Hi Folks, Ran a double yesterday with a fly wade trip in the early am and beautiful Winooksi river float in the afternoon. Starting to warm up outside and the sun has been awfully intense and bright. Finding shade is always a good idea in trout fishing. The Lamoille was 62 degrees yesterday at 5:30am and the Winooski was 67 degrees at 8pm last night. The small Lamoille tributary was 59 degrees. We still rain and lots of it. Getting a little bony on our rivers. Yesterday the bug of the day was a caddis fly. In the morning we got trout to eat a #16 olive wide caddis pupa and in the afternoon we found rising fish who were more than willing to eat a #16 x-caddis, On the small stream a #12 royal wulff was the dry of choice. Our first cast of the day yesterday yielded a very nice rainbow that we did a long distance release on. We proceeded to hook or have another 10 fish eat our fly before we moved to the small stream. The brook trout fishing was consistent with the fish holding in the larger pools as the secondary water is too skinny. Fun watching those bright colored beauties crash on a fly. The Winooski was fun and the wild rainbows in the river really put up a good tussle. Dead drifting and swinging the x-caddis proved productive. It appeared that the trout were keying in the caddis as they were emerging and eating the bug in the surface film. Nothing better than dry fly fishing. Off to chase small stream trout this morning and this evening. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
