How To Fly Fish For Sea Trout

Fly fishing was the most popular method drift fishing on the lochs using traditional sea trout flies or dapping with the long rod in a good wind.
How to fly fish for sea trout. Choose a slightly softer action middle to tip which will also help keep a good hook hold in fresh fish these have softer mouths where a stiff rod will rip the hook hold. 05052020 Tight loops are the last thing you want at night when fly fishing for sea trout as tangles will follow. Fast strips The standard retrieve when fishing lures for trout is to do short jerky strips.
In this video Amelia takes on a large deep long run early spring. A normal cast even on our larger sea trout rivers need be no more than about twenty yards ie. Also try fishing a surface lure on a dropper to attract fish to a wet-fly fished on the point.
10042018 Here are the main retrieves to try. Use a sinking line and a leader of eight or nine feet tapered to eight pounds. In this video I will give you 3 tips on fishing for Sea Trout in salt water.
Keep artificial light to a minimum. Flies like the Tobisen 2 worm imitations natural shrimp patterns and the unremarkable but very successful Kopperbassen match the sea trouts natural supply of food. We recommend a light spinning reel as sea trout fishing requires a lot of casting to cover a lot of water and a lightweight reel will stop any unwanted casting fatigue.
With dull overcast days offering you the best chances of catching daytime sea trout. Fishing with two flies a dropper and a point fly became very popular in the last few years. Change the length of the strip from short six inch ones to longer foot pulls and youll change the movement of.
Like the salmon the seatrout is a migratory fish spending half the year feeding at sea and returning each summer to while away the long summer days in the river of its birth until spawning time in the autumn. Your contributions and questions will be welcomed and appreciated. A leader of up to 10 feet 30 feet of fly line outside rod tip when casting 10 feet of rod plus 10 to 15 feet of line retrieved during or at the end of flys swing to be shot again on the forward cast a cast of over 60 feet twenty yards.