Fine tuning

Hi Folks, I had the pleasure of guiding an aspiring fly angler this morning. He was certainly more adept with the fly rod than he wanted to admit.  Water level is still high, but clarity was fine and no problem negotiating the water we fished.  Water temperature at 10am was 60 degrees.  Pretty darn good.  Weather front just pushed through and looks like clear sunny days for a little bit.  The only bugs we saw hatch were a small #16 mayfly and I am not sure what it was.  We did get a small wild rainbow to eat a #16 pheasant tail on the swing.  The best fish of the day was hard pulling 13" wild rainbow that took a swung heavily weighted #10 olive wooly bugger.  We had two other strikes on the day and both were very subtle.  We got to witness one take as a small rainbow swam down stream after the fly and merely sipped it in.  The indicator barely moved.  Pretty cool fishing in clear enough water to see trout eat nymphs.  For what ever reason the fish were not totally on.  We did fish some really nice looking water and did a bit of walking.  Fished a lot of different water types today in search of trout and worked on fine tuning the mending and presentation.  The Winooski is still cranking and the Lamoille is settling out but still way higher than average.  Focus on tributaries for a few days.  Off with the boat in the morning and trout fishing  in the afternoon.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy