Step 5 of 6 · Reading Water: Where Fish Hold in a Stream
Sketch the stretch
Sketch the stretch — step 5 of 6 in Reading Water: Where Fish Hold in a Stream. Phone photo or notebook: mark pools and seams that looked best. Note time of day and water color.
Free fishing tip: Sketch the stretch (step 5 of 6 from "Reading Water: Where Fish Hold in a Stream").
Phone photo or notebook: mark pools and seams that looked best. Note time of day and water color. Reading water improves when you connect spots to results — even zero fish with one follow teaches.
You pass when you can point to three holding spots on a new stream before your first cast and explain why each should hold fish.
Pro tip: Same stream at dawn vs dusk — fish move. Return once at different light.
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