Hi Folks, Been weathering the heat and humidity by standing in rivers. Mixed it up the last two days with river fishing for smallmouth bass and fly fishing for wild rainbows and browns on a Winooski tributary. Water temp. on the smallmouth water was 72 degrees and the trout stream this morning was a very nice 63 degrees. Water is low and clear and we still need rain. The bass fishing was pretty straight forward as we dead drifted 3" green and brown Senkos on red hooks. We landed 8 smallmouth and missed a few. The bite was fairly subtle but with good line control we managed to stick a few in deeper pools and back eddies. This morning the trout fishing was pretty darn good with all of the fish caught on a dry fly. A #12 Royal Wulff to be exact. One 14" plus bow jumped 6 times. Landed 5 wild bows and 1 wild brown. Missed a few as we had trout coming out of the water and back down on the fly. Really fun in clear water to watch fish launch to the surface to eat. Not much for hatching bugs. Seeing a few #18/#20 yellow bodied caddis, #6-#10 stone fly shucks on rocks, flying ants #14-#22, #18-#22 BWOs, a few #22 Tricos, and lots of different types of terrestrials. Off to bass fish this afternoon. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
