0. We suggest you stock up with a few of each of the following: 1/2, 1, 2, 4 and 6 inches (1, 2.5, 5, 10 and 12.5cm) tube length, and 2, 4 and 6 inch (5, 10 and 12.5cm) bar length in the case of Waddington lures. Changing to a sink tip and a slightly heavier fly is often all you need to do to get your fly down deep enough to attract a sea trout.Except when using very large and heavy flies (which should be tied on leaders no more than a metre (3ft) in length, tapering your leader (either by ting section in gradually reducing breaking strains or by using a continuously-tapered factory-made leader) is still just as important for sea trout fishing as it is for trout fishing, because it is easier to cast and will create fewer tangles. If you make Sparker Waddingtons and Sparker tube flies your standard ammunition for deep-water late-at-night sea trout fishing you really can't go wrong.
Alive Shrimp Jesper Petersen’s shrimp pattern for Danish Sea Trout fishing. We also always take a flask with hot coffee and a supply of sweet biscuits or cakes with us to boost flagging energy levels or simply to cheer ourselves up when the sea trout are not being cooperative! Designed by Hannu Pakarinen it has been a favorite for many years when targeting big brown trout in our streams. Better than any of them, in our experience, is a very simple fly that you can't buy in shops but you should find very easy to tie. Striking at these nips is pointless: Streamer flies are poor for sea trout fishing, because so few takes result in fish being hooked.Durability is a consideration, too: sea trout have very sharp teeth and can shred a fly that is tied using soft materials such as peacock herl. Anglers have sought the enigmatic summer sea trout (sewin is their Welsh name) since the dawn of time, and just a lucky few learn the secrets of success with this most elusive of all game fishes. Spring is sea trout season – at least along the northern European coastlines of countries such as Denmark, Sweden and Germany. This is because sea trout so often come at a fly from behind, following it across the river - sometimes right into the shallows on the bank from which you are fishing, periodically nipping at the 'tail end'. We manage very well with just seven patterns in a range of sizes, so our fly boxes are not confusing jungles of long-forgotten patterns. This is certainly true in the rivers of Britain and Ireland in respect of large sea trout, a component of the run that has suffered serious decline in the past thirty years or so. At each bend in the river, the main channel switches from one bank to the other, always cutting more deeply into the material of the riverbed where the bend is sharpest, and at such points the channel is deepest and closest to the outside of the bend, where the bank is eroding and may well be undercut. 0 Like! Although it’s not the only way to present this trout fly, I’ve had considerable success casting it upstream to the head of a pool and stripping it back downstream as quickly as possible. (Never add floatant to a Muddler Minnow - or any other dry fly made using the hollow fibres of deer hair, because once floatant fills up the hollow fibres they become less buoyant and with the added weight of the hook they may sink rather than float - it will be no use then as a wake fly. Stand still and avoid sudden movements if you choose to fish from a high bank.Fishing from the shallow side means that you are further away from your quarry. As for how to fish with imitative flies and nymphs, the techniques are identical to those you use when fishing for trout and grayling, and so for details of a suitable basic set of flies and how to fish with them, see our It is unusual to catch a sea trout bigger than 1.5kg (3.5lb) using dry flies, although occasionally a big sea trout will take a smallish nymph. The 'action' of the rod should not be too stiff as sea trout can be very unforgiving once you hook them, and if you and the sea trout pull in opposite directions at the same time, you will almost certainly lose the fish, the fly and probably the leader too. Perhaps the more aggressive nature of young males leaves the young hen fish with a choice of starvation rations or a trip to the seaside.When you catch a sea trout, it's quite easy to see whether it is a hen fish or a cock fish. If you intend to take a sea trout out of the river, the safest way to do so is to net it, taking the fish while still in the net out onto the bank for a quick photograph and straight back into the water. Instead, place one hand on top of the sea trout and turn it upside down; it will not thrash about when held this way, and so if you intend returning it to the river you can simply unhook it while keeping the fish submerged. Here are the requirements of such a fly: Traditional wet flies can be used for sea trout fishing, but we recommend one important modification: cut off and dressing material that extends beyond the bend of the hook.
More. the Mayfly is a notable exception, and a size 8 dry fly such as Grey Wulff or even a Mayfly imitation will be handy at such times.