dusk and dawn

Hi folks, Nice weather finally.  Really enjoying the dry spell with the sun.  Of course these big bright sunny days change the prime fishing times, but who cares about getting up at 4:30am to go fishing?  Been guiding in the morning and evenings.  Right now you want to fish either very early or late in the day to dusk due to light levels and water temperatures.  This morning we chased smallmouth bass from my boat with the fly rod and spin rod.  Surface temperature was 64 degrees with no wind.  We worked large rocky points that dropped into deeper water with a surface popper that looked like a frog and a floating rapala.  Both the fly and lure were equally productive and we landed 15 smallmouth bass between 6" and 16".  We covered a lot of water and made lots of casts.  The trout fishing has been crazy right at dark.  Fish rising everywhere eating sulphers, egg laying caddis, and even saw a few drakes.  The last hour of dark seems to be the magic hour for rising fish.  Trout fishing in the morning has been steady as well, just not as much rising activity.  Flies right now, olive and tan bodied caddis between #16 and #18, sulphers between #14 and #18, and drakes between #10 and #12.  I have been mostly using an #16 x-caddis, #16 pheasant tails, and #12 white wulff.  The fish have not seemed overly fussy.  Make a good drift and good things happen.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have fun, Willy