Brilliant

Hi Folks, Had a really nice afternoon teaching a client from the UK how to fly fish.  People from across the pond love coming to Vermont to fish.  Lots of water that can be accessed and enjoyed by all.  Unlike in the UK, where most trout water is privately owned.  So, we fished a small high mountain trout stream for native brook trout.  Water temperature was 53 degrees and the clarity was okay.  Water level is still up.  The Lamoille and Winooski are shaping up nicely as their levels recede.  Unfortunately, it appears that we are going to get hammered with more rain on Sunday.  The trout were pretty darn yesterday day as we had more fish come to the fly than I can count.  Cast a large #10 orange stimulator.  What a great fly pattern!  The larger brook trout came from eddies and the strikes were pretty explosive.  It is fun wearing polarized glasses in small brooks as you can often spot fish and certainly see them emerge to your fly.  Speaking of emergence, there was a decent #16 tan bodied caddis hatching pretty consistently at dusk, but we did not see any trout respond to them.  I would like to say that hatches are rather insignificant in small brook fishing in Vermont.  Large, bushy, attractor patterns that you and the fish can see are the way to go.  Beautiful afternoon on the water and I am off to do it all over again today.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy