Blog Entries tagged 'vermont fly fish'

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/30/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 30, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

I do recall calling mother nature a bitch back in May...and while some folks may have questioned the karmic implications of such a comment, the fact is after the past week...she has not proven me wrong! I had a couple of glorious days on the Big C before the rains arrived last Friday; with good numbers of wild bows and browns up to 16", highlighted by a mo [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/23/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 23, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

We've had some windy, weird weather over the past two days, and I'll be happy when its gone. It's kept temps down enough to keep the big rivers from hitting 70, but I saw very little bug activity and rising fish seemed to be a bit rarer despite lowering water levels. I was on the Big C yesterday and we had some of the strongest winds I've ever had to [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/19/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 19, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

I was down on a trib of the Winooski this am doing a site visit for a stream restoration project our local TU chapter will be working on, and the Winooski is up and dirty. Some heavier rain fell last evening around central Vt. and the Mad river came up 2 feet and has made the Winooski very muddy downstream. In Montpelier the river is not quite as fidrty, but is high. [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/17/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 17, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

A buddy of mine and I took the new raft down the Winooski for its maiden voyage below Middlesex Dam today, and while river levels and clarity were far from ideal due to high flows out of Wrightsville Reservoir, we had a blast. Flows were actually good for floating, but the clarity was around 3 feet or so...not too flash. The water temp was an incredible 61F at [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/12/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 12, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

One inch on the nose has fallen in N. Underhill as of noon; and most areas of the state got between .50-1.5" of rain. The Lamoille in Jeffersonville "had" about 2 feet of visability to it, but looking at the river flows on the USGS, the river was starting to crest up in Johnson, so dirtier water is on the way downstream. The Winooski has also com [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/11/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

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 t [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/8/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 8, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

Last evenings light rain north of Rte. 2 did nothing to river levels, and while we have a bright sunny day today, there is some pretty wet weather on the way for Tuesday-Friday. .50" should fall Tuesday statewide, while areas to the north and east could see as much as 1.00". Wednesday should be a bit drier, before the next wave of showers and rain arrives We [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/3/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 3, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

I saw a couple of Brown Drakes on the Lamoille this evening, but the Caddis and Sulphur hatches stole the show. I found rising fish in places, but I was on the lower river and it looked like I was in the midst of a bit of a rise in water level due to a dam release upstream. We've got dry and generally cooler than normal temps for the next 5-7 days, which means we [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 6/2/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

June 2, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

I had a great day today with a new client on the middle reaches of the Winooski. It was one of those days where you kinda lost count after awhile. But we took browns and bows on dries and nymphs. Because of the cooler weather, there were sulphurs around from about 2pm on. Not alot, but if you looked around, you'd see one with every glance. Conditions could not loo [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/31/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 31, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

Today reminded me of the spring weather that hits southern NZ routinely...all 4 seasons in one day! I took a group up to the Upper Ct today, and while conditions were far from ideal, everyone managed to catch fish on nymphs. Once the hail started floating down the river and piling up on the ground, we called it a day. The big rivers should start to be in ok shpae in thei [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/29/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 29, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

Any larger streams and rivers that were still in good shape yesterday are now high and dirty; this includes southern Vermont and the northern tier. The flow on the Upper Ct. out of Murphy Dam is still a very nice 409cfs as of 2pm; and if its going to change it'll happen in the next few hours. Further downstream, the "Big C" has come up a bit but won' [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/28/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 28, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

Well, I guess I should start out by saying, with the somwhat lighter rainfalls in some areas of the state, I was wrong in saying most waters will be high and dirty today. More accurately, there are "alot" of waters that are blown out, namely the Winooski and tribs, and Otter Creek and tribs, and the lower White. But the Lamoille has just risen to it average [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/27/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 27, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

I managed to squeeze in a instructional trip today on the Winooski, and whew, that southeast wind was raw! Nothing was hatching and I only saw two rises, but my client learned the fundamentals and hooked a couple of fish along the way. Water temp was around 58F at noon. We've got some monster rains on the way with a flood watch issued for all of Vermont except Rut [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/22/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 22, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

I guided on a stretch of the Winooski above Montpelier today, and we did real well, landing over a dozen browns and wild bows up to 14". They took both nymphs and dries. Water levels have improved big time on the Winooski below Montpelier as releases out of Wrightsville Reservoir have been reduced by over 100cfs. The Lamoille is also in great shape. It has now be [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/21/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 21, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

The Winooski continues to be a bit high to really do well right now, and the bright hot weather only made it tougher. We did land a 17" brown, but it was tough work. Caddis and a few Sulphurs were hatching late this am, and there were quite a few rusty spinners in the eddies, but no risers. No nasty weather in the forecast, and other than parts of the Winooski an [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/20/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 20, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

Flows out of Wrightsville Resevoir into the North Branch of the Winooski are really delaying some otherwise great conditions on the Winooski. I guided down in Waterbury and it was tough going. You really needed to be able to cast a heavy rig quite far into deep water to get hook-ups, which we did, but it was really tough in most spots. The Winooski above Montpelier is [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/19/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 19, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

The Winooski was still high, so I went back to a trib of the Lamoille and saw not quite as good of a Quill Gordon hatch, but there was a really nice Caddis hatch at the same time. Water levels are about a day off from being in "the zone". The Lamoille is in better shape overall than the Winooski clarity and level wise. Once they reduce flows on Wrightsville [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/18/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 18, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

The water temp on the trib of the Lamoille I was guiding on today was 53 degrees at 3pm; which I thought was pretty warm considering the air temp was barely 53 while we were out. We caught a bunch of brownies on dries and nymphs and witnessed a great Blue Quill hatch on one stretch of water, and then another great hatch of the somewhat rare Quill Gordon on a dif [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/17/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 17, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

1.20" of rain fell yesterday in Underhill, and many parts of the Champlain and Winooski Valleys received about the same amount, and solid rains fell all over the state. All of the big rivers are back up and dirty and will take another 3 days atleast to be in decent shape. The major tribs will take around 2 days or so, and small streams should be in ok shape tomar [...]

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report: 5/13/09

hkrinsky@flyfishingconditions.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Northern Vermont Fly Fishing Report

May 13, 2009

Lawton Weber of Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Guides reports:

The Winooski below Montpelier and the Lamoille below Morrisville are still a bit high and dingy, but are fishable. In fact I guided in "the dinge" on the Winooski today. We had to use dark streamers which personally is not my favorite type of fishing, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do when faced with adverse conditions like high dingy water. We actually hooke [...]