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Insects

Brown troutRainbow troutMountain whitefishBrook troutCutthroat troutSteelheadAtlantic salmonEuropean graylingMarble troutSea troutArctic charSea-run brown troutResident brown trout

Techniques

Reading waterMatching a hatchNymphingDry-fly presentationStreamer fishingSwinging a flyCatch and release, done properlyTying flies you will actually fish

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Mataura RiverBig LaxáGaula RiverRiver SanRiver UnaRiver TweedMiramichi RiverBow RiverWhite River, ArkansasDavidson RiverPenns CreekLetort Spring RunFarmington RiverPere Marquette RiverNorth Umpqua RiverDeschutes RiverSan Juan RiverFryingpan RiverYellowstone RiverBighorn RiverTraun RiverBeaverkill RiverRío GrandeGreen River below Flaming GorgeRiver WharfeHenry's Fork of the SnakeSoča RiverAu Sable RiverTongariro RiverSouth Platte — Deckers and CheesmanRiver TestMadison River
Brown troutRainbow troutMountain whitefishBrook troutCutthroat troutSteelheadAtlantic salmonEuropean graylingMarble troutSea troutArctic charSea-run brown troutResident brown trout
Reading waterMatching a hatchNymphingDry-fly presentationStreamer fishingSwinging a flyCatch and release, done properlyTying flies you will actually fish

Salmonidae

Sea trout

Salmo trutta morpha trutta · 30–60 cm; fish of 3 kg and over are called 'specimen' in Britain.

By The Fly Desk

How it feeds

Sea trout are brown trout that have gone to sea. They return silver and strong, feed again in fresh water at night, and are one of the few game fish that are genuinely easier to catch after dark than in daylight.

How to fish for it

Night fishing with a small surface lure or a dark wet fly is the classic method in Britain and Norway, and it is a discipline of its own: wade only water you already know in daylight, fish a short line, and listen for the take as much as feel for it.

Flies that work: Dark Wet Fly · Surface Lure · Silver Doctor · Night Caddis

Sea trout in the ledger

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