Hi Folks, Been pounding the big water with the fly rods and my clients the last few days. Incredibly cool air temps. and water temps. for July. Water levels are still up in our rivers but clarity in the Lamoille is just fine, The Winooski is still a bit high and off colored. Monday afternoon the brook I was on was 56 degrees, yesterday the Lamoille trib. was 60 degrees and this morning the main stem of the Lamoille was 62 degrees. Been a lot of caddis hatching the last few day in #16 olive bug and #18/#20 micro caddis that is tan bodied. Today around 9am on the Lamoille we saw a bunch of #10 Alder flies coming off but no fish eating them. The fishing has been best the first few hours of the day and the last hour half before dark. When the sun comes up high, regardless of the water temperature. the fishing slows. We landed a dozen native brook trout on Monday on dry flies. Big #10 stimulators, #12 Royal Wulffs, and a #10 foam tarantula. Yesterday of the 15 brown trout and rainbows that came to the #12 orange bodied stimulator and #16 olive caddis pupa dropper we landed 5. This morning we caught a lot of trout in a big riffle to pool in the Lamoille dead drifitng a #10 black double tungsten stone fly nymph with a #16 olive caddis pupa. Caught fish both dead drifting and swinging the fly. The dry dropper rig has been very consistent. Trout fishing should remain good as long as the water stays cool. Off to chase small stream trout with guests. Remember toclean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
