Vermont Fishing Conditions Report

Willy Dietrich of Catamount Fishing Adventures blogs on the conditions of the waters in the Stowe, Vermont vicinity and discusses weather, water temps, what’s biting, and what they used for flies, if you want Willy to take you fly fishing this season, book a trip now, or read about recent trips here.

High water and the Hex

Hi Folks, It has been up and down with the fishing over the last few days. Several rainy days have brought our river levels right back up and made the water off colored water. It forced me to guide on trib streams over the weekend and I got back on the Lamoille early...

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Consistently Good

Hi Folks, The trout fishing has been off the hook. The rain on Thursday shut down the big water fishing for a day or two, but the tributary streams fished well yesterday. We fly fished a Winooski trib in the morning and a Lamoille trib in the afternoon. Water...

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Brown Drakes and Floating the Lamoille

Hi Folks, The fly fishing on the Lamoille over the last 5 days has been terrific. Last night was the crowning jewel in getting treated to a hatch and spinner fall of large #8-#10 Brown Drakes. The Lamoille has maintained its temperature between 60 inthe early morning...

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Stellar

Hi Folks, The trout fishing on the Lamoille the last 3 days has been stellar! I have floating my drift boat with guests in several different sections and the fly fishing has been very consistent. Water levels are still slightly above seasonal average flow but the...

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Rolling down a river

Hi Folks, I guided the Lamoille this weekend and it fished very well. I floated with guests on Saturday and waded late Sunday afternoon. The conditions improved throughout the river this weekend after another big rain midweek had puffed it up. The water temperature...

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