| Current Water Temperature: | 44.75F at 7:15 pm in Montpelier | | Current Water Flow in CFS: | 855 cfs at 7:45 pm. Average is 1740 cfs for the date | | Current Water Clarity: | Dingy below Montpelier; clearer towards headwaters | | Current Weather: | Cloudy, showers, 40's. | | Current Insect Hatch: | Little Brown Stones #14-16, but nothing the fish are keying on. A bit early for hatches yet. | | Recommended Fly Pattern: | Black Wooly Buggers; Tungsten P.T.'s, Princes, Stoneflies | | Best Time to Fish: | Afternoon and evenings | | Seven (7) Day Fly Fishing Forecast: | Clouds/showers thru Fri.; then near record warm (almost 80) this weekend; then seasonable next week |
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The Winooski is really still too high and dingy to have productive fishing, but it is way down for this time of year due to a very dry spring. The headwaters are the best bet. Decent hatches won't start until the beginning of May. Fish deep, dark, and slow.
