Saturday, September 24, 2011

Really good fly fishing

Hi Folks, spent a full day on the Lamoille yesterday with a client guiding with the fly rods for trout.  Water temperature was 60 to 61 degrees.  Levels were perfect for fishing as they wee slightly above the seasonal average flow.  That might change today as we just received 5/8th" of rain at my house in Stowe.  Should settle out quickly either way.  We had trout rising throughout the day.  Every spot we fished had a rising fish. Saw a good number of #20 BWO's hatching as well some #12 Isonychia, and #16 caddis.  My client was fine fly caster and he had a 4wt. that he had made out of split cane. It cast beautifully.  We carried two rods and did not change flies all day.  On the Bamboo we cast a #12 foam ant and on the nymphing rod we rigged a #14 Prince nymph and #20 BWO nymph.  Fished dry flies for most of the day and we had in excess of over 30 wild trout eat the fly.  I think a good percentage of the trout were all eating yesterday.  The wild rainbows in the Lamoille are scrappy and put up a good tussle.  I bet the trout fishing was good everywhere yesterday.  We had a lot of takes on the dead drift, but we also missed a lot of fish on the swing.  You get an awful lot of takes letting the fly swing down stream this time of the year.  The fish are are willing to chase with the current water temperatures and the Isonychia hatch prompts some of this behavior as well.  Anywho, get out there, the fly fishing around here for trout is in its prime time period.  I am off to guide smallmouth this afternoon.  Should be really good as it will be a warmer muggy day.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.