Hi Folks, Finally a nice cold front moved in the hot muggy weather moved out. Love the cool nights and pleasant days. Good for water temperatures. Guided the Lamoille main stem two of the last three days and took my daughter fishing yesterday. I watched the Lamoille go from 69 degrees Tuesday morning to 61 degrees this morning. What a change in the fishing results with the cooler water temperatures. The bass stream I visited yesterday was 68 degrees and loaded with smallmouth. Could sight fish them. Tuesday we struggled to get fish to eat. Hooked 3 trout and did not land a one. Fished in heavy riffles under the bright sun and in coming thunder storms. Today, partly sunny/cloudy with a cool north breeze and we had well over 30 trout eat the fly. We landed 20 plus fish. All rainbows with a mix of wild trout and stocked trout from 7" to 12". Everything on nymphs. We nymphed double rigs with a #12 black double tungsten stone fly with a #18 olive wire caddis pupa. Pretty even distribution on both flies. We tight lined fished with high stick mending and used indicators in heavy pocket water. Good day on the Lamoille, especially for August. No rising trout or anyone eating dry flies, but we crushed them. Pretty impressive how hard the small wild rainbows hit the fly and how tough they fight. Put the stocked trout to shame. The bass fishing was pretty simple. My daughter Lina hooked fish on garden hackle no problem. I flipped some 3" baby bass Senkos as well and we had a field day tugging on fish. Good fun. Lina liked catching fish, but not a big fan of touching them. No worries. Well, trout fishing the next few days. Should be good. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
