changing directions

Hi Folks, Had a nice weekend of guiding and it actually did not rain in the Stowe area for 2 days straight.  Too bad it is back to the same old wet pattern for this week.  Looks like rain today and needless to say the ground is saturated and we can not take any more water presently.  The Winooski is still high and chocolate milk and the Lamoille is 4 times higher than its seasonal average flow for this time of the year, but coming down and clearing up.  Saturday I bass fished with a client from a canoe.  Water temperature was 73 degrees.  We fished a small pond/lake in central Vermont and I was shocked to see all of the fishing traffic.  Not the norm in Vermont.  Fishing was slow as we only landed 3 smallmouth bass and 1 pickerel.  We lost 1 decent fish, but the fishing was tough.  Water is really clear in this lake and I think the fishing pressure made the bass a little tight.  We fed them Senkos in watermelon red flake, baby bass, and craw fish.  There was not one that out produced the other.  Yesterday, totally changed directions and took my clients into a small mountain stream for native brook trout.  Water temperature was 60 degrees and the water clarity was excellent.  The brook we fished was higher than average, but very manageable.  We cast dry flies all afternoon on 2wts. and 3wts.  #12 Stimulators and #12 orange foam things seemed to do the trick.  Lots of french fry brook trout eating the dry.  No larger fish yesterday.  With the current flows and water temperature the fish seemed to be widely dispersed and were able to hold in big pools and secondary water.  I am off to teach the fine art of fly fishing to a young person.  Should be fun.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy