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Hi Folks Guided a small stream yesterday morning with a fly angler.  Water temperature was 60 degrees and the flow was just below the seasonal average.  Thunderstorms the last few days have dropped some much needed rain.  We still nee

In the two year editing/4 year writing process of Selectivity- the book over 80 000 words were edited out/entire chapters to allow for more photography more fly patterns and recipes .  On a weekly bases in a series of volumes I w

Winter Float Trips Winter Float Trips on the Tuckasegee River near the Great Smoky Mountains is a fantastic way to fish for trout. The Tuckasegee River is loaded with fish in the winter months. 17 000 trout per mile to be exact! Literally tons of Ra

Many trout anglers have been reveling at the start of the cooler weather that is coming through as it means crisp Winter mornings wading the rivers in search of trout. Well at the moment we haven't quite seen the cold weather but the trout fishi

Hi Folks Guided a small stream with new fly anglers yesterday morning prior to the big storms.  Water was really low but the temperature was a pleasant 59 degrees.  The small brooks/streams might be low but they are maintaining their cool

Hi Folks Nice chilly day on the water yesterday as I guided a spin angler for trout on the Lamoille.  You know it is cold when ice forms in the guides of your fishing rod.  There was some ice in sections of back water areas off the river. &

Hi Folks Finally we received some much need rain in Stowe Vermont.  It doe not bode well for my trip today as our rivers are now full of water and settling out after nearly an inch of rain yesterday. However we were becoming desperate for some

Hi Folks Guided Thursday afternoon for river trout with the fly rods. Big blue sky with bright sunny conditions.  Not exactly ideal for trout fishing but I'll take it coming out of winter and early spring.  Water levels are still scary

OUTLOOK  Cooler weather is incoming but the weekend looks great for outdoor activities.  This week  we have an ice fishing update where Sterling talks a little about brook trout fishing.  W

Stocked Trout Streams:  Due to the heavy rains all of the local stocked trout streams including Big Stoney Creek Passage Creek and Mill Creek are too high and muddy for fishing.  We expect them to be fishable by Friday…another update

Hi Folks Spent a nice day guiding and fly fishing for small stream trout and still water smallmouth bass fishing.  On the trout front the water is wicker low and we really need rain.  The spook factor is in full effect with the low clear w

As August begins we find ourselves in familiar territory on the trout rivers. Terrestrials are becoming a bit more active in and around the bushes and grasses Tricos dancing above and falling to the water mid-morning and wild brook trout outcompeting

Mountain Trout Streams- The brook trout are spawning now and most anglers believe it is best not to stress them by fishing for them even though we return them all to the stream.   Delayed Harvest & Large Trout Streams- Many of the rainbow t

Mountain Trout Streams: The brook trout are spawning now and most serious anglers believe it is best not to stress them by fishing for them now even though we plan to return them to the stream. Delayed Harvest and Large Trout Streams: The large trou

Mountain Trout Streams: The brook trout are spawning now and most serious anglers believe it is best not to stress them by fishing for them now even though we plan to return them to the stream. Delayed Harvest and Large Stocked Trout Streams: The Hi

Hi Folks I have guided in two completely different environments over the last couple of days. Spent yesterday on a small mountain stream fly fishing for native brook trout and wild brown trout.  I was not in Stowe and can't tell you whether

Hi Folks Spent a full day on a Lamoille Tributary with an accomplished fly angler.  Great day on a trout stream! Water temperature was 60 degrees and the water level was slightly above the seasonal average flow.  We walked a beat of river I

Mountain Trout: The brook trout are spawning now and most anglers believe it is best not to stress them by fishing for them even though we return them to the stream. Delayed Harvest and Large Stocked Trout Streams: There is a very good chance to cat

Jim Hinkle State Fish Hatchery personnel are stocking a total of 10 000 2 1/2″ surplus Brook Trout today on the Bull Shoals Tailwater. Fish are being distributed equally between the State Park White Hole and Wildcat Accesses and Gaston’s

Idaho authorities are using the prolific spawning habits of the brook trout against them releasing genetically modified “super-males” who will only deliver male offspring. Brook trout are easy to love. They are prolific aggressive and usu