June 13th Fishing Report
Light rains (and some locally heavy) have the creeks in good shape for a warmer weekend. Hotter and humid than normal.Yesterday's heat was chased away by a light rain in most areas (a bit heavier south of Viroqua). The creeks are still all in great shape though, clear to slightly stained.
The warmer weather is playing havoc with the temperatures with things bouncing up and down throughout the week. Make sure you use your thermometer and watch the trends. Anything over 65 is poor fishing, and a quickly rising temperature usually means fishing will slow down quite a bit.
While we have not seen hoppers yet, fish are responding to training wheels and large beetles (and small ants too!) especially in shaded areas. Putting a bead head below is very effective.
On the surface, we are still seeing sporadic cranefly hatches as well as our lighter colored mayflies at night.
