August 18th Fishing Report and Week Outlook

UPDATE: Driving around a bit during the rains, we did have a few heavier cells over the area which have muddied or murked up quite a few creeks. While this will drop and clear quickly (tomorrow is looking prime..) today there is some chocolate to tea stain on the water. Break out the scuds, worms, and leeches!

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 82. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
We have had an inch of light rain fall overnight more or less. We’re forecasted to get a bit more throughout the day. So far, nothing is in bad shape, and this rain is filling the springs and cooling things down quite a bit. Even BETTER news. The overnight lows are going to drop starting tomorrow night. We are looking at 50’s and 60s at night throughout most of the week. That is normally a trigger for some great summertime fishing. Coupled with highs in the lower to mid 70s… On paper, this is a great week for trout in the Driftless!
The menu is still pretty simple. Tricos in the mornings (with the cooler weather, you don’t have to start at the crack of dawn to catch the spinner falls), then terrestrials with bead heads down below the rest of the day. Bugs with lots of movement like soft hackles and pink squirrels will be effective all week long.