Hi Folks, Been pounding it the last few days for smallmouth bass with clients in lakes and rivers. We have been fly fishing and spin fishing. The fishing has been down right slow! Water temperatures really spiked into the high 70's and then almost 80 degrees on a lake I fished last Friday. Cold front moves through and I got a reading of 68 degrees this morning on a bass stream and 59 on a brook trout stream. The lower Lamoille had a weather event on Friday night with a thunderstorm that made it a bit off color. We fished some sexy water that simply was off. I have guided these stretches for a number of years and the fish were simply shut down after the front passed. This morning we watched smallmouth come to the fly both a popper and streamer and turn off over and over again. Not interested enough to eat it. Making lots of casts and drifts to hook a couple of fish at best. Funny in fishing how you can one day catch over 50 fish one day and the next barley touch one. This is why I am no expert and continually trying to get better at my craft. You never have it totally figured out. The brook trout fishing was good as they seemed willing to eat dry flies. A#12 rubber legged foam Trude was effective this morning getting fish to eat. Well with the cooler weather maybe have the chance to fish some bigger water for trout in the early morning. Still need rain big time. Been a good number of #22-#24 Tricos hatching. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
