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Listening Trout

In comparison to air, water is much denser, around 750 times denser. Because of this, trout can 'hear' and 'feel' small changes such as an airborne insect landing on the water some distance away.

The trout's primary receptor for this ability is the Lateral Line that runs along the length of its body. Once detected, the trout uses its other senses of taste and smell to home in on the insect.

Early Aerodynamics

Wakeman Holbertson was a well-known American salmon fisherman and excellent caster. Apart from the many fishing related paintings of trout rising to flies, he was one of the first fishermen to define flies in categories. His efforts started the process that eventually overcame inappropriate naming conventions of flies that were of the same name yet entirely different.

He was the author of 'The Art of Angling, 1887' and 'Angling Recreation' as well as the secretary of the Neversink Club in 1884. Apart from this, he designed aerodynamic flies that produced a reduction in air resistance and hence casted further. His designs also caused flies to 'flutter' in the water, which was believed to be more attractive to fish.