Although large brown trout feed mostly on baitfish and insect larvae, they will come to the surface when there is a large insect hatch. You can tell how confident this fish is by the way it stays near the surface, calmly sipping bugs. In a river where eagles or ospreys prey on trout, this fish would be much more careful about remaining exposed.
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