Big water and small water

Hi Folks, Spent the weekend chasing trout in small water and smallmouth bass in big water.  Still fairly warm out there and the small stream I visited was 62 degrees and the lower Lamoille was 77 degrees.  Pretty windy out there yesterday with a steady blow form the south/southwest.  Saturday was just humid and bright.  Water clarity is good and our rivers and streams are close to their seasonal average flow.  Extremely different environments to fish in from a wading perspective.  Both can be tricky to walk around with the uneven walking surfaces, but positioning for casting and the distance of casts is very different.  Lot more trees and bushes to contend with in the small streams while the large water is wide open.  Accuracy is much more important on the small water.  Either way caution is needed when walking around these environments and it is important to cover some water to catch fish.  The trout fishing Saturday was good with numerous native brook trout coming to the stimulator.  The spook factor is in effect so approach was important.  Smallmouth fishing was okay.  Landed 4 smallies yesterday afternoon and missed two other fish.  A crawfish clauser was the fly of the day and we only took 1 bass off the surface with a chartruse popper.  Loads of small crawfish in the shallows darting around and several bass puked up crawfish as we landed them.  Looks like some weather moving in this afternoon.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy