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Catching
Trout
in High
Water
by Nick DelVecchio
photos by the author
Many anglers have limited time to get out on the
water, so fishing in all sorts of conditions is necessary
when vacation days or weekend trips are planned
well in advance. Knowing how to find productivity
when water conditions are not ideal is critical for
early season fishing. Weather may be volatile, going
from 65 degrees F and sunny to 45 degrees F and
pouring rain in a matter of hours. So, during the
spring trout season, high water must be addressed.
Combatting it is sometimes tricky, but there are
things anglers can do to minimize the impact of the
swollen streams and still catch some trout.
As a general rule of thumb, the lower you go in a
watershed, the higher the water. More tributaries will
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enter main stems of streams as you go, so moving
upstream will get you above surges of water from
recent rainfall or snowmelt. If water conditions are
an issue, cutting out two or three tributaries can help
improve things enough to find some good fishing.
Water clarity will usually be a bit better upstream as
well. Generally speaking, the headwater sections of
a trout stream will run off quicker and clearer than
areas downstream.
One of the greatest challenges of trout fishing in
high water is not so much that the water is up, it is
that clarity typically becomes an issue. A trout has
limited visibility when water gets murky, so adjusting
accordingly is critical to finding continued success.
Going up in fly size and possibly going to something
with some flash on it is a good first step. Showing the
fish something it can see that will catch its attention
from some distance away. The fly may literally have to
bounce on the trout's nose, but repetition casting in a
likely area will usually be rewarded with some action.
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