Looks and feels like summer

Hi Folks, Guided one of my regular summer beats yesterday afternoon for the first time this season.  Chased river smallmouth bass with the fly rods with aspiring fly anglers.  I love teaching people who are new to fly fishing.  Very rewarding to watch them catch their first fish on a fly.  The river we waded was extremely low and clear.  You could see the fish come to the fly.  We still need rain and ands lots of it.  The water temperature was a hot 75 degrees.  Lots and lots of cased caddis on tops of rocks.  They were a #18 yellow/tan bodied pupa.  Looks like they are ready to blast off as a high percentage of the casings were on top of the rocks in the riffles not below.  We mostly drifted dry flies and a #10 green foam hopper was the fly of the day.  Had some success with a #12 yellow bodied stimulator as their were a mess of #12/#14 yellow sallies hatching towards dusk.  We caught 3 smallmouth and 3 fall fish and missed a few.  When you are learning to fly fish their is a lot going on with line management after the cast and when a fish strikes.  All part of the learning curve.  We located all of our fish in large deeper pools and they were holding tight to cover and out of the hot sun.  Looks like a real scorcher today.  Fishing early and then hunkering down.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy