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A number of years ago I learned that when looking for trout, to look for the edges. Doucette What’s an edge? Well, Mike Mott, a fishing buddy and the Nevada State Record Holder for rainbow trout, felt a better word would be transitions. In other words, where one type of water changes to another, one type of bottom changes to another or where structure or shadows create a transition or edge.

If you look at the bottom of the stream where the water runs fast, all that is left are big stones, as the water slows down, they begin to turn to cobble, then gravel, and finally sand or silt. This isn’t just longitudinally as you walk downstream, but horizontally as you cross a stream the bottom will change depending upon the speed of the water. The inside of bends flows slower than the middle, which flows slower than the outside of the bend.



The bottom reflects this, as do lines of foam caused by the transition from fast to slow moving water. This foam line provides hiding cover, has oxygen and, most importantly, it drops food from the faster water to the slower water. Edges can be where the weed mats at the south end of South Fork end and open water begins.

The old river channel from before the dam was built is another edge to fish at South Fork. There is an underwater ledge along the northwest part of South Fork, just north of Jet Ski Beach, that always seem to hold fish. Another edge! So when looking for trout, or just about any other game fish, give yourself an edge and look for.

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