The Orvis Guide to Finding Trout

✍ Scribed by Tom Rosenbauer

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In full color, The Orvis Guide to Finding Trout is a brand-new book from Tom Rosenbauer and the Orvis Company. Most beginners (and many experts) are mystified when faced with a new river or changing conditions on their home river. And if they can’t predict where trout might be, they lose confidence and fish poorly. This book is about how to find trout in all types of water, at all seasons. But it’s also about what methods and flies may work best in each water type.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Introduction
A Trout’s World
How Trout Feed
They Feed in Different Ways
How Much Do Drift-­Feeding Trout Move When Feeding?
Differences between the Species
When They Don’t Feed
Currents
Flow vs. Velocity
It’s Turbulence All the Way Down
Vertical and Horizontal Stratification
The Concept of Soft Water
Current around Submerged Objects
Bends and Helical Flow
Seams and Areas of Food Concentration
Reading into Surface Currents
Temperature, Water Chemistry, and Growth
Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen
How Water Chemistry Predicts Where You Will Find Trout
Landscape, Cover, and Water Levels
Get the Long View with a Map
Once You Get Closer
Cover
Reading the Water
Riffles
Description and How They Are Formed
Where to Look for Trout under Normal Flows
Where to Look for Trout in High or Low Water
When Trout Move in This Water
Seasonal Changes
Approach
Techniques to Try
Runs
Description and How They Are Formed
Where to Look for Trout under Normal Flows
Where to Look for Trout in High or Low Water
When Trout Move in This Water
Seasonal Changes
Approach
Techniques to Try
Pools and Flat Water
Description and How They Are Formed
Where to Look for Trout under Normal Flows
Where to Look for Trout in High or Low Water
When Trout Move in This Water
Seasonal Changes
Approach
Techniques to Try
Pocket Water
Description and How It Is Formed
Where to Look for Trout under Normal Flows
Where to Look for Trout in High or Low Water
When Trout Move in This Water
Seasonal Changes
Approach
Techniques to Try
Big Rivers and Tiny Streams
Description
Where to Look for Trout under Normal Flows
Where to Look for Trout in High or Low Water
When Trout Move in This Water
Seasonal Changes
Approach
Techniques to Try
Parting Thoughts
Be an Advocate
Don’t Crowd
Catch-­and-­Release
Index