nice on the river

Hi folks, Guided a new fly angler yesterday on the main stem of the Lamoille.  The water temperature on the Lamoille was 64 degrees yesterday morning at 6:30am and warmed to 66 degrees by the time we had left prior to lunch time.  Water level was up once again and it was like fishing the river in the spring.  Clarity was okay as there was still little dirty tinge to the water from the recent rain on Friday.  We found some #12/#14 Isonychia shucks on rocks and there were a few #16 olive caddis hatching as the sun broke through the morning fog.  No rising fish.  We nymph fished all morning with a double rig and an indicator.  We cast a #10 tungsten bead olive wooly bugger with a #16 olive caddis pupa dropper.  Lots of roll casting in order to prevent tangles.  I figure in the bigger flows you must use a larger fly that the fish can see.  We had 7 trout eat the fly and we landed 3 wild rainbows.  The best fish on the day was scrappy 14" silver rainbow that had some pull.  As the sun got high over head and it did so early yesterday morning we removed the indicator.  Tight line swinging the nymphs got the flies down and the fish responded.  Another pretty decent morning of trout fishing for August.  I am tickled as August is always the most difficult month of the season to catch trout typically due to warm water temperatures and low levels.  I am off to chase trout again this morning.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy