| There are several trout fishing techniques you can | | | | depend on what speed the fish are moving at, |
| use to improve your fishing i will bring you two in | | | | and in turn what speed they want your lure or fly |
| this article, and more soon. | | | | to move at. So as well as finding the right depth, |
| Trout Fishing technique number one: Find the | | | | you need to determine the correct speed of |
| depth of the fish. By determining what depth the | | | | retrieval. To find this out I usually start with a |
| fish are at you will greatly improve your chances | | | | very slow half an inch at a time retrieve and |
| of catching one, as they have to see your fly it | | | | gradually work up to a very fast retrieve, |
| to take it. There are several ways this can be | | | | stripping the line in with pulls of a foot to a foot |
| done, the easiest way is to simply count your fly | | | | and half at a time. Note: never be scared or |
| or lure down. Start at 2 seconds and work up in 2 | | | | worried that you are stripping in line to quickly for |
| second increments (2,4,6...) until you either start | | | | a trout to catch your fly or lure. My best days |
| catching or find the bottom. I will give you an | | | | have often come with a very fast retrieve of the |
| example of why this technique can be so | | | | line, trust me if a trout decides they are going to |
| powerful, on sunny days the fish tend to lie | | | | take your lure or fly you can not strip it in quick |
| deeper in the water, as they have transparent | | | | enough to stop it. I think the very fast retrieve |
| eye lids, so if you are just fishing the surface or | | | | works so well as the trout does not have time to |
| just below the surface all day you are much less | | | | analyze your fly/lure, after deciding to take it |
| likely to catch as fish and in particularly trout | | | | they have to catch it before it gets away, |
| appear to hate coming up to the surface when | | | | another reason I reason i feel this works so well |
| the suns beating down. Now and then there will be | | | | is reaction/instinct. That said some days it is the |
| a hatch on the surface, so take this just as an | | | | slower retrieve or even a still fly that works best. |
| example not gospel. By casting and counting to | | | | This is especially true when the temperature |
| ten or more it allows your fly/lure more time to | | | | drops. So be careful to alternate your speed to |
| sink and reach the level the fish are at. Other | | | | find the correct speed for the water and |
| ways of varying your fishing depth include using | | | | particular day. |
| different lines, you can use floating, intermediate | | | | Here's a little bonus trout fishing technique for you |
| or a sinking line. The problem with changing which | | | | to add to your new box of tricks, there is a |
| line you are using whilst out is it can be very time | | | | common misconception with trout that the bigger |
| consuming and I have always lived by the rule | | | | the fly or lure the bigger the fish, this is not true, |
| "you can't catch a fish if you don't have a fly/lure | | | | most rainbow that weigh in at 20lb + are actually |
| in the water". So I tend to use an intermediate | | | | caught on little buzzers. So try working with a |
| line and use the counting technique for better | | | | double or triple cast. By this I mean add one or |
| results and more fishing time. You can also set up | | | | two small buzzers to your line, (Additional smaller |
| 3 rods one for each depth, although when fishing | | | | flies on a line are called droppers, and I have had |
| reservoirs you are often restricted to just one | | | | allot of fish over the years on my droppers.) The |
| rod, and on a river it can be impractical to carry 3 | | | | main exception to this rule is ferox brown trout, |
| rods about with you. | | | | they tend be most easily caught using smaller fish. |
| Trout Fishing Technique number two: Find the | | | | I hope you have found this article useful and I |
| speed the fish are moving at. When out fishing I | | | | wish you tight lines next time your out. |
| have always found that depending on the day will | | | | |