Hi Folks, Amazing what some rain can do for the trout fishing. Monday rained all day and our rivers came up a bit and the trout fishing turned on. The foliage looks nice but not as brilliant as in years past. Finally some near freezing night time air temperatures have cooled down our rivers. The Lamoille was 53 degrees today and 54 degrees yesterday . A Lamoille tributary was 52 degrees. Been nice guiding fly fishing rips for the trout the last few days. There has not been tons of bug activity though, there were a fish risers at dusk today eating tiny #BWO dries. With the water levels up, the trout fishing game has totally changed. It went from being tough and not so great to pretty good in two days time. We have been tight lining #8 buggers in black and olive with #20 BWO droppers and well as nymphing with a #14 copper john and #20 BWO nymph or soft hackle. The fish are all over a the #20 nymph. We landed a spectacular wild male 16" brown today on 6x tippet with a #20 nymph. The fish jumped like a salmon 3 times! I have been having guests swinging a 200 grain sinking tip with tandem flies in some deeper slower pool. Pretty productive. A little contrast with dark colored streamer with a light colored streamer tied off 2x fluoro. As the water cools, presentations need to be slowed down. Two weeks left in the season. Get your casts in. Off toc ahse pike and bass tomorrow. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
