Hi Follks, Nice change of the weather here in Stowe. Feels like fall outside. Cold front arrived with a serious east wind yesterday. I spent the afternoon on the Lamoille under cloudy cool conditions and a steady wind. Water temperature dropped a few degrees down to 58 degrees. The water level was dropping and is currently right around the seasonal average flow. There were a few bug hatching from a #14 Sulphur (large one- Dorothea), to a #14 caddis, and a few left over #12 March Browns. A number of crawfish shells in the shallow. Big trout in Vermont love to eat crawfish. Its like a steak to a trout. We had some pretty good success dead drifting with a floating line and sinking tip #8-#6 black and olive wooly buggers. All wild trout yesterday and we worked for them. All of the bows were nice looking and fought really well. One of the particular fish came out of the water 6 times. Did miss and lose a few fish. It seemed like the weather had the fish a bit tight as I saw several trout roll up on the fly and not take it. It appeared there was some short striking going on. There was a really good hatch of Sulphurs late afternoon. No rising fish but we did take 1 nice wild bow on a #14 sulphur nymph. Looks like cool weather for a few days, perfect. Off to row the boat. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
