Hi Folks, Been awful darn hot guiding the last few days, I have been meeting guests between 5am and 5:30 am in order to escape the heat. Water temperatures have really spiked. The lower lamoille yesterday morning at 6:30am was 77 to 78 degrees. The lake I fished early this morning was 77 degrees on the surface. However, the small brook trout streams I have visited the last few days have been a pleasant 58 to 60 degrees. Of course, they have great tree canopy for shade and come off high elevation. We could use some rain. There has been a slight south wind present the few days lake fishing. The bass fishing has been pretty slow with the warm weather. Seeing fish come to the fly and turn off. They seem not very interested. I changed flies more this morning than I can ever remember when chasing smallmouth. We got one 2lb fish to eat a #8 Chartreuse Sneaky Pete and that was it. Saw lots and lots of big bass and they simply did not appear to be interested in feeding. On the other end of the spectrum, the brook trout fishing has been very good. Lots of action from 4" to 9" native fish. They readily eat dry flies and live in some pretty stretches of river. Our tactics have been to move up stream in order to not spook the fish. We have been casting a #12 Royal Wullf, #10 orange bodied Stimulator, and a #12 Royal Trude. All 3 dry fly patterns have been equally productive. This type of fly fishing is about covering water as there are only so many fish per spot. If the water is knee deep and you suspect it could hold a trout then casting a dry to the location will educate you. These small stream brook trout are gluten's and seem very happy to eat large bushy dry flies. Looks like a cool down is in store for the weekend. The fishing will improve once things cool off. Chasing smallmouth tomorrow. Happy 4th everyone. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
