Sunday, May 21, 2017
Lamoille in great shape
Hi Folks, Guided a fly angler yesterday on the main stem of the Lamoille. Beautiful blue bird sunny day. A little breezy. Water levels are excellent holding right around the seasonal average flow. Water temperature was 57 degrees. Great hatch of #14/#16 Hendricksons yesterday with a massive spinner fall at dusk. In addition, a number of large #14 midges over riffles. Saw a few #12 March Browns and a smaller #18 mayfly which I could not identify. We did not see any rising fish. I thought for sure at dusk that the spinner fall would bring risers to the surface after the bright sun had gone down. We nymph fished all afternoon. We used a variety of double rigs. A #14 Dave's Red Fox Squirrel nymph with a #16 pheasant tail was the most productive. We could not get the wild trout to play but we did get the stocked rainbows to play. We did hook 1 larger trout in a heavy falls/plunge pool that we could not land. Really nice to see the trout fishing coming around and more to come. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy