General Fishing Report for May 15, 2020
Howdy Folks! Fishing has continued to be on the upswing, despite several inches of snow in the mountains and cold morning temps. We are seeing more and more bugs too! Couple different bigger stoneflies, some early Mayflies and still some smaller stones. Warmer days definitely have the greater amount and diversity of bug activity. We are rapidly approaching that time of the year when everything seems to happen all at once: trout streams get productive, bass are in Lake Champlain tribs, steelhead are still there (due to cooler water temps) and the Creek is dropping, giving us more opportunities to chase fish there. Oh, and inland Lakes are becoming productive too!
On the trout end of things, we have been successful with streamers on the cloudy and higher flow days, with black and white getting the looks, and size being on the smaller end of things (3-4 inches). Nymphing in the pocket water has been pretty productive as well. Matching insect life and those that are active has been a key, as has being able to get those flies to penetrate the quicker flows. Accomplish this in one of several ways: split shot, a heavy fly...
