Stillwater advice

[Joe_Dizzy]

-- Carry a thermometer and watch your water temps, especially on lakes of lower elevation during the heat of the summer.

-- Google up names like Denny Rickards, Brian Chan, Phil Rowley and absorb all they have to offer.

-- Keep retrieves very slow most of the time... hand/wrist retrieve, or short (~4") strips with long pauses in between.

-- Practice double-hauling and making long casts (if needed). Big trout hunt the shallows early and late in the day... water is often flat calm during these times... need to get your fly to them without spooking them.

-- When in doubt, the answer usually has "olive" in it somewhere.

-- Fish a long leader... 12-14 ft.

-- Trust the system, be patient.

-- Phil Rowley's pie charts for stillwater trout diet (as a general guideline for what/when flies to use):






-- Attached are some fly recipes that have worked for me to get you going. []
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