a little relief from the heat

Hi folks, Spent a nice weekend guiding trout in small water and chasing river smallmouth bass.  Friday night brought a cold front to town to that pushed out the hot humid weather that had been hanging around all last week.  Pretty windy both Saturday and Sunday making boat fishing a bit if challenge.  The small streams I fished were fairly low and it appears that we could still use some steady rain.  Water level was dropping after heavy rain from the storms produced from the cold front. Water temperature has dropped and the two small streams I guided over the last 2 days were 62 degrees.  Pretty decent number of micro caddis hatching both mornings.  #18/#20 tan bodied caddis coming off in big numbers, but nor trout rising to the small bug.  We fished #12 yellow bodied and green bodied stimulators with a #18 olive copper john dropper nymph.  Most of the trout we hooked smashed the dry fly.  Wild rainbows and browns and native brook trout.  A little nymphing with a #14 black double tungsten stone fly under indicator was effective in some larger deeper pools.  As long as the nights stay cool the trout fishing in the small brooks will remain consistent. The big rivers are still too warm and the Lamoille was off color all weekend.  On the bass front, the river fishing has been very good and the lake fishing challenging.  The challenge with the lake fishing was the wind and boat control.  The river fishing was very good last night as we caught 5 nice smallmouth and missed or lost another half a dozen fish.  We cast popping bugs at them and spin fished.  Mots of the bass were holding in slower deeper pools with wood.  Pretty clear water and you could see the fish a times coming to the fly.  The river bass fishing will be the best option over the next couple of months as summer is now full on.  Off to chase to small stream trout this morning.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy