First off lake fish and river fish have same needs. They need to feel secure, and they need to eat. The greatest difficulty in figuring out where lake fish might meet these needs is that from above lake water doesn't give us many clues, and sometimes none at all. Rivers are nice enough to change surface appearance, which is probably single greatest factor in determining likely fishing spots, but lakes do not give us that, or at least not as easily.

Inlets and Outlets

Luckily though one of best places to find fish is where one can easily see difference in surface water. And that is inlet of a lake. Fish often lie in inlet current, enjoying cooler well oxygenated water. And also food that comes with it. For new lake fly fisher, current also provides a familiar fishing ally.

Likewise outlets are often good fish holding areas. Outlets generally are full of insects and wary fish. Generally shallower and offering less cover fish in these areas are usually skittish. If one is lucky to be fishing a lake with a deep outlet, that area is likely to offer great fishing time and time again.

Channels

Virtually all lakes have channels at least part way through them. Manmade lakes will have old river channel through entire length of lake. Channels can be hard to locate, often one can spot them only in calm late fall days, when lake is at its lowest level of year. Large well fished lakes will often have maps available that will show channel.

Now that dust has settled from latest NFL draft, it’s time to take a step back and take a look at which players out of 2005 rookie class may make biggest fantasy impact. Rookies, on average, fail to make that big of a splash in their first year. Historically, most players tend to need time to develop and learn before they are big playmakers in NFL and key contributors in a fantasy league. Making jump from college game to pros can be an adjustment that takes some players a year or two to get used to physically and mentally.

One position that usually bucks trend of players having a longer adjustment to game and being productive players from get go is running back. A few reasons exist for immediate production you may get out of a rookie running back as opposed to a wide receiver or a quarterback.

One reason is that teams usually draft a running back because there is an immediate need at position. Teams rarely draft a running back as experimental or development player. A few scenarios create need to draft a running back such as when a veteran who is approaching downside of his career, an existing player suffers a serious injury or when a star player blatantly abandons his team…cough, Ricky, cough. These situations almost force a team to find a talented replacement quickly who can step in on day one and carry load of team.

Another reason why rookie running backs produce quicker than other positions is fact that running backs have shortest career span of any position in NFL. An average running back will play under four years in NFL before hanging up their cleats. Teams expect them to come in, make an immediate impact and get most out of them while they are still physically able to produce. The players at this position take such a beating that you generally want a young, physical specimen to carry load instead of a grizzled veteran who may only have a limited number of carries left in his legs.

A small learning curve is yet another reason why a rookie running back can step in on day one and give you a thousand-yard season right away. Other than blocking assignments and short pass patterns, most of a running backs work is instinctive. The best backs in NFL create on fly and have a talent and instincts that cannot be taught in classroom. Other positions such as receiver or quarterback must spend a good deal of their time on practice field and in film room learning complicated schemes and techniques that will help them become a complete pro and future fantasy stud.

If you look at some of bigger names in fantasy football today and take a peek at their rookie production you’ll see that they many of them were very productive in their first seasons