Hi Folks, Been mixing up the guiding the last few days and really enjoy the fall weather. The foliage still looks pretty decent with some pockets of peak leaves and other areas that are certainly gone by. Been cold the last few nights with air temperatures in the 30's. Burned my first wood stoves off the year. Trout fished with the fly rods yesterday on a Lamoille tributary. Water temperature was 51 degrees and the water level was slightly low. Nothing for hatching insects and no rising fish. We resorted to nymphing with a #14 tungsten red thread prince nymph and a #14 zug bug with a #18 olive dropper nymph. We caught 3 wild rainbows that all got some air time. We made lots of casts and drifts for those three trout. All of the fish were holding in heavy pocket water and not in slow pools. Surprised me a bit with the cooler water temperatures. Today I ran the boat with spin anglers in pursuit of bass and pike. Not much for wind and the surface temperature of the lake was 56 to 57 degrees. We worked weed beds all day that abutted deeper water. Casting into 5' to 8' with the boat set up in 15' to 20'. Fire Tiger plugs worked very well on the bass as we predominately caught largemouth today. One of the larger bass ate a red skirted spinner bait with double blades. Did catch one northern on a spinner bait and had another fish chase to the boat. We ended up landing 10 fish today. Pretty nice way to spend a beautiful foliage day. Will be in the boat again tomorrow. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
