Hi Folks, Been off the water for a few days, but was back out there today with a client fly fishing for trout. Nice fall morning with cool air temperatures, threatening showers and a big front moving through. Water levels are low but temperatures are excellent. The small stream we fished was 59 degrees. We covered a lot of water today and wore out some boot leather. The only way to fish this nutrient poor brown trout stream. Armed with a very nice 3wt. Helios my client landed the cycle catching a 5 wild brown trout, 4 native brook trout, and 1 one really nice wild rainbow. The rainbow took a #14 lime green stimulator by coming out of the water and back down on the fly. Great take. However, in 23 years of fishing this Stowe stream I have never caught or had a client catch a rainbow. Very interesting. We fished a dry dropper rig with a the stimulator and a #18 olive wire caddis pupa and then swtiched dry flies to a #12 royal wulff. Most of our takes came on the small nymph. All of our 4 brown trout that were over a foot came from big pools with downed wood. Pretty neat watching a tan flash come to the fly from out of a big pile of debris. We could use some rain. Still the trout fishing will remain good all month. Lots of fish to be caught and plenty of rising activity to be enjoyed. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
