Tuesday, October 4, 2016

wondering on the Winooski

Hi Folks, Guided mid morning to mid day on the Winooski yesterday.  Had the same anglers as the previous day with very different results.  The water is still incredibly low.  Short of hurricane type rain, I do not see our rivers rebounding this season.  Need good fall rain and a heavy snow pack this winter.  Water temperature was 58 degrees.  Not much for hatching bugs.  A few sporadic #20 BWOs but no trout responding to the small mayfly.  We fished a couple of different spots with very little action from any fish.  We missed 4 fish between 3 anglers.  Pretty much the same conditions as the previous day when the fishing was really good, interesting.  We mixed up the flies from #12 Prince nymphs to #18 BWO nymphs, to a #8 weighted wooly bugger, and a #16 olive caddis pupa.  The four strikes were on the Prince and were good whacks from the fish. All of the takes were in a heavy riffle at the head of a deep pool.  Tough to maintain focus when fishing for several hours with very few strikes.  One of things I like about fly fishing is the focus it requires to do well.  Well keep the fly in the water and good things will happen.  Off to guided the Lamoille today.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy