FS Digest wrote:
Fishing a popular, relatively shallow trout river in MD, and this time of year it is notoriously rough for even seasoned fly fishermen (which I am absolutely not) with the slower current, crystal clear water, and sunny days. Anyway, I've been hitting up this stream only once or twice a week since I started grad school, and am finding it almost impossible to catch a trout off guard.
The second I take a gentle step into the river with my waders, I can see dozens of little blurs scatter up and down stream before I've even cast. The fact of the matter is, my movements alone are causing trout to scatter before I have a chance to cast, or best case scenario, they scatter on my first cast. The ones who don't scatter are far too spooked to even take a fool proof nymph like a pheasant tail.
What's my solution for this? I know I'm not the most graceful person, but even when I take my time to step slowly and quietly along the shoreline I still spook them about 10 feet away in the middle of the stream, and it's probably going to continue like this until the current picks back up in the fall rains.
Seeing as I'm an extreme novice, and haven't caught a trout since I moved down here a few weeks ago from NH where I had no problem catching brooks and rainbows out of deeper and faster water, I'm looking for some guidance on being "stealthy". What are some major dos and don'ts about keeping fish from seeing you in the conditions I mentioned above?
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by The_American_Skald
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Hi, I'm live in Md to, when I go trout fishing I usually get to the stream before sunrise and try to get in the water before the sun comes over the trees , what I'm trying to say you don't want to cast a shadow on the water because that will scatter the trout or once you get close to the waters edge be very quite and slowly enter the water and once your in don't walk normal, what I find is if you slid in instead of stepping in the vibration is way less, or before you go into the water cast your fly upstream ( I'm not a fly fisherman either, light or ultra light spinning )