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Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 11, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

As of 3pm, a line of heavy rain is moving out the northern 'Dacks into the northwestern portion of Vt. It looks Franklin County will get hit the hardest early on...but that isn't exactly trout country. Portions of the Lamoille watershed will get a bit, and then in the next few hours portions of central Vermont should see some of these pop up downpours. Then the main event will come tonight and with 1-2" of rain forecast statewide. We're going to be dealing with some dirty water tomarrow. As usual, the small stuff will be the most fishable tomarrow. While we're not dealing with low water by any stretch, we've had a real good run of fishing weather of late, and there has been a fair bit of fishing pressure (for Vermont atleast) as well, so these upcoming days off for the big rivers will "reshuffle the deck" a bit. It'll give the wild fish a break and will scatter the stocked trout around a bit more. We just don't want to have a repeat of last summer, where starting this time last year, through August 10, we had well over 20" of rain! In days to come, we'll finally start to see a shift into more summer like weather patterns...more humidity, warmer air temps, not as cold as night. We won't be hitting 80 for another 5-7 days, but the fish in the big rivers are starting to show their early am/late evening preferences. I've added a few more openings to do trips on the Upper Ct. during the longest days of summer. I'll be available from 6/23-7/2 atleast. Some of those days are already taken, so for those interested in getting out to float or wade the Big C, just drop me a line with your preferred dates. Hatches consist of Sulphurs #14-18, Tan Caddis #14-18, Golden and Brown Stones #8-14, Light Cahills #12-16, a few Grey Drake spinners #10-12, and terrestrials like Ants and Beetles #12-20. Good luck on the water!

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides guides the Green Mountains of Vermont.

He also reports on the Lamoille and Winooski for Fly Fishing Conditions at: www.flyfishingconditions.com/vermo