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Salmonidae

Sea-run brown trout

Salmo trutta (anadromous, South Atlantic stock) · Río Grande fish average 3–5 kg; 10 kg fish are caught every season.

By The Fly Desk

How it feeds

South Atlantic sea-run browns migrate from the estuary into the river and, unlike Atlantic salmon, they keep feeding on the way up. That is why they chase streamers, and why a moving fly always out-fishes a static one on the Río Grande.

How to fish for it

Fish a streamer on a fast strip with the rod tip in the water, and keep the fly moving right to the bank — most takes come within three metres of the edge as the fly rises out of the deep water.

Flies that work: Yuk Bug · Rubber Legged Dragon · Intruder · Woolly Bugger

Sea-run brown trout in the ledger

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