Sunday, June 12, 2011

wet weather

Hi folks, Been guiding for trout the last two days in some nice cool damp weather.  I did two trips on the Lamoille yesterday and the water temperature dropped from the morning to evening.  It was 62 degrees at 5:30 am and 59 degrees at 7:00pm.  I was up stream in the afternoon and we did receive almost 3/8" of inch of rain between my trips.  Last night brought another 1/2" of rain and it is raining now.  The small stream I fished this morning was 56 degrees.  Might as well get used to the higher than average water levels.  It seems like it will be that way for awhile.  Good for the fish.  We saw a few #15 olive bodied caddis hatching yesterday morning but only a few rising fish nothing with regularity.  We caught 4 stocked rainbows and 1 wild bow with a #14 orange bodied usual swung in the current and a #16 olive wire caddis.  The afternoon brought on a great hatch of #20 BWO's, but we found absolutely no rising trout.  I think the rising water level from the afternoon rain put the fish down.  We did see a few #16 sulphurs hatching at dusk, but not in great numbers.  We landed one wild rainbow that ate a #12 ausable wulff, go figure.  This morning was a nice small stream expereince for brook trout.  Man, are they user friendly and willing to eat big silly dry flies.  Good fun with a 2wt.and 3wt.  Looks cool for the next few days, so rivers temperatures should stay nice.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy