Saturday, June 26, 2010

Nice fishing weather

Hi Folks, Guided a morning and an evening today on the Lamoille.  The fishing was outstanding!  Water is slightly up from the seasonal average and the temperature maintained all day.  It was 64 degrees at 6am and 66 degrees at 6pm.  Not too bad and add the overcast, damp conditions with some showers, perfect.  Found rising trout in the morning and evening.  Good hatch of #18 BWO's, along with #18 tan caddis, and few #14 cahills this morning. We caught fish on a #12 white wulff with #18 caddis pupa dropper and then we fished a #16 tent wing parachute caddis dry.  It did not matter as we must of hooked 20 fish and landed 10.  The fish of the day was a 17" male rainbow that ate the caddis pupa dropper.  awesome looking trout.  The fish were rising in the riffles and the slow water of the pool.  Hooked a few trout swinging into current transitions.  Tonight, pretty much the same thing except the fish were rising to big #12 yellow drakes.  Real splashy rise forms.  However, we were casting spin gear with trout imitations and a crawfish plug and hooking trout all the same.  Landed 14 rainbows.  We would cast upstream of a rising fish and pull the plug across their face.  Lot of good takes right at the end of the retrieve.  Slow and steady was the key.  The trout were still rising at dark when we left the river.  Off to chase trout in the am.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy