Vermont Trip Report

by Stephen
(Montreal)

I've been to Vermont for skiing and ice climbing but never for fishing. It's no further than the Adirondaks for me but I just always felt the 'Daks were more accessible due to the abundance of public land. Motivated by my lack of success west of Lake Champlain this year I decided to try my luck in the Granite State. Despite the sleet, snow, rain and hail I ended up having one of my better days of fishing. I caught 9 or ten trout, which is already a good day for me, but I also caught the first one in the within 15 minutes from the start. That always sets up the rest of the day nicely. The weather was miserable, I had several scary slips and I lost my sunglasses but the fall colours were beautiful and the fish were bitin'!
I fished the tributaries to the Lamoille river, and access was easy. I didn't see another angler; everyone gone moose hunting I guess. Eastern fishing can be pretty darn good after all. They were all Rainbows with the exception of one small (fingerling) brown. #14-16 Pheasant tail worked well but the UKB was better. No luck with the copper john at all.

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.

Seriously, all the hooks sold on TenkaraBum.com, whether packaged as loose hooks or incorporated into flies, are sharp - or as Daiichi says on their hook packages, Dangerously Sharp. Some have barbs, which make removal from skin, eyes or clothing difficult. Wear eye protection. Wear a broad-brimmed hat. If you fish with or around children, bend down all hook barbs and make sure the children wear eye protection and broad-brimmed hats. Be aware of your back cast so no one gets hooked.

Also, all the rods sold on TenkaraBum.com will conduct electricity. Do not, under any circumstances, fish during a thunder storm. Consider any fishing rod to be a lightning rod! Fishing rods can and do get hit by lightning!