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101 Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners: Tip #70: Fly Fishing for Trout – Releasing your Trout and Tip #71: Fly Fishing for Trout – Revive before Releasing

101 Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners: Tip #70: Fly Fishing for Trout – Releasing your Trout and Tip #71: Fly Fishing for Trout – Revive before Releasing There will be some trophies that you want to photograph but most times, you’ll want to make sure that you don’t handle the trout.

Trout are covered in a protective layer of slime and when you touch it you disturb the fine balance of things.

Trout can develop a fungus on the areas where you touch, which can kill it. To release the trout all you need to do is release the hook from the mouth and allow it to swim away without touching it.

For help in removing the hook you can use forceps or small pliers.

Tip #71: Fly Fishing for Trout – Revive before Releasing

Before you release the trout, you need to make sure that it is completely revived beforehand.

If the fish has been exhausted, it may turn over upside down or roll onto its side.

Larger trout will take more time to revive while small fish usually require no reviving at all.

If you need to revive a fish, make sure that you hold it so that it is upright.

Try to find a flow of water that is quite gentle, just enough so that you can get its gills working and so that it can gain oxygen back from the water.

As the fish starts to revive its gills will start to work more and more until it can stay upright in the water. The goal is to allow the trout to swim away without your help.