What do Rainbow Trout Eat?

As rainbow trout get bigger they start to eat larger bites of food. Minnows, and small fry of game fish and larger crustaceans become the standard fare and these are are imitated with a streamer fly.

All of these are things that can be imitated by flies and fly fishing. It is the one method of fishing lets you imitate as large a variety of the game fish's diet as fly fishing. So as a serious fisherman it only makes sense that to catch fish consistently you need to know how to fly fish. Not only does it make sense, but because of the depth of this style of fishing it instills a love and passion that carries through your entire life, and one of the best courses for learning fly fishing is Fly-fishing-101.info

I know what most of you are saying "It's just to difficult to fly fish, I can't do it", but in truth you can learn to cast well enough to catch fish in a day. Casting is easy to learn and Fly-fishing-101.info can teach you that and I will be writing a few articles with my own thoughts on that as well.

Choosing your fly is something that most people try to complicate needlessly. When choosing a fly keep 3 things in mind. Find out what they are eating, where are they eating it, and then match shape, size, and color with your fly, with shape and size being most important and color least (just get as close as possible and when you have to choose between close shades lighter or darker, choose the darker).

Finding out what they are eating may be as easy as going into a stream and using a fine mesh dip net to catch what what they are rising to, so you can imitate it, or you can use an attractor fly to catch a fish and pump their stomach to examine the contents so you can pick an imitation. Either of these will work but there are certain flies the work well most of the time, and in most places. I wouldn't ever go to the stream or lake without a few of each of these flies in varies sizes and colors. They include an Adams, deer hair caddis, and a woolly bugger. These 3 flies will work in an amazing amount of situations.

I'm giving you an overview of the subject but Fly-fishing-101.info gives you everything you need to know, in a way that cuts through all the confusion, to catch fish. It's not only great advice but it's complete too. Nothing is left out, and he tells you in a way that simplifies and encourages you, so that you can hardly wait to get out on the water. Take it from someone that has been fishing all my life it doesn't get any better than this.

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