trout·lore  (trout′lôr′)

noun.

1. The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of catching a trout, transmitted orally.

1.1  A body of widely accepted but usually spurious notions about a river, lake, or creek : “River Troutlore”

 This all started when I was seven years old and my father would take me to drown worms in a local estuary, chasing bream and getting snagged. That was some time ago now, time that has seen me floating in boats, sitting on sand and hopping across rocks chasing fish. It was all fun and games until I took to a fly rod and that changed everything.

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