More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

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Mike Wallace of Brunswick traveled to Robinson to fish the Prestile Stream with wet flies. High June water levels required chest waders, but the brook trout he landed proved the effort was worthwhile.

Aquatic insects make up roughly 90 percent of a trout's diet. Mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies are the three primary families. Trout aren't smart, they're focused. When they lock onto one food ...