Highlighting trout spawning and what to avoid when wading in winter

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In summary — don’t trim/​remove debris that produces localised gravel scour:

This trailing branch debris is cleaning and sorting” gravel for spawning — note the brighter patch of gravel

and don’t tread on redds (trout nests”) containing eggs:

Newly formed redd which will allow eggs to hatch and emerging tiny fish (alevins) to shelter in the gaps between the pebbles below the surface of the gravel bed


Trout cutting a redd — photo Peter Henriksson