Get your brook trout on.

Hi Folks, Spent a nice morning yesterday introducing a group of anglers to the world of fly fishing.  We picked the perfect environment to start in, a brook trout stream.  Water was nice cold reading a pleasant 59 degrees.  Water is still very low and we really need rain.  We worked up stream in the clear water presenting attractor dry flies to greedy native brook trout.  There were fish in every pool.  We landed 22 fish.  Now they are not "Moby Dick," size, but very pretty and agreeable t rising to eat a dry. A #12 Royal Wullf, #12 Grizzly Wullf, and a #14 stimulator all were productive.  With the low water a high percentage of the trout were packed into the larger deeper pools.  Good drag free drifts with very little fly line on the water was helpful in getting the hook set.  The visual aspect of dry fly fishing is really helpful to beginners in learning about drifting the fly and seeing a take from a trout. Slack free presentations with up stream mending and high sticking were essential.  So, trout fishing is not done currently, just in a different setting than the big rivers.  By the way, Lamoille and Winooski are un-fishable at their current temperature.  Off to chase river bass.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy