lots of fishing

Hi Folks, Been all over the board the last few days.  Guided the Lamoille Friday and today for trout and then smallmouth bass.  River levels are finally are the seasonal average and they have certainly warmed up.  The Lamoille above Morrisville was 64 degrees Friday in the morning and down low this am was 72 degrees.  Trout fishing will not be option on the Lamoille if the water stays at 70 degrees or higher.  At least if you are going to fish the Lamoille currently, make sure you do it early in the morning.  Friday the trout fishing was decent as we landed 4 wild rainbows and a wild brown trout.  Nothing giant, but not bad for July.  We nymphed all of the fish on #12 prince and #18 caddis pupa dropper.  Golden stone flies are starting to show up and I have seen a few casings on rocks as well as winged adults.  Micro caddis are the soup of the day and a #18 and #20 tan bodied caddis seems to be the dominant hatching insect currently. Also, noticed a few #12 golden drakes hatching and their shucks in the some back eddies. Smallmouth fishing was okay this morning.  We landed 3 smallies who all ate poppers and we missed several fish.  Fished big slow pools that were lined with boulders.  Small chartruse poppers were the fly of the day.  In between this all, I visited Maine with a fishing guest I have become friends with.  We fly fished the Magalloway River for brook trout and landlocked salmon.  Pretty interesting fishery as we fish a tailwater, a freestone, and a spring influenced sections of the same river.  Very hatch friendly river with large brookies and fiesty salmon.  Good wildlife viewing as we saw black bear, antlered deer, bald eagles, otters, osprey, grouse, beaver, and, hare.  No moose.  Great experience that I would recommend to anyone.  We had good fishing and we were there at a slow time.  Really enjoyed the spring influenced part of the river fishing to rising brookies in slow water.  So lots of different fish the last few days.  Nice diversity in New England for fishing.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  have fun, Willy