time for a cool down

Hi Folks, Guided smallmouth bass yesterday with spin gear on a river system.  Nice foggy morning with high humidity.  Water level was up as we have received some recent rain from thunderstorms.  Water temperature was 73 degrees and the clarity was slightly off.  Looks like the air temperatures are going to cool off this week and hopefully our river temperatures will drop as well.  Massive hatch of flying ants in Stowe the other night.  That time of the year.  Ant patterns in #14/#16 for the female and #20/#22 for the males in cinnamon/black work really well.  I like tying my ants with crystal flash wings as it makes it easier to track them in the water.  flying ants bring everyone to the surface from trout to bass.  Too bad our big rivers are still too warm to trout fish.  The Winooski yesterday was up, off colored and warm.  Smallmouth gorge themselves on ants but they will still eat a popper.  Not necessary to cast ants to bass.  Also, in the land of terrestrials, olive grasshoppers in olive /green are all over farm fields.  So, we landed 10 nice smallmouth bass yesterday morning dead drifting 3" olive and crawfish colored Senkos on red hooks.  I think every fish we hooked came out of the water multiple times.  Bass really pull back and on light tackle are awful lot of fun.  Lots of #18 tan bodied and light green bodied caddis casings on tops of rocks.  should be a good number of caddis getting ready to launch.  Off to chase smallmouth this afternoon.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy