Marine Trout Food: (Crustaceans, Baitfish, etc.)
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| Fly Fishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
Many species of small fish exist in the small streams. Large crustaceans
such as crayfish are also plentiful. This is one reason some of the brown trout
manage to grow to such as large size. Scuds and sowbugs are not very
plentiful because of the higher than normal acidity of many of the streams.
Streamers that represent baitfish and crayfish are usually very effective flies
especially if they are used correctly and at the right times and places. Fishing
them in low light conditions or during times that the water is stained from
heavy rains can be productive because it helps disguise the fake fly enough to
fool the trout.
Crayfish:
Crayfish, crawfish or crawdads, which ever name you prefer to use, are very
common in the park's streams. They hide beneath rocks to escape the trout
and other predators such as raccoons. They do come out from their hiding
places at night and during low light conditions to feed. Crayfish flop their tails
to move. This makes them move in a backwards direction. Imitations of
crawfish are effective for trout as well as smallmouth bass.
Sculphin:
Sculphin are available for trout to eat in every stream in the park. They are
imitated with streamers. They are a species of small fish that stays on the
bottom of the streams.
Minnows:
Minnows, such as those in Dace family, are common in all the streams in the
park and are eaten by all three species of trout.
Leeches:
Leeches are in many of the streams in the park. These are usually imitated
with a Wooly Bugger type of fly. You will find them in the calmer water with soft
bottom usually off the main flow of the stream.
such as crayfish are also plentiful. This is one reason some of the brown trout
manage to grow to such as large size. Scuds and sowbugs are not very
plentiful because of the higher than normal acidity of many of the streams.
Streamers that represent baitfish and crayfish are usually very effective flies
especially if they are used correctly and at the right times and places. Fishing
them in low light conditions or during times that the water is stained from
heavy rains can be productive because it helps disguise the fake fly enough to
fool the trout.
Crayfish:
Crayfish, crawfish or crawdads, which ever name you prefer to use, are very
common in the park's streams. They hide beneath rocks to escape the trout
and other predators such as raccoons. They do come out from their hiding
places at night and during low light conditions to feed. Crayfish flop their tails
to move. This makes them move in a backwards direction. Imitations of
crawfish are effective for trout as well as smallmouth bass.
Sculphin:
Sculphin are available for trout to eat in every stream in the park. They are
imitated with streamers. They are a species of small fish that stays on the
bottom of the streams.
Minnows:
Minnows, such as those in Dace family, are common in all the streams in the
park and are eaten by all three species of trout.
Leeches:
Leeches are in many of the streams in the park. These are usually imitated
with a Wooly Bugger type of fly. You will find them in the calmer water with soft
bottom usually off the main flow of the stream.
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