big bright sun

Hi Folks, Guided the Lamoille yesteday morning and the Winooski yesterday afternoon.  Nice morning fog on the Lamoille early on.  Once it burned off the sun was high bright in the sky.  Water temperature was 63 degrees on the Lamoille at 5:30am and 69 degrees on the Winooski at 7:00pm.  The Winooski would have been warmer but there was a water release up stream while we were fishing and it helped to keep the water temperature down a bit.  I like morning fishing when it is bright and hot. Saw a variety of hatching insect yesterday morning and evening, but not a single rising fish.  Random #16 tan bodied caddis hatching in the morning and a decent number of #14 light cahills in the evening.  Starting to see more #8/#10 stone fly shucks on rocks and winged adults buzzing around.  The Lamoille fished pretty well in the morning.  We moved around a bit and finally got into a lot of fish on a heavy riffle.  I think the first spot we fished hand been hammered the night before.  We dead drifted under an indicator a #14 bead head olive wire caddis with a #16 flashback hare's ear nymph.  We had one stretch were on 3 successive drift we hooked wild rainbows.  Ended up landing 6 rainbows and losing or missing as many.  Pretty good morning.  My afternoon trip was a ton of fun as I took four great ladies who were child hood friends fly fishing.  The big sun, rising water, and warm water made the trout fishing pretty slow.  We did get into the good old fall fish who love to eat flies on the Winooski.  Hey, they put a end on a rod even if they are not the target species.  Pay attention on the Winooski as the water can come up quickly and you could caught in a tight spot.  It is big water down low.  Looks like summer is here for good and air temperatures will be warming up along with water temperatures.  Still could use some rain  and the fishing on the Lamoille and Winooksi are about to really slow down if the warming trend continues.  My guiding operation will begin to switch directions and we will be fishing more for smallmouth bass and walking up and down cold mountain streams for native brookies, wild rainbows, and the brown trout.  Off to chase trout.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy