How to read a river

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Found this useful information on how to read a river. Very usefull to know exactly what is going on and where is the best place to be for maximum exposure to the fish.

Understanding how moving water shapes the stream channel will improve your chances of finding trout. In most streams, the current creates a Riffle-Run-Pool pattern that repeats itself over and over. A deep pool may hold a big Brown trout, but Rainbows and smaller Browns are likely found in Runs. Riffles are where you will find small trout during the day and larger trout crowding in during morning and evening feeding periods.

Riffles have a fast current and shallow water. This gives way to a bottom of gravel, rubble or boulder. Riffles are morning and evening feeding areas. Trout usually spawn just above or below riffles, but may spawn right in them.

Runs are deeper than riffles with a moderate current and are found between riffles and pools. The bottom is made up of small gravel or rubble. These hot spots hold trout almost anytime, if there is sufficient cover.

Pools are smoother and look darker than the other areas of the stream. The deep, slow-moving water generally has a bottom of silt, sand, or small gravel. Pools make good midday resting spots for medium to large trout.

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Fly fishing knots to know

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Found this information on fly fishing knots thats is worth reading and printing out. If you are new to knots then this is worth practising.

Learning to tie basic fly fishing knots is easy.Here is a complete list of knots and instructions to get your startedwith a new outfit or polishing up on your skills.

There are many different kinds offisherman's knots. These are the basic knots used in rigging a flyfishing outfit that you should be familiar with. These fly fishingknots will cover just about every situation you will encounter where aspecific knot is needed.

Learn these basic knots andhave some fun. It makes sense to practice tying these knots at home,before you are on the river. Remember that fishing knots are thetypically the weakest connection between you and the fish. Manybeginning anglers lose fish due to poorly tied knots. Tying knots issomething you need do right, not fast. Speed comes with time. Practicemakes perfect they say.Here we will walk you through setting up a newoutfit.

Getting Started with a New Outfit

Beforeyou start putting line on your reel, find out how much backing you'llneed by reading your reel instructions. Some fly lines are longer thanothers and some will reduce the capacity of reel because of thediameter of the belly. As a general rule of thumb, less backing is usedon reels that will have Double Taper (DT) fly lines than Weight Forward(WF) Lines. This is because a Double Taper has a more even diameter inthe belly than a WF line. If you purchase a reel at Flymart, they willload the reel up with backing and make these connections for you. Ifyou are rigging your own outfit, this page will give you every thingyou need to know to get going.

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