May 16th Fishing Report
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. High near 70. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.Everything is happier in the Driftless when the conditions are like this. A good, soaking rain overnight and cloud cover and drizzle this morning. The rain was enough to get worms active, but not enough to muddy anything up significantly. Creeks remain low and clear to slightly stained with one or two exceptions where some small feeder is putting mud into the system.
On days like this, scuds should be the first subsurface bug you try. Scuds are far more active under these conditions than bright sunny days! Fishing them below a attractor foam fly, or indicator should be good all day long.
The caddis and cranefly hatches will be spotty, but keep an eye out for aggressive rise forms. There are also a handful of large 'olive' mayflies hatching, usually towards the end of the day.