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Trout Fishing!

When living, or traveling in the mountains or close to them, the only way of fishing is fishing for trout. So, in this post, we will discuss the behavior of trouts, their favorite food, lures special for them, and the retrieving of the cast.



    Let's talk about the fish itself.


    The Trout is a freshwater fish, belonging to the salmonid family. YES! Trout is related to the Salmon, so when catching a trout you can say,, I caught a Salmon, Kind of'''.

    They thrive in clean, cold waters, being dependent on well-oxygenated waters. Common habitats:


    Streams and Rivers- They love to hide in very fast cold streams, especially rainbow trout, brook trout, and brown trout. Hiding from predators is crucial for them so they hide in deeper pools. In general, you can find them in gravel or cobblestone riverbeds.


    Cold water lakes with temperatures typically below 13 degrees Celsius, like mountain lakes, are a great habitat for them especially because they provide stable conditions year-round. In warmer periods of the year they like deeper waters and in colder periods they can be found closer to the shorelines.


    Some trout, like the sea trout that live in the ocean, return to freshwater streams or rivers to spawn.




Ok! Now that you know about the habitat of the trout let's talk about their diet.

    They consume a great number of small living like:


    -Insect larvae like mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies

    -Terrestrial insects like beetles, ants, grasshoppers and especially flies

    -Small fish and their eggs, or even their eggs if possible

    -Worms and leeches

    -Amphibians like frogs and tadpoles


    Another important aspect of the diet is feeding style. 


    -Surface feeding- especially the bigger ones, they rise to the surface to feed on adult insects

    -Subsurface feeding- most of their feeding happens here where they eat the creatures that I've been talking about above


    


    Now has come the time to get into the real fishing business. With what do you really catch a trout and what's the best type of fishing that will bring you success?


Lures



    As I said earlier, the trout diet is almost filled with insects, meaning that if you want to catch one you'll need a fly on a hook. Not a living one. This strategy is most known in fly fishing with flying rods, about them in another post. This is what an artificial fly looks like:




   

    This is unique and very complex, but that's how flies are made: with different types of materials that everybody can access, meaning that you can make a fly lure.




    Even if this is the best way to catch a trout, we can still see them with a simple bobber setup and a worm in a hook. If you don't know what a bobber is, well:




    And the last method to catch the salmon's brother is through hard baits like wobblers. The best for trout are wobblers smaller in size and with a shiny color like this:





    ALRIGHT! Now that you know what types of lures you have to use, let's talk about retrieving the cast.

    

    In fly fishing the method of casting is kind of complex, and so I'll not discuss it here. But you can find a separate post where I'm talking just about flies and fly fishing.

    With a bobber setup, the only thing you need to do is wait, not retrieve.

    But the retrieving of the wobbler is something that you must know. There are 3 main retrievals of a wobbler.

    1. Slow retrieving, but constant, meaning that once the lure gets in the water you'll slowly retrieve it.

    2. Let it get to the bottom and then quickly get it up, moving, just by using your rod.

    3. It's a combination of the points above. You slowly retrieve it and at the same time, you'll play with the tip of the rod.




    OK! We're finally done! I hope you enjoyed it, and if you want more interesting posts like this one, our blog is full.

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