There's a saying in Vermont...if ya don't like the weather....wait 5 minutes... We have been on a roller coaster weather wise for a couple weeks. Water levels have been all over the place. As a guide its been impossible to pattern and there has been plenty of target switches made while on the run. There have been times when river systems like the main stem Battenkill are just not fishable. The "Sac" has been steady and producing. Small streams like the upper Battenkill also have been fine. There hasn't been a single day I've left the house without looking at usgs.gov water data. Rivers like the Walloomsac and Black river will rise fast but they also drop fast. The Battenkill and Otter Creek not so much....they take many days to drop. Overall the fishing has been good...we just might have to fish plan D or E...
Hot Fly patterns other then normal stand bys:
Black Beetles, Black Ant Wets, BWO's in a 16, No Hackle Caddis, Gray CDC caddis, Green Stones.
Ausable and Yellow Adams Wulffs in a 14 or 16...
I am and will be until the end of August in MORNING MODE....We fished mountain brooks yesterday...Nick and I scouting new water. First brook had that tannic rust colored water and it sucked....second brook produced very well with a brookie on the first cast....third brook was dead because of the Atlantic Salmon program and the last brook near Manchester produced well for being the heat of the day. All day we never changed the fly....size 16 ausable wulff...Want to go fishing give me a call....I've got a bunch of openings upcoming...
