Show MIJ AFIELD By Ted Resting Keating If you have a choice of high springtime streams to fish in any area it is usually best to look them all over and to select the one that is lis least roily The clearer the stream the b better fishing it will probably afford you since its trout will be able I Ito to see your lure fly or bait at I greater range However if the only stream you can fish is very roily or even muddy you may still catch trout from it The objective in reading a high trout stream stream roily roily muddy or clear clear is is to predict those limited limited lim lim- areas where trout are likely to be concentrated so you dont don't waste your time fishing big stretches of barren water Reading Reading Read Read- ing a high trout stream correctly correctly cor cor- is not difficult if the an angler angler ang ang- ler keeps a few basic points in mind Fortunately few trout will be found in those bi big stretches of the stream which are fast and churning Instead most trout will be holdin holding in those sparse stretches where the water is comparatively comparative still restful and easy to fish Edd Eddy pools along undercut banks and behind boulders and log jams quiet beaver ponds or potholes in flooded meadows and the mouths of lazy streams or sloughs feeding into the mainstream mainstream main stream are the kinds of places place to fish for trout in high early- early season eason streams An Any point where a small clear stream trickles into a quiet edd eddy on a larger roil roily or muddy stream is is a particularly likely trout abode says ays Col Dave Harbour an expert whose advice advice advice ad ad- vice vice to anglers frequently appears appears appears ap ap- pears in Sports Afield Maga Maga- zine Long quiet slicks against overhanging grassy banks where insects tumble into the water 1 t are also real leal hot spots on most swollen season early streams And edd eddy pools just beneath dams or 01 that trout cannot leap are especially likely areas arc for trout concentrations concentrations- for trout do a lot of roaming during the early water high-water months and tend to jam up in such areas Yes reading a swollen early- early season eason trout s stream ream correctly is simply a matter of f identifying those comparatively el small areas I of restful water where the fish are likely to be conc concentrated I This step is a prerequisite to angling success regardless of an any other bag bap of tricks the anger angler ang- ang ler er ma may be capable of em em- I |