[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-card-fishing-seams":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"applyCta":6,"authorId":9,"body":10,"cardType":87,"description":88,"difficulty":89,"discipline":90,"editorId":9,"extension":94,"glossaryRefs":95,"hook":99,"meta":100,"navigation":101,"path":102,"publishedAt":103,"readingSeconds":104,"regionTags":105,"relatedCards":106,"safetyDisclaimerRequired":110,"seo":111,"status":112,"stem":113,"track":114,"updatedAt":103,"version":89,"__hash__":115},"learn_cards\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Ffishing-seams.md","Fishing Seams",{"label":7,"action":8},"Find water to fish","open_planner",null,{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":83},"minimark",[13,22,30,37,56,59,80],[14,15,16,17,21],"p",{},"A ",[18,19,20],"strong",{},"seam"," is the line where fast water meets slow water. It is the single most productive piece of water on a stream, and it reads the same whether you fish fly, spin, or bait.",[14,23,24,25,29],{},"Here is why fish love it. A trout sits on the slow side, where holding takes almost no energy. The fast side right next to it works like a conveyor belt, carrying food past its nose all day. The fish barely moves and still eats. That mix of comfort and food is the definition of a good ",[26,27,28],"em",{},"lie",".",[14,31,32,33,36],{},"To spot one, look for a visible line on the surface where two ",[18,34,35],{},"current"," speeds meet. It often shows up as a string of bubbles or foam, and the rule holds - a foam line is a feeding line. Seams form in predictable places:",[38,39,40,44,47,50,53],"ul",{},[41,42,43],"li",{},"The edges of the main current",[41,45,46],{},"Just below a riffle, where broken water slides into smoother flow",[41,48,49],{},"Where a current tongue spills into a pool",[41,51,52],{},"Beside a boulder or a bridge piling",[41,54,55],{},"Where a side channel rejoins the main river",[14,57,58],{},"How to fish it:",[60,61,62,68,74],"ol",{},[41,63,64,67],{},[18,65,66],{},"Put your fly or lure on the fast side"," and let it ride down the seam, or work the soft edge where a fish would hold.",[41,69,70,73],{},[18,71,72],{},"Get the depth right."," The fish usually sits low in the water column on the slow side, so weight your rig to reach it.",[41,75,76,79],{},[18,77,78],{},"Match the drift to your gear."," Flies and bait want a drag-free dead-drift down the line. For a spinner, swing or retrieve it along the seam so the blade tracks the edge.",[14,81,82],{},"Find a foam line on your next trip and fish it before anything else.",{"title":84,"searchDepth":85,"depth":85,"links":86},"",2,[],"concept","A seam is the line where fast water meets slow water. It is the single most productive piece of water on a stream, and it reads the same whether you fish fly, spin, or bait.","1",[91,92,93],"fly","spin","bait","md",[20,35,28,96,97,98],"dead-drift","riffle","swing","If you only learn to read one piece of water, make it the seam. It out-fishes everything else.",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Ffishing-seams","2026-06-09","130",[],[107,108,109],"pools-runs-and-riffles","eddies-and-soft-spots","reading-a-riffle",false,{"title":5,"description":88},"published","learn\u002Fcards\u002Ffishing-seams","reading-water","idi0rOnRHq37Wj9AFxx1j4GPlStr3-0kHa2ZkvnjC54"]