| An angler should therefore become
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| | trout, it is very important to drop the
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| familiar with the three main senses a
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| | fly not where the rise was but upstream
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| trout uses. These are:
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| | of where the rise was. By presenting a
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| Smell:
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| | fly upstream from the rise, the fly will
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| Trout have amazing powers of smell. For
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| | float down the river naturally, not just
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| humans, trying to understand smell
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| | suddenly appearing in the trout's cone of
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| underwater is rather difficult since we
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| | vision, which is likely to seem
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| can't do it. However, trout have no
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| | suspicious to a cunning trout.
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| difficulty smelling underwater, so it is
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| | Trout also have the ability to determine
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| worth an anglers time to make sure that
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| | color, including subtle shades of color.
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| they aren't introducing foreign smells
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| | This is why the same fly in two different
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| into a trout stream (which can warn a
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| | colors can produce remarkably different
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| trout to a lurking danger such as a
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| | results when fishing, the trout may
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| fisherman.)
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| | simply be eating one color insect and
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| When fly fishing for trout, do your best
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| | avoiding others.
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| to avoid any artificial smells that are
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| | Lastly, trout also have the ability to
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| completely foreign to a trout stream.
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| | see the profile of a fly. Of all the
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| Avoiding these smells, though, of often
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| | characteristics of a fly, this is perhaps
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| easier said than done, as the sources of
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| | the most important. A fly that does not
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| these smells can come from many sources.
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| | have the same profile as seen from
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| Fly line cleaners, fly floatants, epoxies
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| | underwater compared to what they are
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| and glue can all contribute alien smells
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| | accustomed to eating, is not likely to be
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| to a trout stream. Other things such as
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| | very successful. For this reason, it is
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| aftershave, deodorant and even the smell
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| | always important to make sure that your
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| of your clothing can all tip off a trout
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| | flies float properly, especially when dry
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| that an angler is near.
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| | fly fishing.
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| Obviously, you can't get rid of all
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| | Moreover, even if your dry fly is a
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| foreign smells you may introduce into a
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| | spitting imitation of the real thing, it
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| trout stream. However, there are a number
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| | is not likely to draw strikes if your fly
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| of easy things a fisherman can do to
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| | floats awkwardly (or partially sinks).
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| reduce the likelihood of a trout getting
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| | This is a good reason to avoid the real
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| wise due to smell. When using fly line
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| | cheap flies you may see - the colors of
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| cleaners and fly floatants, use the newer
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| | these cheap flies may look right, but the
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| ones that are designed to "mask" the
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| | profile is likely to be wrong when on the
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| chemical smell. The cleaners and
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| | water.
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| floatants are usually the same price as
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| | Sound:
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| other "non-masking" chemicals, but can go
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| | Trout have an acute sense of hearing that
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| a long way towards reducing the
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| | is well worth understanding. Trout have
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| likelihood of a trout becoming alert to
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| | two sound receptors. The first one runs
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| the fisherman due to smell.
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| | along the length of the fish's body. This
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| Also, before hitting a challenging trout
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| | receptor picks up frequency vibrations -
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| stream, it never hurts to leave the
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| | such as the banging of rocks or oars
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| cologne and other fancy deodorants back
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| | against a boat. A second receptor,
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| in the hotel room. On a challenging trout
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| | located inside the trout's ear, is used
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| stream, an angler needs every edge they
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| | to detect the movement of aquatic insects
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| can get, and avoiding strange smells to
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| | which the trout eats. This receptor is
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| finicky trout is a good way to do this.
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| | extremely acute, allowing the trout to
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| Remember, trout have very powerful senses
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| | hear sound frequencies well outside the
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| of smell. It is only logical that they
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| | human hearing range. This hearing
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| will use this sense to identify flies
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| | receptor of the trout is what allows the
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| presented their way to determine whether
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| | fish to find food even in very murky
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| or not is something that is good to eat.
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| | water.
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| A funny smelling fly, due to either
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| | Because trout have such acute senses of
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| chemical floatants or inadvertently
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| | hearing, anglers need to keep several
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| smelling like Old Spice, is a good way to
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| | things in mind when fishing for trout.
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| send a trout away from your fly and onto
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| | First, trout can't hear human voices
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| more "naturally" smelling food.
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| | outside of the water. Thus, having a loud
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| Sight:
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| | conversation about something along the
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| Sight is of crucial important to trout,
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| | bank of a river will not spook the trout.
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| which is not surprising. After all, it's
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| | Second, trout are acutely aware of
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| the sense that they use when determining
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| | vibrations and sound that occur in the
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| whether or not to eat something that
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| | river. Banging oars on the side of a boat
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| comes their way. Trout, in particular,
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| | is a wonderful way to alert the trout to
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| have excellent close-range vision
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| | your presence, thus spooking them.
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| although they lack in long-range vision.
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| | Likewise, great care should be taken when
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| This close range vision by the trout is
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| | wading. Wading loudly, either caused or
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| why so many imitation flies may fail to
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| | by the splashing of the water or the
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| grab the interest of a trout - the trout
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| | movement of rocks beneath the angler's
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| can easily determine if given time if the
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| | feet, is easily heard by a trout -
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| fly looks like something it is accustomed
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| | especially in slower moving water. In
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| too.
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| | fast water, these vibrations tend to get
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| A trout sees the world through what is
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| | drowned out by the current and rapids.
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| known as the "trout's window". This
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| | But in slower water, such as runs or
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| window is a cone shaped view that extends
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| | spring creeks, it is crucial that an
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| up from the eye at an ever-increasing
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| | angler take care when wading.
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| diameter. Thus, the deeper the trout is,
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| | Third, trout are easily able to hear
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| the more the trout can see.
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| | things that fall into a river, especially
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| A trout will only eat something that
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| | in slower water. A nearby trout can
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| passes within this cone of vision since
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| | readily hear a grasshopper or other bug
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| this is where they can see it and inspect
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| | that falls into the river. Because of
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| it. Due to their other excellent senses,
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| | this, care must be taken in casting to
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| trout may very well be aware of something
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| | prevent the fly line from making a splash
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| on the water that is outside of this cone
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| | in the water or from having the fly
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| of vision. But a trout consider eating it
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| | itself strike the river at full force. A
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| if it sees the fly in their cone of
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| | gently dropping fly is far more likely to
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| vision.
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| | attract the attention of a trout than one
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| This knowledge leads to one strategy all
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| | that gets slammed into the river due to a
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| anglers should use when fishing to rising
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| | bad cast or too heavy of a fly or fly
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| trout. When fly fishing to a rising
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| | line.
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