Fishing Stillwaters

Currently pursuing monster rainbows in a inland mid-western strip pit. The only reference on still water trout fly fishing I have is some writings by a English fellow named Charles Jardine. He mentions catching rake. What is a rake? Would loch style fishing work here in US?

Anyone with any experiences of large reservoir fly fishing for trout want to share techniques?

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Some of our members will have far more to say about LOCH fishing as they will probably have more experienc than I with this kind of fishing.

Hopefully, some will share actual experiences, tips and tactics.

Charles Jardine has served on our FFF Casting Board of Governors. He is author of The Classic Guide To FLY - FISHING For Trout, 1991, ISBN 0-394-58719-7. I have my copy befor me as I write.

Charles has devoted 19 well written pages to two kinds of stillwater venues: "Small Stillwater" and "Reservoir" fishing for trout, starting with STILLWATER TACTICS. His text is clear. The photos and diagramatic representations suberb.

To learn more about stillwater, it pays to read pp. 69 - 78 on Lake Systems in Gary Borger's, PRESENTATION, 1995, ISBN 0-9628392-5-6.

Ernest Schwiebert has devoted pp. 1522 - 1530 of his TROUT, VOL. II, 1978, ISBN 0-525-24269-4 to FIELD PROBLEMS IN FISHING LAKES, PONDS, AND RESERVOIRS. This is written in conversational style.

FLY-FISHING STILLWATERS for TROPHY TROUT by Denny Rickards, ISBN 0-9656458-0-0

THE FISH BUM'S GUIDE TO CATCHING LARGER TROUT by Denny Rickards, ISBN 1-57188 - 142 -5

FLY PATTERNS for STILLWATERS, A STUDY OF TROUT, ENTOMOLOGY & TYING by Phillip Rowley, ISBN 1-57183 - 195-6.

MORRIS & CHAN ON FLY FISHING TROUT LAKES by Skip Morris & Brian Chan ISBN 1-57188-181-6

STRATEGIES for STILLWATER by Daves Hughs ISBN 0-5117 - 1916 - 2

FLY FISHING the MOUNTAIN LAKES by Gary LaFontaine, ISBN 0-9626663-7-8

TYING STILLWATER PATTERNS FOR TROPHY TROUT by Denny Rickards (No ISBN)

ORVIS POCKET GUIDE to FLY FISHING FOR STILLWATER TROUT by Jim LePage

STILLWATER FLY FISHING - TOOLS & TACTICS by Paul Marriner, ISBN 0- 9733383-1-8

Also lots of information on stillwater fishing on the FLY FISHERMAN - Still water Fly Fishing Forum (By Fly Fisherman Magazine) .... use your search engine to surf this.

Perhaps some of our other members will help with more information on fishing stillwater including lakes, ponds, impoundments, reservoirs and lochs.

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