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Ian Rutter dissects summer fishing

By Tom Chandler 8/17/2006

Let's face it: summer fly fishing isn't typically the wide-open "quality fly fishing experience" that we enjoy in the spring. My recent experience suggests good fishing exists, but there's a lot less of it, so you really need to pick your spots.

You might assume that's what we're here for, but sadly (for our readers), we're a jealous bunch, given to burying our secret fishing spots like Wally the Wonderdog
buries bones (though we actually remember where we left them).

Ian Rutter, however, is willing to spill it all, and hoping for a little good karma by association, I'm willing to let him.

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Click the graphic above to read Ian's just-posted article on summer fishing. It's targeted largely at those fishing in the Southeast, but there's good information there regardless of where you fish. And dammit -- it's free!

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Tom Chandler

As the author of the decade leading fly fishing blog Trout Underground, Tom believes that fishing is not about measuring the experience but instead of about having fun. As a staunch environmentalist, he brings to the Yobi Community thought leadership on environmental and access issues facing us today.

Smokey Mountain Summer TacticsTrout Underground picked up this informative piece from Ian Rutter on strategies for fishing mountain brook trout streams when the weather is warmest. There's lots of good detail here, particularly on fishing terrestrials in small streams. "Aquatics ...
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