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Hi Folks, Guided night and day yesterday on small streams in and around my home in Stowe.  Really good fishing day.  Water levels are still up but coming down and it looks like the tropical weather is about to move out.  Cold front on the way tonight which will help things cool down.  The main stem of the Lamoille looks like it is ready to be fished and with the cooling temperatures it could be pretty good over the next few days.  Water temperatures int he two streams I was on yesterday were 61 and 63 degrees.  Water clarity was pretty good, at least good enough for the trout to eat dry flies.  The tactics we used did not vary from one brook to the next.  Carried two rods, one rigged with an #10 orange stimulator and another with an indicator and a #12 double tungsten black stone fly nymph.  I have seen some large stone flies hatching lately and a stone fly nymph is always a good bet in a small bony stream.  Especially when the water is up because the nymphs are not good swimmers and they get tumbled along the bottom and are easy pickings for the trout.  Guided the cycle yesterday as I saw caught a wild brown trout, wild rainbow and native brook trout.  Most of our fish eat the dry fly, but we did selectively use the nymph in some of the bigger plunge pools.  Off to do it again today and then bass fishing in the afternoon.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy