On the back end of the reservoir fly fishing season trout start heavily feeding on fry. As the temperatures begin to drop, these sillwater trout recognize that it's their last opportunity to feed heavily before the winter months, so they become aggressive and opportunistic. In this fly fishing tutorial, Fulling Mill Signature Tyer Rob Edmunds takes us out for a day on Grafham water and shows us how to target fry feeding fish with lures. While the conditions were tough, Rob spends the day pulling snakes and humunguses on a variety of line types. He talks about covering weed beds, drop offs and other structure. This is an important lesson in not only tactics, but also in learning how to trust your method on challenging days. Persistence pays off!

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00:00 Introduction: Fry Feeding Trout on Grafham Water
01:58 Rob discusses his fly rods for lure fishing
02:45 Why fish fry patterns on the back end?
03:28 What fly lines are best for fishing fry patterns?
05:29 Tying the three turn water knot for droppers
06:40 What flies should you fish for fry feeding trout?
09:03 Starting the first drift of the day
11:04 Assessing the conditions for the day
13:19 Reading the water in windy conditions
14:17 The fish spread out on the back end
18:25 Where do you find bigger fish?
20:27 Changing the retrieve in deeper water
21:44 First fish of the day
22:58 Rob's into another fish quickly
24:46 Hooking a bigger trout
26:58 Moving to "the tower and the boil"
28:25 Changing flies: adding a humungus
32:03 Rob hooks another quality fish on the snake pattern

Rob Edmunds is a stillwater and reservoir fishing expert. He began fly-fishing at just 4 years old and match fishing soon became his primary focus after first representing England at just 16 years of age. Rob has won nine European titles both individually and as part of a team. He's also an avid fly tyer, and is responsible for many of the popular patterns we now take for granted (Nemo, Tequila Blob, Traffic Light Buzzer, Snake Booby etc.). In recent years his focus has shifted slightly to targeting specimen trout. As such, he's currently the only person to have ever caught at least 1 "double figure trout" from all 4 of the Anglian Water Reservoirs. Needless to say, when it comes to stillwaters Rob is a wealth of knowledge!

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