John, a couple of short additions to Preston's comments:
1) splashy or leaping rises are often characteristic of freshly
(relatively) stocked trout; they seem to have difficulty learning how to
feed on live food. Nonetheless, I have seen wild trout leaping from the
water to snatch caddis swarming around a bush.
2) There are of course other riseforms than those you witnessed, and
authors have used a variety of terms to describe them. The two mentioned
by Preston that are in pretty universal use are: Head-and-Tail, and Sip.
3) If you ever see Skues' infamous kidney-shaped-whorl rise please
advise; many have looked but no one to my knowledge has claimed to have
seen one, at least not in print.
Cheers,
Paul
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Paul Marriner
Outdoor Writing & Photography. Member OWAA & OWC. Author of Atlantic
Salmon, Ausable River Journal, Miramichi River Journal, and Modern
Atlantic Salmon Flies.
