
Reading Rises: What the Riseform Is Telling You Before You Cast
The shape of a rise tells you what trout are eating — sip, splash, head-and-tail, or gulp. Here's how to decode each one and tie on the right fly.
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The shape of a rise tells you what trout are eating — sip, splash, head-and-tail, or gulp. Here's how to decode each one and tie on the right fly.

Rim Chung tied the RS2 in the 1970s for the South Platte. Fifty years later it's still the most-fished emerger on Deckers, the Dream Stream, and Cheesman.

John Barr's classic emerger imitates mayflies stuck mid-hatch. Recipe, rigging, and when to fish the PMD and BWO versions on Deckers and the Dream Stream.