In the real estate cliche, “location, location, location,” the repetition is simply to emphasise a point. In the present context each word has slightly different “meaning.” The first highlights the idea of initially locating areas in rivers (or lakes) where trout probably reside. The second refers to seeking, in those areas, the most promising lies where trout may be found. The third repeat refers to the pinpointing of fish in a lie. Locate the area, locate the lie, locate the fish. The cliche summarises (literally) a system of stalking trout…
Exerpt from “Stalking and Catching Trout” by Les Hill and Graeme Marshall. Halcyon 2005.