Hi Folks, Had a fun afternoon yesterday guiding on the Lamoille with aspiring fly anglers. Water is really low. Not good heading into winter. We need more rain as the river is significantly lower than the seasonal average flow. Water temperature was a chilly 44 degrees. No hatching bugs and very few to be found on and under rocks. Everything is pretty much hatched out for the season. Lots of leaves in the water that can play tricks on you when drifting your fly. We landed on fish yesterday, but it was a real beauty. A nice 16" female brown trout that appeared to be full of roe. On her way to spawn as we were fishing just below a tributary that is home to many spawning trout. We got her eat a dead drifted #10 olive/black wooly bugger with a tungsten bead. With the current water conditions, it probably not a bad idea to give the fish something big and easy to eat. good time of yea to dead drift a streamer or even breakout a sinking tip or line to keep presentations down in the water column. As the water cools the trout will not be willing to move as far to eat a fly as they were apt to a month ago. One week to go in the season and I will be trout and salmon fishing with clients. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
