use:
- When you’re approaching the fish, stay low and move slow, always remember to cast up stream to sneak up on them, you won’t scare them if they can’t see you and they always face upstream. If they see any movement at all, they will dart away.
- Are They Rising? IF you notice trout feeding on insects and breaking the surface, just cast a “dry-fly” a few feet upstream from the fish. This gives the trout a chance to notice it floating downstream.
- The fish are not rising. This means the trout are probably feeding on nymphs underwater. You can cast a nymph upstream and let it come back with the faster current, naturally. Since it’s very hard to feel a bite when fly fishing for trout with a nymph, many fly fisherman use a strike indicator (small foam bobber), you’ll see it jerk when you get a hit.
- Where to find the trout. They love the icy cold water of streams and rivers. Trout will rest, protectected in lies, in deep pools, slower water closer to the bank, under falen trees, behind roucks and boulders, until they see food float by, then dart out and grab it.
Here’s a brief breakdown of types of stream and river trout
Brook Trout don’t typically get any bigger than 10 inches, though, some 17 inchers are occasionally caught. Because “brookies” only tolerate the clearest and the most clean waters, fly fishing for brook trout usually brings fisherman to the beautiful midwest.
Rainbow Trout don’t reproduce in most of the midwest states and populations are maintained by stocking. Rainbow trout are stocked between 9 and 11 inches, generally.
Brown Trout are the most common. They can live in streams and rivers that are too warm for brookies or rainbows. It’svery common for brown trout to reach more than 10 inches out in the midwestof more than 10 inches are common in the midwest. Some may even weigh more than 5lbs.
If you’re not eating them then you’re practicing catch and release. How quickly you bring the trout in and how you handle it will greatly affect whether the fish will survive or not. Bring it in quickly, keep it in the water, and gently remover the hook with some fishing pliers or forceps. If a trout is hooked deeply, but not bleeding, you can cut the line and the hook will eventually dissolve, and use barbless hooks. Always remember to wet your hands to protect their slimey coating. Only hold horizontally and for a short time just above the water to get your pictures and “OMG’s” out of the way. To release it, hold the trout facing upstream until it starts moving on its own, then say “bye-bye til next time”.
Final Thought
There’s alot more to learn and many ways to learn about fly fishing techniques for trout. There are some great fly fishing books and ebooks out there. Several books, even some for beginners, have been written about fly fishing for trout specifically. So, I put together a list of the top fly fishing techniques, under the video, for trout books, ebooks, and kindle books available for us– THE TOP BESTSELLERS IN THE WORLD– All here, down below. But my NO.1 all time favorite is “ Fly Fishing Unleashed” by William Carter. It’s an instant winner and an instant download AND COMES WITH 6 OTHER FREE EBOOKS. Yeah, serious…6 free downloads completely dedicated to the art of fly fishing techniques for trout. I’ll post a link to his site here… Click Here … and if that doesn’t tickle your fancy, I have NO IDEA why it wouldn’t, then check out the list below for more “fly fishing techniques for trout “information.
Happy Hooking :^}
Fly fishing for brown trout on the edge
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