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Summary: Learn how to check the temperature of the water using a fly fishing thermometer in this free how-to video on packing gear and tips for fly fishing.
Alvin has been a fly fishing guide and casting instructor for 12 years, and has been fly fishing for 32 years. He is a graduate of the first Joan Wulff fly-casting instructor's...read more
"ALVIN DEDEAUX: A thermometer is another tool, not an essential, but it's definitely pretty helpful especially trout fishing 'cause they're really temperature sensitive and so are a lot of other fishing and you know you can kinda tell whether the fishing should be good or not by the water temperature. They make a lot of different ones. This one's nice 'cause this is digital. You just hit the button and poke it in the water and 30 seconds later you have a good reading but they are also--the old style mercury ones with the glass case are still around. These are nice though 'cause they're really tough to break and they're really inexpensive."
eHow Article: Tips for Using Fly Fishing Thermometers