Jumping Trout

[flytyerinpa]

I usually fish for trout in streams in Pa, however this year in the fall Sept -Oct I fished in a dam, its a paid fishing place and I noticed about 20 to 30 trout jumping clean out of the water, I've been fly fishing for more years than I care to admit to.
I know when trout are feeding on Dry Flys, Emergers, Nymphs, and Midges, but I don't have any idea why they are jumping clean out of the water, I guess the best way to describe it is if you ever saw a propose or a dolphin coming completely out of he water, or if the trout were trying to catch an insect 2 feet above the water.
Wondering if anybody has ever experienced this kind of behavior in trout or why they do it ? Thanks Ed

[gqualls]

Ed,
I fish a tailrace in Tennessee and often see trout do exactly as you describe. For the most part I see fish "slashing" in the water and inhaling the emergers on the surface. For those fish that get airborn I would guess they are chasing bugs, but I'm not sure.

[Chuck441]

Years ago I was amazed to see numerous browns leaping clear out of the Wolf River (Wisconsin) for hovering damsel flies. Try to match that kind of "hatch", boys and girls!

Chuck

[ducksterman]

I've seen the same thing, Chuck, but rainbow.

[Silver Creek]

http://www.moldychum.com/trout-jumpi...h-dragonflies/

[ggmiller]

Cool video! Thanks for posting Silver Creek!!