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Insects

Brown troutRainbow troutMountain whitefishBrook troutCutthroat troutSteelheadEuropean graylingMarble troutSea-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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White 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 troutSteelheadEuropean graylingMarble troutSea-run brown troutResident brown trout
Reading waterMatching a hatchNymphingDry-fly presentationStreamer fishingSwinging a flyCatch and release, done properlyTying flies you will actually fish

Technique · High or coloured water, dawn, dusk, and all winter.

Streamer fishing

Chasing the biggest, least selective fish in the river with a moving fly.

By The Fly Desk

Big fish, small water

The largest brown trout in a river rarely sit in the middle of a big pool; they sit in the smallest piece of deep cover they can find, within reach of a food supply. That means the best streamer water is often a two-metre hole under a tree root or the shadow line of a bridge, not the wide pool everyone fishes.

Rod tip in the water

A streamer is bought by its swim, not its shape. Keep the rod tip at or under the surface, strip in short fast pulls with pauses, and vary the pause until you find what the fish want that day. A fly that turns, stalls and drops is far better than one pulled in a straight line.

Fishing the bank

Most streamer takes happen within three metres of the bank, at the end of the retrieve. Do not lift the fly out early to make another cast — hang it, let it swing up in the water column, and count to three before you pick up. On many rivers this single habit produces more fish than any fly change.

Rivers in the ledger where this applies