Hi folks, Guided a double yesterday with some trout fishing in the morning and smallmouth bass fishing in the afternoon. Nice fishing conditions yesterday with over cast skies and then late afternoon showers. Water levels are down and we could use some steady rain. Spent the morning on a Lamoille tributary that was 63 degrees and low and clear. Very good dry fly fishing. We fished pocket water with a 2wt. casting a #14 lime green stimulator and a #12 royal wulff. Caught trout on both flies. We landed 7 brown trout and 3 brook trout. The fish of the day was a measured 20" brown trout that sipped in the royal wulff. The opening of my net is 17". Incredible that we landed this fish in heavy water. We had to chase it down in the brook. It was not sitting in an obvious spot as it was nestled up against a large boulder off a small run. This is the third large brown I have seen in a week guiding as I have now had clients land a 16", 18", and 20" brown trout and all in different streams. Not much for hatching insects and we blind fished the stream with the dry flies. In the afternoon, the smallmouth river we fished was clear and 72 degrees. We pounded on the smallmouth landing 14 fish and missing and losing another 8 fish. Not much for a top water bite, but they were pounding a 3" watermelon magic Senko. We hooked fish on our first three casts. Most of the bass were holding in big eddies or around large rocks in deep pools. All about line control and watching your line move when a fish picked up the rubber. Really consistent day on the water. Off to do it all over again today. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. have fun, Willy
