Hi Folks, Just guided two full days back to back and mixed up the fishing. Feel like bounced all over northern Vermont. Spent Friday morning on the lower Lamoille chasing smallmouth bass and then moved up river to cast to trout. Water temperatures varied from 66 degrees down river to 62 degrees upstream. Two very different pieces of water. The bass fishing was slow as we made lots of casts to catch two smallmouth bass and very large Fall Fish. We caught the bass on a #8 black popping bug and #6 olive cone headed bunny bugger. We did miss a couple of fish on the surface and had a couple of strikes on a purple/black bunny bugger. The trout fishing up stream was slow. We had two nice eat a #12 Hare's Ear parachute but no hatches to speak of and no rising fish. Both trout were holding in fast heavy riffles. The smallmouth were in big deep pools. Yesterday I rowed my drift boat all over a large lake for bass pike. We were greeted with a consistent east wind. Not the best situation for fishing. Using my drift boat due to a failed starter on the motorboat. Boats-borrow another thousand, ugh. We did locate a mess of largemouth bass on the edges and in heavy weed beds. We changed flies a lot. Finally the fly of the day was a #2 White/Blue Lefty's Deceiver. Stripped and paused drew takes from bass and lots of follows with turn offs. Never saw a pike all day. Challenging fishing for October in my opinion. Water is crazy low and we really need rain. Off to chase trout today. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
