By NEIL GROSE | As much as we all like to dream about shallow-water feeding trout, the reality is quite a different kettle of fish! Trout in the early months of the season, for the majority of the time at least, will be in water deeper than 2m.
More often than not, they will prefer to be 3m down, and deeper depending upon waters of course! So for the keen flyfisher, the answer isn’t so much blowing in the wind as hugging the weed!
The early season features cold water in the highlands, with most waters over 600 metres in elevation being around the 5°C mark. Often Arthurs and Great Lakes will be around 3°C!
As cold blooded creatures, trout metabolise in direct relation to the water temperature. The colder the water, the slower they digest food – the less they need to eat! It also means that their primary sources of food are down deep to escape the often extreme variations in temperature in the shallows.
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