Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Spooking trout to see if they are there

On a recent trip to the Mersey River in Tasmania I was moving up stream ever so slowly, casting here and there and wondering why I wasn't catching fish.  So I thought, what the hell, let's wade upstream with gusto to see what happens. Sure enough trout darted out every 10 meters or so. And I am sure there were more that I could not see. Sometimes all I saw was a fleeting shadow but on a few occasions I saw the whole fish. This gave me the confidence that my technique was at fault, not a lack of fish.

Spooking trout is only going to work in fairly clear water. I am not sure the stained waters in Victoria are clear enough.

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