Rise decoder
What did the rise look like?
The way a trout breaks the surface tells you what stage of insect it's eating. Pick the rise you saw.
Likely eating
Emergers and duns
Seeing the nose, then the back, then the tail means the trout is rolling over insects right at the surface, usually mayflies hatching or just hatched.
Tie on
PMD Cripple #16–18Sparkle Dun #16–18X-Caddis #14–16
More about this rise in the glossary →