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Trout Fly Fishing: An Art In Itself
By Angus MacLeod

Wading trout streams can be lots of fun and, trout fly fishing be it for brown trout, lake trout, rainbow trout it can keep the fly fisherman happy for many, many hours. Since trout love to eat just about anything it is possible to lure them with the use of artificial flies. In streams trout usually are lazy and wait for food to come to them rather than bite those baited hooks hanging from a float on the surface. The best results in trout fly fishing are found to happen when the artificial fly gets carried down to the fish by the current so that it looks as natural as it possibly can.

Finding The Feeding Zones

Trout fishing in lakes is best if you go cruising in the shallow waters while the trout are known to be feeding. To lure the trout, one should try to attract the fish by moving the lure by trolling and casting. Casting more than once in the same area is highly recommended and the more casts one makes, the more likely that the fish will be fooled thus the better your chances of catching the illusive trout. The biggest problem in trout fly fishing is how to find the feeding zones, these are the areas where the fish eat.

Many people try to trout fly fish where two different currents meet and then flow into a pool, if you try this remember to fish the tongue rather than the pool. Another good trout fly fishing spot is an area with flat or slow moving water that runs over pebbles, sand or stones but you must remember to concentrate towards the deep side towards the banks. You may also try out areas of small rapids that rush between the rocks and are mostly high as well as dry during summer.

You should also try to remember that trout rely upon the current to carry their food towards them and it is usually a lazy and almost sluggish fish. As they usually feed from the bottom of the river or stream, it is generally a good idea, when trout fly fishing; to drop the bait into a current that looks suitable and gently give it slow play or, one may choose to fish deep by placing the lure virtually right in front of the fish in an attempt to make it easy for it to eat.

It is well known that trout actively feed throughout the summer but do so at the bottom of the water. Therefore it is a very good idea to use small nymphs or wet flies to imitate aquatic insects that they commonly feed upon. You should endeavor to get the artificial fly down as quickly as possible and let it float about naturally around the bottom. There is an art to trout fly fishing and you will need to let the fly dead drift and, lower the rod tip asyou allow itto gently float down stream. If the fish refuses to bite you should raise the rod tip and strip the fly back to make it look like the motion of an aquatic insect about to hatch. If you spot the trout rising to feed on small flies or you clearly see them feeding on the water's surface this is when you should switch over to use dry flies.

Fly Fishing Facts, Tips & Tactics
The USA fly by the name of Woolly-worm is a dry fly but the original design was that of a wet fly. It is supposed to imitate one of thoseblack, hairy caterpillars that have an orange underside. A very successful pattern and difficult to sink!

Author Details:
Angus MacLeod, copywriter for various websites with his main interests being golf and fishing, especially when in fishing in Scotland.

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