trophy fish

Hi Folks, guided the Lamoille yesterday morning and evening.  Great fishing weather with overcast skies all day and cool air temperatures.  The water temperature was 65 degrees at 7:00am and 68 degrees at 5pm.  Water level came down all day as the power company shut off the flow.  Don't understand how the manage the flows but I know the fish are not a concern.  In the am we encountered a good number of flying ants.  Size #14 to #22 flying ants were carpeting the water.  We found specific rising fish and cast a #14 foam bodied flying ant pattern I tie.  Most of the fish were eating the ants in slow flats down stream from riffles.  We landed 4 wild rainbows and 1 wild brown trout.  Missed another half dozen fish.  Real explosive strikes to the fly.  You could anticipate the strike when a good cast and drift was made you knew the trout was going to eat the fly.  In the afternoon I guided a group of spin anglers on the Lamoille down river from where we fished in the morning.  We cast rebel crawfish lures and a rapala imitation brown trout plug.  We landed 11 rainbows between 8" and 14" and then the brown trout.  Maybe one of the largest brown trout I have ever seen in the Lamoille.  You could tell pretty quickly that my client had a big fish on the line when i saw his line ripping up stream.  It was a beautiful male brown trout with a big hook jaw that measured 22" .  I guess it would have weighed 4lbs.  We released this beast, but I think it would not have been a bad fish to have mounted.  A trout that size is on his last leg and he probably eats a fair number of young fish.  Pictures to come.  Not every day you see a wild resident river trout of this size.  Pretty exciting.  Not much for ants last night or rising fish. Lots of #12 isonychia shucks on the rocks along with some #10 stoneflys.   Off to chase trout this am.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy