small water and wood

Hi Folks, Guided the upper Lamoille last night.  Pretty darn hot day yesterday and the warm sun heated up our streams.  The Lamoille at 6:30pm last night was 67 degrees and pretty low and clear.  The section we fished was littered with downed trees from previous high water events.  Makes for great cover for fish on some pools.  Tough to cast an drift around.  Saw a a number of #8 stone flies flying over the river who were dipping their bottom end into the stream to lay eggs.  No rising fish but we got them to eat a dry fly.  A #10 orange stimulator cast off a 3wt. was the ticket.  We landed a dozen wild rainbows and native brookies on the stimulator.  Had a couple of instances where we had to go into the pool and untangle a rainbow from the wood.  Saw rainbows jump out of the as high as we were tall and then land in big messes of tree limbs.  All up stream fishing.  Nice evening on the water and looking to do it all over again today.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy