Blue Sky

Hi Folks, Had the pleasure of guiding a young man yesterday for a full day of teaching the art of fly fishing.  Blue Sky (great Allman Brothers tune) everywhere.  Too bad it looks like big rain for Sunday. The Lamoille and Winooski are just coming around and they will probably get blown out again.  We fished the Winooski watershed.  The larger stream we started on was slightly high but clear and a pleasant 58 degrees.  We swung a #8 cone head yellow muddler initially and landed several fall fish as well as missed a few good strikes.  As the sun came up high in the sky we nymphed with a #10 olive/black wooly bugger under an indicator.  We landed 2 nice rainbows with one being a 12" wild fish and the other a 12" stocked trout.  Even my young aspiring fly angler could tell the difference in the how the fish fought and looked when landed.  After some fun in the big water we moved to a small mountain brook where the water temperature was 53 degrees.  Really good tree canopy and shade to hide that big blu sky.  Water was high but pretty darn clear.  We fished up stream with big bushy #10 stimulators in orange and crushed the brook trout.  Lots of fish coming to the fly.  We landed well over brightly colored brook trout.  Brook trout are aggressive, but they do wise up to your fly when you miss them.  They will rise again to inspect the fly, but more often than not they do not eat it the second and third time around.  Who said fish do not have memory?  So, off to chase the Hex hatch tonight.  Hopefully the weather holds.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy