Sunday, May 30, 2010

Lamoille on the fly

Hi Folks, Guided the Lamoille yesterday morning with a couple of fly anglers.  Water temperature was 64 degrees at 6:00am.  Overcast skies and we even got some afternoon rain.  I received less than a quarter inch of rain at my house.  Decent morning #14 caddis hatch with olive body and dun colored wing.  Found a few random risers, but of our fish were hooked with a #16 olive caddis pupa.  We worked a variety of riffles to runs and plunge pools with good results.  We had 15 trout come to fly with 7 fish landed.  All wild rainbows between 6" and 13".  Some fine jumpers in the mix.  We worked on making good mends and maintaining line control.  It is essential to manage your fly line or it becomes much more difficult to hook and land trout, let alone make a good drift.  Caddis was the theme of the morning and we did not see any other anglers.  Off to guide trout this pm.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy