Aquatic Trout Food - Snails & Scud

Scud creep or crawl and hide in the silt along the bottom. At times there are population explosions and they can feature heavily in the trout’s diet on some waters. Trout often seek them out by mooching about in the shallows with their tails out of the water.

Fly fishing strategy

Look for the tails and swirls. Anticipate the direction of a moving fish and land a scud or green nymph pattern two or three feet ahead of the trout with a nice gentle plop to attract the trout’s attention. Watch the leader for movement. Another method is to attach a scud pattern under a buoyant dry fly and use this as an indicator for the take.

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Fly fishing Tasmania - techniques for catching trout when snails and scud are about.