Very Nice

Hi Folks, Spent a full day on a Lamoille Tributary with an accomplished fly angler.  Great day on a trout stream! Water temperature was 60 degrees and the water level was slightly above the seasonal average flow.  We walked a beat of river I have not been all season, but started fishing 25 years a go.  Nice to see it fished as well as ever.  Big bouldery pocket water and a bit of technical fishing with lots of micro currents.  Tricky mending.  We landed 15 brook trout, 4 wild brown trout, and 2 junpng wild rainbows.  Good fun on a slow action 3wt.  The rig of the day was a #14 green bodied stimulator with a #18 bead head hare and copper and a #16 x-caddis with a #18 bead head pheasant tail nymph.  The distribution of takes was pretty equal from the dry fly to the nymph.  We probably missed or lost another dozen fish.  We did have a really large brown trout come to the fly twice in a big plunge pool.  Fish emerged out of the heavy water to look at the dry and the second time we drifted into the spot the fish ate the nymph and we missed it.  Oh well, still pretty cool seeing the fish.  Nice in clear streams being able to spot fish as they move to the fly.  Off to chase trout again this morning.  Looks like a bit of cool down on the way.  Good for trout fishing.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy