Hi folks, Spent a really nice morning with fly fishing guests on the lower Lamoille chasing river smallmouth bass. You never know what you might encounter when fishing the big water. Water temeprature was 68 degrees and the flow was above the seasonal average. Cooling water temps. have slowed down the top water fishing. We fished big pools and left the smaller water alone. Lots of big rocks where we fished and the walking can be challenging. We started out with popping bugs and drew one violent strike from a smallmouth bass and that was that for surface action. We resorted to fishing #6 long shank cone headed olive bunny buggers with red thread, #8 chartreuse/white clauser minnow, and dead drifting #8 stone fly patterns with weight under an indicator. We did not catch any small fish. All solid and big strong river smallmouth bass as well as half a dozen very large fall fish. The fish and surprise of the day was a solid 16" brown trout. It ate a olive streamer and immediately jumped several feet out of the water. Petty cool. Olive was the color of the day. Tons of crawfish in the shallow margins. I think the streamer when fished slowly imitated the craw daddy's movements in the water. Good day for rod bending. Off to river fish for bass this morning. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
