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Conditions

How temperature, water and weather change the fishing.

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Summer stillwater at midday
Reference · 8 min read

Where the Trout Go When It Warms Up

The invisible architecture of a summer lake — thermoclines, oxygen squeezes, and why the best fish are twenty feet down.

16–19°C surface: fish 10–25 ft. 19°C+: dawn/dusk only.

Historic bridge over the River Dee, Aberdeenshire
Reference · 5 min read

Leaf Fall, Frost and Falling Water Temperature

How autumn cooling, leaf fall, frost and spates change a river, by catchment type — and which hours to fish.

Depends on the river. Tea stain, not mud.

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