Vermont · Freestone trout river

The Lamoille

Northern Vermont water — a broad, underpressured freestone of wild and holdover browns and rainbows.

The Lamoille runs across northern Vermont from the Green Mountains toward Lake Champlain, a broad freestone of long riffles, deep pools, and pocket water. It holds wild and holdover browns and rainbows and gets a fraction of the pressure of the state's famous rivers. It's a cover-water river — search the riffles, fish the seams, and swing a streamer through the big pools when the dries go quiet.

The water

About The Lamoille

The Lamoille runs across northern Vermont from the Green Mountains toward Lake Champlain, a broad freestone of long riffles, deep pools, and pocket water. It holds wild and holdover browns and rainbows and gets a fraction of the pressure of the state's famous rivers. It's a cover-water river — search the riffles, fish the seams, and swing a streamer through the big pools when the dries go quiet.

Regulations & Stamp

General Vermont trout regulations apply; a Vermont license is required. Confirm current Vermont Fish & Wildlife regulations.

Hardwick to the lake

The Lamoille — Hardwick to the lake.
The Lamoille — Hardwick to the lake.

Key access along the river

  1. CambridgeCambridge — road and bridge access to the Lamoille through town.Get directions
  2. Hyde ParkHyde Park — road and bridge access to the Lamoille through town.Get directions
  3. MorrisvilleMorrisville — road and bridge access to the Lamoille through town.Get directions
  4. WolcottWolcott — road and bridge access to the Lamoille through town.Get directions

This week on the water

River Report

The current read on the water, with live flow and water temperature from the USGS gauge that frames the fishery, over the historical range for the date.

River Report

August 7, 2026

Lamoille is fishing well for August — flows are near normal and the bugs are on schedule.

Lamoille is reading about 101 cfs at the Johnson, VT gauge this week — within the typical range for the date. That's about as good as the reading gets for the date — the fish are where they should be and willing to move for a well-presented fly. As a freestone river it lives and dies by rain and snowmelt — cold and pushy in spring, lower and warmer by late summer.

August on the water: Low, clear, and technical — Tricos mornings, terrestrials midday, Isonychia into dark. Right now that means Trico, Foam Beetle, Ant, and Isonychia — carry a couple of sizes of each and let what's actually on the water pick the fly.

The read: It's a good week to be out — mornings and evenings will fish best as the light comes off the water. Water temperature matters more than the calendar in August — if it climbs into the high 60s, give the trout a rest and come back when it cools. Always confirm the current Vermont Fish & Wildlife regulations before you go.

Compiled from the USGS gauge at Johnson, VT and regional hatch timing — a read on the water, not a substitute for your own eyes on it.

— Homewater Fly Co.

Conditions & Access

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Season & hatches

The Lamoille, month by month

A month-by-month hatch calendar for this water — the bugs that matter and the flies that match them. Sizes are typical ranges; go smaller in clear, low water.

Month What's hatching / conditions Go-to flies
January Cold and slow; a few midges on the mildest afternoons. A deep-nymph month. Midge, Perdigon, Pheasant Tail
February Still winter; midges and the first tiny black stoneflies when it warms. Midge, small stonefly, Zebra Midge
March Ice-out and rising water; early Blue-Winged Olives and little black stones on grey days. BWO, small stonefly, Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail
April Spring comes alive — Quill Gordons, Hendricksons, and the first caddis. Hendrickson, Quill Gordon, Elk Hair Caddis, BWO
May Prime time: Hendricksons, March Browns, Grey Fox, and heavy caddis. March Brown, Grey Fox, Elk Hair Caddis, Hare's Ear
June Sulphurs, Isonychia, and evening caddis; terrestrials begin. Sulphur, Isonychia, Elk Hair Caddis, Foam Beetle
July Summer settles in — Tricos at dawn, caddis, and terrestrials all day. Trico, Elk Hair Caddis, Ant, Foam Beetle
August This month Low, clear, and technical — Tricos mornings, terrestrials midday, Isonychia into dark. Trico, Foam Beetle, Ant, Isonychia
September Fall turn — Isonychia, returning BWOs, and streamers move the big browns. Isonychia, BWO, Woolly Bugger, Parachute Adams
October Blue-Winged Olives on grey days and streamers for aggressive fall fish. BWO, Woolly Bugger, Pheasant Tail, Zebra Midge
November Cold and clearing; midges, BWOs, and streamers through the spawn. BWO, Midge, Woolly Bugger, Perdigon
December Deep-winter nymphing; midges on the mildest afternoons. Midge, Perdigon, Pheasant Tail, Zebra Midge

Hatch timing shifts with the season and the weather — watch the water, not the calendar. Compiled from regional hatch data and local reports.

Know the fishery

  • Wild or stocked

    Wild and holdover browns and rainbows; less pressured than the Battenkill or White.

  • The rig

    9 ft to 4X–5X for searching dries and streamers.

  • Release

    Barbless, wet hands, quick release; mind summer temps in the lower river.

The box for this water

The Lamoille Box

The proven patterns for the Lamoille, curated into one box — the confidence flies and the ones that match this water's hatches, hand-tied and ready to fish in a Day Tripper fly box. Buy the box and save versus picking them one at a time.

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Curated for the Lamoille. Hand-tied flies, shipped direct.

What's in the box

  • Elk Hair CaddisSize 14 · 3-packThe searching summer dry — riffles and pocket water.
  • Parachute AdamsSize 14 · 3-packThe everywhere mayfly dry.
  • Woolly BuggerSize 4 · 3-packThe streamer that moves fish when the dries die.
  • Pheasant TailSize 10 · 3-packThe year-round confidence nymph.
  • Foam BeetleSize 14 · 3-packA terrestrial for tight-to-the-bank fish in the heat.
  • Prince NymphSize 16 · 3-packA flashy attractor nymph for faster water.
  • Muddler MinnowSize 4 · 3-packSwing it or strip it — big-water searching fly.
  • Day Tripper Trout Fly Box The box Your flies arrive ready to fish, in a real fly box.

The flies

Flies That Fish Here

The flies we'd carry for the Battenkill right now — one pattern per card, pick your hook size.