Every summer on my favorite Pennsylvania limestone rivers, the smaller trout run the show. They seem to dominate the runs where I connected with their parents and grandparents all spring.
Where do all the adult browns go in the summer?
Do they become nocturnal?
Do they push up into the tributaries?
Or do they wait out the summer in the deepest holes?
In this article, I’ll look at where those bigger brown trout go in summer, why they become harder to find, and how their behavior changes as water levels drop and temperatures rise.
