Confidence
Pattern
Cover water
In that order. However I still see people stand in one place, and not move, expecting that they'll get fish on the next cast in the exact same spot. These fish are either eating it on the first pass, maybe the second, rarely the third, but after the 4th, they aren't there. Similar to steelhead, bull trout should be fished, cast, step, cast, step unless you move a fish. Theres no reason to stand in one spot and make repeated casts.
Even pike, you should be working the entire weedbed/flat. No reason to continue casting in the same place unless you're continually moving fish.
Last edited by Bhflyfisher; 02-22-2015 at 05:28 PM.
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