Challenging

Hi Folks, Found the trout fishing to be tough the past two guiding Saturday and Sunday.  Big cold front with rain and very cool night time air temperatures.  The tribs. I walked Saturday and Sunday were both in the low fifties.  51 and 52 degrees respectively.  Probably should have been fishing in the afternoon versus the morning due to cooling air and water temperatures.  Visited the main stem of the Lamoille yesterday after small streaming it and it was 57 degrees.  Water was up on the main stem but dropping.  Water is up on the Winooski as well and the clarity is not quite as good as the Lamoille.  Pretty good rain this morning and with more expected this afternoon, should keep the big rivers up for a few days.  Really good hatch yesterday morning of a #14 olive bodied caddis and a #16 tan bodied caddis.  Lots of bugs and no damn fish responding.  Walked over some good consistent stable pools with a very competent fly angler and we could not buy a strike.  At least the cool air temperatures and higher water should set us up nicely for any hatches of #8/#10 Brown Drakes as well as consistent hatches of sulphurs at dusk.  Well, bass are spawning or are all done and beginning to disperse for the summer holding areas.  Looks like a warmer week in store with plenty off water in our rivers now.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy