Reading Water
Where fish actually live
Stream and lake morphology — riffles, pools, runs, seams, eddies — and the reasons fish hold where they do. Read the water before you read the fly.
8 cardsReading a Riffle
Where fish actually feed in fast, broken water — and where they don't.
Eddies and Soft Spots
Slack water inside fast water. Where fish wait between bites.
Pools, Runs, and Riffles
Every stream is a sequence of three water types. Each one fishes differently.
Spring Creeks vs Freestones
Two different kinds of trout streams, two different fishing strategies. How to read each one.
Reading a Tailwater
Cold, clear, regulated water below a dam. Different rules than a freestone — and more selective fish.
Where to Cast a Spinner
Reading water for hardware. Adapting the same lie-and-structure logic to lures that pull through the strike zone instead of drifting through it.
Reading Bass Structure
Bass don't live everywhere in a lake. They live on edges. Find the edge between two things — and you've found the fish.
Stillwater Bait Tactics
Bait in a lake isn't bait in a river. No current to drift, no obvious lies — you have to know how trout move through still water before the bait works.