Concealing your profile to fool wily trout. Photo By: Louis Cahill
Sometimes its not enough wearing earthy tone colored clothing or even camouflage to keep a smart wily trout from spotting you.
Most of the time, movement and your profile tips educated trout off. When the opportunity presents itself for you to use the natural terrain to conceal or break up your profile, and it happens to lie right next to a good hole, tuck in behind it and use it to your advantage. Sometimes the extra effort will pay off and you’ll find yourself hooked up with a fish that’s outsmarted most other anglers. Brown trout particularly are notorious for spotting you well before you come close to making your first cast. Remember this when your on water where they’re abundant and take extra effort to move slow and stealthy.
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Keep up the good work gentlemen. I look forward to your daily posts and links. I am laid up Southport NC with boat troubles and it is great to check in with Gink and Gasoline every day.
Sneaking up on spooky trout? Get rid of those baseball hats, especially the ones with the long bills. Even if you’re concealed well, moving your head waves that bill like a flag. Boonie hats won’t do that. My .02 worth..
I’ve been looking for one of those and just can’t find one that fits me right. I may do a post on this.
Oooooh! That sounds painful. Glad we can help.
Kudos on your website. The article topics are enjoyable to read but are also helpful and full of great tips. The Flies of Our Fathers has to be one of my favorite articles. Not only was it fun to read but the presentation and images are outstanding.
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Thanks Chris. Your support means a lot. Comments like this are what keep us going. Stay tuned, more to come.
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When one stops learning it’s time to hang it up….I never stop learning with your weekly emails