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Great report thanks for sharing Tom. It was a pleasure to read.

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Awesome pics and report.

It truly is gods country up there.

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This is a PHENOM report! One of the best I've read! Way to go buddy! Great pics, great report, great fish! Vermont is a beautiful state! This time of year most of it's empty and waiting to be taken advantage of! God's country indeed! I use to have access to a condo in Ludlow, VT! It was located at the base of Okemo! The fishing nearby was ridiculous and I never saw another sole in sight when I was up there! Oh man, I miss this place! Thanx again for the report!!!:D

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I was around the same latitude last year when I fished the Ausable up in the Adirondaks, I got completely destroyed by black flies and it was early June, were black flies a problem there ?
Love the photos, great fish !!

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thanks a lot guys it was a great time

agreed and the pics can't even do it proper justice, it's just great up there.
the fish are kinda big to launch from nets... so they launch them from the buckets! looks about the same, trout sailing through the air, etc. when a bucket was coming down with a real big fish in it (tail sticking out of the 5 gal bucket), it would get dumped in a little more gently. didn't see a single dead fish anywhere though, so it works.

no black flies thankfully, but plenty of gnats to inhale and/or land in your eyes. really was only bad when the wind was down.

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Awesome! Looks like a great area to visit. Great job on the trout!