Wednesday, July 20, 2011

heat, chantral mushrooms, and lots of brook trout

Hi Folks, Guided a couple of aspiring fly anglers this morning on a small mountain stream.  Started seeing a number of chantral mushrooms popping up. Very enjoyable outing for me to see a young kid who was probably born with a fly rod in his hand pick up the sport so quickly.  The brook we fished was 59 degrees at 6:30am.  Water levels are dropping quickly and we now could use some rain.  Approach is very important when the levels drop in these small streams in order to not spook the fish before you cast.  We worked up stream with light 3wt outfits and cast stimulator patterns into any potential holding water.  We landed 34 brook trout and probably missed another 20.  Pretty good steady action.  A tight line drift with very little slack made the hook set much easier.  Casting accuracy was important.  I have been hearing over the last few days of northern pike in the Lamoille below Cadys Falls.  It appears that the pike were in Lake Lamoille and during the high spring water they were flushed down stream into the river.  There goes the trout fishing in that stretch of river.  Never introduce a fish to a body of water.  Leave that to the biologist.  This is not a good thing and will certainly change the balance of things in the Lamoille.  Looks to stay hot for the next few days so trout fishing will be limited to small cold streams or fish for smallmouth bass.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy