River Reports

April 11, 2024 Opening day report

April 11, 2024 Opening day report

With “Opening day” for trout being this Saturday, I did a scout of water conditions up and down the Lamoille River water shed. I found conditions to be typical for...

April 11, 2024 Opening day report

With “Opening day” for trout being this Saturday, I did a scout of water conditions up and down the Lamoille River water shed. I found conditions to be typical for...

March 31st, Easter Sunday

March 31st, Easter Sunday

I got out this morning on two different Otter Creek tributaries. They looked ideal for targeting a large wild trout! Not as high as the last few times I got...

March 31st, Easter Sunday

I got out this morning on two different Otter Creek tributaries. They looked ideal for targeting a large wild trout! Not as high as the last few times I got...

March 22nd

March 22nd

  Well it’s winter again in the mountains and 9 degrees as I’m writing this! 10”-20” of snow has fallen in the VT hills since St Patrick’s Day and we...

March 22nd

  Well it’s winter again in the mountains and 9 degrees as I’m writing this! 10”-20” of snow has fallen in the VT hills since St Patrick’s Day and we...

March 18th, 2024

March 18th, 2024

This past February was like no other that I can remember. In Vermont, we are typically a block of ice and snow.  The skiing is great and the ice is...

March 18th, 2024

This past February was like no other that I can remember. In Vermont, we are typically a block of ice and snow.  The skiing is great and the ice is...

February 28th, 2024

February 28th, 2024

It’s almost March but the conditions on the local rivers looks like early April! Sunday I spent the day tapping Maple Trees with friends and family but Monday and Tuesday...

February 28th, 2024

It’s almost March but the conditions on the local rivers looks like early April! Sunday I spent the day tapping Maple Trees with friends and family but Monday and Tuesday...

WhistlePig Whiskey and Fly Fishing

WhistlePig Whiskey and Fly Fishing

As most of us know, having a little flask of whiskey in your vest while casting a fly on a peaceful stretch of stream is a great moment of the...

WhistlePig Whiskey and Fly Fishing

As most of us know, having a little flask of whiskey in your vest while casting a fly on a peaceful stretch of stream is a great moment of the...