dry fly fishing

Hi folks, Guided two trips yesterday on the Lamoille drainage.  Fly fished the main stem in the morning and a tributary.  Actually fished in Didymo stream so really had to clean the gear thoroughly last night.  It will not be me or my clients who spread this nuisance around.  Did not see any large mats of the "rock snot" but the spores are ever present and cleaning is a must!  Water temperatures were pretty good with the Lamoille hovering between 64 and 68 degrees from morning to night and the trib. was 62 degrees.  We could use some rain as our rivers are still a bit bony.  Not hard to locate the fish as the riffles and pools are very obvious.  Looks like the cool weather is about to get pushed out and warmer summer like weather will return for the weekend. You know the morning will be good when your client catches a trout within the first 3 cast of the day.  We fished a #12 hopper pattern and that could have resembled a stone fly adult and had pretty consistent action with it.  What was fun was my guest used a short 7'  4wt. that really bent when a fish was on.  We landed 6 rainbows with 4 being wild fish.  Missed a few. but the fishing was pretty decent for still being in August.  Pretty cool afternoon with a strong wind that made casting a trick.  Did find a few willing trout who wanted to eat an ant pattern.  It was difficult to detect rise forms due to the wind on the water.  Nice when you can spend the day fishing dry flies the entire time.  The hell with nymphing or casting steamers when fish are looking up.  So, off to chase trout and smallies later today with guests.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy