HI Folks, Guided with the fly rods for river smallmouth yesterday. Took out 3 brothers who are all fine fly anglers and even finer gentlemen. Could not have been with a better crew for a super fantastic day of fly fishing. Man, it is still hot and muggy out there. The water is incredibly low and I can't remember seeing the Lamoille so dry. Once again, we need rain. We got on the water at sun rise under heavy fog. Lots of valley fog this time of the year. Good for keeping the sun off the water. Water temperature was 75 degrees and low and clear. We were able to spot several fish eat the fly. We begin the morning popping the bass and landed a 2lber within 5 minutes of fishing. It just got better from there. We landed well over 30 smallmouth casting a combination of #6 chartreuse rubber legged poppers and stripping back #4/#8 Clauser Minnows and cone headed olive bunny buggers. Due to the water levels most of the fish are holding in slow deep pools. One of the more enjoyable moments of the day was casting into a large foam covered eddy that had a large rock and stump. You would cast the fly into the foam and strip and wham! We pulled 4 nice bass out of this dynamic. We could see smallmouth emerge from large rocks to eat the fly. Incredible how much water we could access due to the low water. Looks to stay hot this week and I will be chasing bass starting with this morning. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
