June 2nd Fishing Report – Vermont

It’s been a wild spring, with water temps and flows bouncing all over the place. I was able to wet wade a stretch of the New Haven last week, but after the recent rains, I’m back in waders and a light puffy. Water temps in Addison County streams had been steadily climbing—we pulled a 58°F on the Middlebury and a 61.4°F on the New Haven last week—but this morning the New Haven cooled off dramatically to 49.6°F.

Unfortunately, we had to cancel a few float trips this past weekend following Saturday’s rain. Most rivers around the state were already running high, and now many are blown out. Reports from my guides: the Lamoille had around an inch of visibility yesterday, and the White was heavily stained below the Bethel bridge. The Otter has been unfishable for us but we hope to start running Pike trips in the next few weeks. The New Haven is also up but had close to 30 inches of visibility this morning.

Fishing started slow today. My go-to combo of a stonefly and jig streamer wasn’t producing. It wasn’t until Lorenzo made the call to downsize—tying on an olive GTI caddis and a size 14...