We’re still shipping flies from the store every day, please shop using our online store, or email us your orders. The shop will remain closed the rest of the week and we are exploring the possibility of resuming curbside and drive through starting next week. The problem in our area is we are just now starting to see cases of coronavirus in our 3 counties and the numbers are rising. This has been a very difficult spring for everyone and we are asking for just a bit more patience while we sort out what the near future is going to bring. Anyone have a crystal ball for sale?

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a southeast wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Creeks are low and clear with temperatures in the 50s. Hatches have not been great with a few caddis showing up throughout the day, but not in great numbers. Subsurface fishing has been decent on scuds and brush hogs.

Creeks are low and clear. The recent rains did not do anything to our flows or clarity.

Tomorrow is regular season opener, which is the busiest day of the year on our trout creeks. This season it is more important than ever to respect landowners and each other if you decide to fish. We’re still recommending that you do not come here to fish. Vernon county had it’s first reported case of Corona virus last Friday with a gentleman with no travel or contact history. In other words, somebody brought it into our area. People here are nervous and many are still unhappy (understandably so) seeing out of state and out of area vehicles parked together on our creeks.

If you do fish, please remember that Wisconsin is still under a shelter in place mandate. All campgrounds in the county are closed. Resaturants are take out only and services are very limited. Make it a day trip, fill up at home and bring your own food. We also encourage you to be on even better behavior on stream. Do not park near anyone else, social distancing rules still apply in Wisconsin meaning you are supposed to be at least 6 feet from anyone else etc. Do not jump above another angler, if they are already fishing upstream they do have the right of way to the water upstream!! If in doubt, it is simple to ask the angler.

There have been numerous reports of trespassing, Please respect landowners!! Conservation easements give you a bit of land bankside. You are not allowed to walk access roads, crop fields, or pastures! If the crowding and bad behavior persist we are at risk of losing our angler friendly properties, as well as future easements. Respect our community, respect our property, and respect our landowners!

The shop is still closed and doing shipping only for a few more days/weeks.

We’re over it. Sick of it. It’s devastating the local economy. But we still need to consider the health and safety of our area. As rural areas become hot spots from the virus spreading from larger cities we are asking you to please, do not travel to fish here from outside the area.

Yes, fishing is extremely healthy and safe, and it’s great for mental health as well, but as we see more and more anglers crowding access points and more landowners start to be concerned for their families and community we need to stop asking what we are allowed to do, but rather what we should be doing.

Fish locally, tie flies, watch videos, practice casting. The fish will be here after this craziness ends. Wisconsin is on a path to east some stay at home restrictions at the end of the month. We ask you to please do not travel long distances to fish here until then.

A chance of sprinkles after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
While fishing has been ok, it is not where it should be this time of year in terms of hatches and fish activity. This is mostly due to the cold front that has been on us the past few days. A few degrees warmer and things should change dramatically with caddis hatching alongside of the olives and midges.
Lately, the hatches have been near dusk. As things warm look for rising fish in the afternoon when caddis start their hatching.
Subsurface fishing is still solid on pretty much anything as long as it is slowly drifted through the runs and pools.

Increasing clouds, with a high near 40. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
A very chilly night and a thermometer that will not rise much will keep things a bit slower today, however the sun shining bright first thing in the morning will warm the stream bed and get the bugs moving for the afternoon.
Midges, olives, spring stones, and a few craneflies and caddis are hatching. Expect the caddis hatch to pop anytime soon with warmer and sunnier weather.
Subsurface fishing has been good on pretty much anything fished in the shin to thigh deep runs below riffles. Do not neglect the shallow riffles when the hatches are coming off as many trout will push up into the riffles to be first in line to eat hatching insects.
Creeks are clear with water temperatures in the low to mid 40s, this will bump up again during the next few days and get the spring hatches back on track.

A chance of flurries after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 34. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph.
Still chilly today, but it looks like the last cold day for a bit. Nights are still chilly, so no real reason to get up early to fish. Look for the best fishing to start around 10 and hatches to come off in the afternoon.
Before the cold snap we had midges, olives, spring stone, and a few caddis hatching. Expect the caddis hatch to strengthen and the others to slow down a bit in the next week. Add some craneflies to the mix this week and we have the recipe for some extremely fun dry fly afternoons!
Subsurface fishing is good on pretty much anything. Flies like the purple drink, coulee scud, and soft hackles (materials with movement and collars on the fly) are great right now to mimic hatching caddis and craneflies.
Streamers and leeches are now going to always be effective, but even more so when the sun is off the water.
Creeks are clear and running pretty normal for spring. Temperatures are in the 40s.

A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
It’s cold and windy again today. If you feel like nymphing and streamer fishing with a few olives and midges hatching you can still catch fish, but it isn’t going to be pleasant for humans.
Thursday the weather turns nice again and we should see the return of the bug soup. Before this cold front we had midges, olives, spring stones, craneflies, and caddis hatching. With a bit warmer weather and sunny days, expect it to happen again!

Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Temperature falling to around 35 by 5pm. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

A brief drop in temperatures until Thursday next week. Cool to cold and some snow/rain over the area this weekend. Ugly weather as a human, but it won’t mess with trout too much. Olives, midges, stones, craneflies, and one or two caddis are still hatching, We are now at the point where cloudy days mean mayflies and midges and sunny days will start to mean caddis and cranes (still needs to be a touch warmer).

Subsurface, anything heavy is working fished below the riffles in the shin to thigh deep water. Leeches and streamers are always effective, but more so when the hatch is not coming off.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph.

Please remember we are encouraging only day trips to the area for the health and safety of our community. Practice social distancing and do not park more than one car per parking area. The state has already started shutting down overcrowded parks, do not give them an excuse to shut down public lands!

Finally a couple days of stable weather. Looking good today and Saturday, Sunday starts a drip in temperatures.
Creeks are clear as we have had no significant rain in Vernon county. Fish are feeding on scuds and bead heads in the mornings. We are still getting a mix of midges, olives, and spring stoneflies in the afternoon, but with the quickly changing weather patterns recently they have not been as strong. Look for fish in the shin to thigh deep water in the morning, then pushing into riffles to feed on hatching bugs in the afternoon.
Leeches and streamers are catching fish, and crayfish and baitfish colored patterns are picking up as water temperatures start to climb.

Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Changing weather has fishing good, not great. Looking for a bit of stability right now. Fish are still rising, but not the wolfpacks we had earlier this week. Look for the cooler and unstable weather to make it more of a later in the day midge and olive fishery. The stones and caddis will come out on the sunny and warmer days.
Subsurface, however, remains strong. Small, dark nymphs, scuds, and leeches are consistently catching fish. Crayfish on the larger waters are starting to get fish to eat too!