Winter fishers must adapt

Basic flies used by trout anglers include the Elk Hair caddis.

Different tactics required on cold streams

Successful winter trout fishing requires a variety of approaches, using anything from dry flies to nymphs to streamers, depending on the weather and stream conditions.

Basic types of flies are dry, wet, nymph and streamer.

Dry-fly fishing is the most exciting type of fishing because it is more visual than other methods. You can see a trout rising to an insect, and you can see a trout rising to an artificial dry fly.

Hook a rising trout on a dry fly, and if that doesn’t get your Adrenalin pumping, take up bowling.

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Bob Satterwhite has been writing about the outdoors, particularly trout fishing, for more than 25 years. A native of Morganton, N.C., he lives in Cullowhee, N.C., close to the Tuckasegee River, Caney Fork, Moses Creek, and several other prime trout streams.

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