Hi Folks, My favorite time of the year to fish for river trout and the conditions are just not very good. The water is so low you can walk in places on the lower Winooski that you would never dream of under normal flows. At least it is now cold at night and cooler during the day so that the river temperatures have dropped into nice range. The Winooski was 59 early and 62 later in the day. The Lamoille has also dropped into the high fifties and low sixties. Lots of sun the last few days. Hatches have been marginal. Seeing some #14 green bodied caddis and few #18 tan bodied caddis. Even saw a good number #10 Fall Caddis today but no fish responding to the big bug. The trout that have been rising lately are pretty tight. They appear to moving around in eddies, flats, and big pools. It is almost like you are still water fly fishing with the low water. We hooked fish today swinging #14 prince nymph with a #18 green soft hackle dropper. We caught wild rainbow, stocked browns, young salmon, and lots of Fall Fish. The dry fly fishing the last few days on the Winooski and Lamoille has been very tricky. Really good casting has been required and perfect mending. A lot of the rising activity has been subtle bulges in the water created by trout sipping and gulping in the surface film. The fish seem to have a Phd currently when comes to eating dry flies. Well, we really need rain. Off in the boat tomorrow. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
