Increasing clouds, with a high near 85. South wind 6 to 11 mph.
This should be the last hot and humid day. We’re in our ‘summer’ weather pattern now. A few hot days followed by some showers and a cool down. Looking ahead, the rains are nothing bad at all. We’re watching the forecast and it is calling for a tenth to a half inch of rain each day. Just about perfect as it will cool down the temperatures, and if enough rain falls, it might put a slight stain on the water too!
Today, fish early and late and find some shade. The sun is definitely the limiting factor to fishing success. Concentrate on the water below riffles and throw a hippie and a dropper during the day. When the sun starts coming down, the fishing turns on! Fish have been rising nightly to sulphurs, craneflies, and simple parachute adams.
Creeks are clear and a touch low with water temperature in the high 50s to low 60s.

Sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 6 to 14 mph.
As we near summertime, the rhythm of fishing changes a bit. Fish early, fish late, and avoid the mid day heat. When the sun is off the water, the fishing is MUCH better right now. While we are still catching fish on hippie stompers with a bead head below throughout the mid day, the best fishing happens at first and last light.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the high 50s to 60.
We’re seeing sulphurs, cahills, a few caddis and craneflies as well as yellow sallies hatching. Simple parachutes in a dark color (brown/grey) and a lighter color (PMD or Cahill) covers most of what you will run into in the evening. Don’t forget to twitch your flies!
Subsurface flies are all over the board. Having a few thin bodied flies and a few thick bodied bugs in your arsenal is key. Keep switching nymphs until the fish tell you what they want.

Sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 8 to 11 mph.
Fishing has been solid in the Driftless! Creeks are low and clear to slightly stained with water temps in the high 50s to 60.
Fishing is best when the sun is off the water. It isn’t bad in the open, but you give yourself a much better chance at catching trout when you find shady areas, and fish early and late when the sun is not shining directly on the water.
Terrestrials are starting to become very important in your fly selection. Ants and beetles and hippie stompers have been being eaten more and more often on the surface.
In the evenings we are getting a bug soup of cahills, sulphurs, a few caddis, craneflies, and some larger mayflies. Fishing an emerger or klinkhammer style fly in a light or dark color (the fish will let you know which they prefer) will get most rising fish to eat. Twitching a larger parachute (12-14) is also a great way to get some aggressive strikes.
Subsurface has been hot lately with thinner bodied, and flashy nymphs being most effective. Scuds and brush hogs coming in a close second.
Don’t forget leech patterns too! Especially in the evening and on the creeks that are still showing a bit of stain!

Sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
The rains have helped fishing quite a bit! We have clear to stained conditions area wide. The larger creeks (West Fork, North Fork etc) will still be showing a good stain, while smaller creeks and tributary creeks will be clear.
Fishing has been excellent subsurface with a Werthers, surrender jigs, and brush hogs cleaning up. We’re tying these below a hippie stomper or amy’s ant. While the surface fly is not getting a ton of hits, it is still worth using these ‘edible indicators’.
In the evenings we are seeing sporadic rising fish that are eating emergers (film starts and klinkhammers) and larger (size 12-14) parachutes.
Creeks are clear to stained with temperatures in the high 50s to low 60s.

Sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a west wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
About half an inch of rain last night didn’t do anything to change the creeks. In the lower sections and on larger waters, creeks will have some heavy stain and mud. Up higher and on the tributaries we had clear to slightly stained conditions that will start to clear up quite a bit more as the day goes on. In other words, we have some excellent post rain conditions!
In the murky water, leeches, san juan worms, and larger scuds are very effective. In the clear stuff we are fishing a hippie stomper with a bead head below through the day, and switching over to mayfly emergers in the evenings (purple and brown).
Hatches are sparse but include sulphurs, yellow sallies, tan caddis, and very few larger mayflies.

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then showers likely after 4pm. Temperature rising to near 66 by 9am, then falling to around 60 during the remainder of the day. Breezy, with a light northwest wind increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
The rains last night dropped from 1.5 to 2 inches on average area wide. West of the Mississippi got a bit more. While our creeks will be murky this morning, they will drop and clear out fairly quickly giving us stained water this afternoon and evening, and clear to stained tomorrow.
In the stained water, think big. Fish larger scuds, squirmy wormies, leeches streamers, and pink squirrels.

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 83. East wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the high 50s to low 60s.
What we are waiting to see is what happens tonight. The remnants of tropical storm Cristobal are headed our way. Initially we were forecasted for 4 inches of rain, but the storm has weakend significantly as it makes its way up here. So, tonight we will get some rain, and some may be locally heavy. We will keep you posted.
Fishing has been quite good lately with fish happily eating subsurface through the morning and into the mid day (We are still fishing a hippie stomper or cheeto beetle with a bead head below). In the evening time fish are taking dries very well, especially film stars and klinkhammers.

Sunny, with a high near 89. Light south wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Hot and breezy today, and some heavy rains from the tropical storm blowing up into the area tomorrow.
Despite the unseasonably hotter weather and water temps (clear to stained with temps in the low to mid 60s), fishing still remains solid! We’re seeing fish rising to midges and emergers at first light (use a film star in purple), then we are switching over to a hippie stomper or chubby chernobyl with a dropper during the day. The evening has fish rising again to sulphurs, sallies, and some larger mayflies. Our guides have had their best evening success twitching size 12/14 parachutes in the shin deep water below riffles for rising fish!