Stillwater Trout?
Have you ever wondered why stillwater fly-fishing for trout never took off in our country?
It’s really a shame. Its been huge in the UK since the planet cooled. Yes, across the pond they lack the abundance of public rivers we have. So stillwater was more of a necessity. But it provides a great deal of exciting fly-fishing, often over very large trout. And with the increasingly over- crowded nature of American rivers, stillwater could provide a whole new fly-fishing frontier for us as well.
Granted out in the Rockies, stillwater fly-fishing for trout does exist. And it is extremely popular and even famous for action in Kamloops, British Columbia, where trout between 10 and even 20 pounds are not unheard of! Imagine that beast on the end of your line? Wowzer!
Why on
earth don’t we have more public trophy trout fly-fishing lakes across America? It’s challenging fishing with all the trimming – hatches, wet flies, streamers and of course nymphs – especially damsel flies and chironomides. Yes, the nymph fishing is often done deep, but the availability of release strike indicators that release on the bite and slide down the line makes things easy.
And no, you wouldn’t need a large boat, a small cartop is fine. Float tubes, canoes and kayaks work as well. Stillwater fly-fishing richly deserves more attention.
