The Lamoille River
The Lamoille River, an interesting piece of water, begins in north central Vermont and flows into Lake Champlain in the western part. The Lamoille generally has good access. Vermont Highway 15 runs alongside the river for most of its course, and the angler is never far from fishing.
The stream fishes best with subsurface patterns, wets, and nymphs, but does have some dry fly fishing with smaller mayfly and caddisfly imitations. From its headwaters at Horse Pong, the upper section of the Lamoille is a brook trout stream. Its lower stretch below Hardwick Lake is bigger water and holds nice rainbows and browns.
One stretch of the lower Lamoille is the Ten Bends, private fishing water. An odd thing is that you can float and fish the water anyway; just make sure you practice catch-and-release tactics. Canoeing is a popular way to fish for large browns on the lower section.
The Missiquoi River
Another trout stream worth study in the northern part is the Missiquoi River. This river is primarily a brown trout fishery and hides some lunkers in its deep pools and overhanging banks.
The problem with the Missiquoi is access. Most of the river is flanked by private lands, and the angler is obliged to seek permission to fish all but a few spots.
Wet flies and streamers work well on sinking line in the slow, deep pools. Much of the 74 miles of the Missiquoi can be floated. Many brooks and feeder streams flow into the river. In spring and fall these have excellent fishing for brook trout and spawning browns. Mill Brook is one of these.
One area of note is the popular swimming hole, Big Falls, a 50-foot waterfall, which provides good fishing in the deep water below it.
Other trout streams in Northern Vermont include the Clyde River, where anglers can fish this narrow stream near Seymour Lake for three-to-five pound trout and salmon; the Black River, which has good spawning runs of salmon from Lake Memphremagog; the Barton River; the Willoughby River; and the Nulhegan River.
from Away.com
