more darn rain

Hi Folks, Guided a fly trip on the Winooski yesterday and the river was in pretty good shape.  Man can things turn in hurry around here.  Over 11/4" of rain at my house in Stowe yesterday has now stuffed our big streams.  High and dirty for a few days with more rain in the forecast for tomorrow.  The river was 63 degrees yesterday and we did not see much for hatching insects.  The first run we fished was pretty good.  We landed 3 wild rainbows between 7" and 11" and missed few fish.  Hooking the trout on a tiny #20 peacock body soft hackle.  If you can get the little fly to stick it does not generally come out.  The line will break before the fly falls out of a trout's mouth.  We moved up stream to try some other water and we did even draw a strike.  It was like someone flipped the switch and the fishing shut down.  Pretty weird.  Well we did not need any more rain and it looks like I might lose a couple of trips this weekend including today.  Not good.  Lake fishing is an option for smallmouth and pike, but there is going to be a nasty north wind that could make fishing tough from a boat.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy