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June 25th Fishing Report

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 77. Light east wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight 1-2 inches forecasted.
Fishing was quite good yesterday on the stained to cloudy creeks! With the flush of food, and the increased security for trout (cloudy sky, cloudy water) trout were in an excellent mood. There were still some muddy and unfishable creeks, but they have dropped and cleared for today. Expect the solid fishing to continued this morning.
BUT…. We are supposed to get some rains tonight again. While much needed for the overall health of the fishery, they have the potential to muddy things up. We are also forecasted for another 1-2 inches Thursday night too.
Bottom line. If you are already here, go fish! The conditions are excellent right now to catch some happy summer fish. If you have to travel, you may want to hold off until we see what the rainfall actually does to the creeks.

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June 24th Fishing Report

Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 78. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Rain yesterday dropped between 2-4 inches area wide over a pretty long period of time. The intense rains were around 3 p.m. which has given most creeks time to clear up a bit. There was no major flooding, most creeks barely got out of their banks, but we did get a mini flush and the soil is pretty well saturated! Overall creeks are clear to medium stain with only a handful running murky or muddy.
Fishing should be pretty good today with a stain on the water and some cooler temperatures both air and water!!
We are slated to get some more rain later tomorrow (Wednesday) so this might be a great window of opportunity today between rain storms.

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Monday June 23. Too hot to fish.

Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. High near 88. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
HEAT INDEX OF 100 degrees
It’s just unhealthy for you and for trout to be out there right now. Water temperatures have shot way up, and trout are not in a good mood at all.
The silver lining, we are supposed to get some rains (hopefully some heavier ones) that could cool things down and put some much needed water in the system. We will keep you posted, but as of now, we do not recommend trout fishing in the area.

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June 20th Fishing Report

Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. High near 84. South wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Nice cloudy and drizzle morning. Not enough rain to mess things up by any stretch of the imagination.
We’re recommending to skip this weekend. It will be HOT out there with heat indices over 100 degrees. Not nice for humans, and the water temperatures are climbing rapidly. A good weekend to stay local and fish for panfish or just stay home and stay cool.
If you are out there, please use your thermometer. Anything over 65 will be slow fishing and much more than that can be lethal to trout. Bettles and ants on the surface, thin bodied bugs in the drizzle.

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June 19th Fishing Report

Creeks are warming up. Water temperatures are now at the point where we ask you please use a thermometer. Anything over 65 degrees will be slow fishing and much higher than that can be lethal to trout.

We are due for a heat wave this weekend with heat index temperatures in the low 100s. This isn’t going to be good for you or for fish. If you are around this weekend, please limit your fishing to the first 4-5 hours of the day.

Creeks are low and clear, with temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Only a few smaller creeks are in the high 50s.

Beetles with droppers in the mornings, and if water temperature allows, matching the lighter colored mayfly hatches in the evenings.

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June 18th Fishing Report

howers before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 3pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. High near 75. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
A warmer week this week. The light rains recently have kept water temperatures in check, but we are starting to see a few larger creeks hit the mid 60s temperature wise. Overall creeks are low and clear with temps right around 60 degrees. The next few days heading into the weekend look to be brutally hot. It is time to start using your thermometer. Anything over 65 will be poor fishing and much warmer than that you will start to stress trout. The good news is that things cool down after the weekend.
Fishing is solid in the mornings on soft hackles, scuds, and flashy bead heads. There are still some fish rising to rusty spinners at first light too. Once the sun hits the water, the fish start to hide in the undercut banks below riffles. They venture out again in the evening to fish on the sulphurs and cahills hatching late in the day.

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June 15th Fishing Report

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South wind 6 to 9 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Looking at temperatures right around 80 each day this week, then a super hot weekend. IF the clouds stay overhead and the rains actually show up, things will remain pretty good fishing and temperature wise. If the sun shines down on the creeks then things will warm up quickly and fishing will slow down except for the first few hours in the day. We will keep you posted!
Creeks are low and clear now with temperatures in the high 50s to 60 area wide. Exceptional temps for this time of year! Fish are feeding subsurface in the mornings on small and flashy bead heads. You may see some fish rising to rusty spinners the first few hours of the day too before the sun hits the creeks.
. Mid day is terrestrial and dropper time focusing on the riffles and anywhere you can find shade. Later in the day we are seeing our lighter body color mayflies hatching. The hatches are spotty, but the fish are looking up for them most evenings.
If the rains come in, switching to thicker bodied subsurface bugs as well as scuds and leeches is a good idea!

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June 13th Fishing Report

Partly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind 7 to 9 mph.
Creeks are low and clear with temperatures in high 50s. Fishing remains solid and steady for the middle of June. We are seeing a handful of caddis still, as well as some lighter colored mayflies hatching near the evening.
Subsurface fishing has been great lately on purple drank, zebra midges and euro squirrels.
Instead of an indicator, we are fishing them below hippie stompers and beetles.
The weekend looks warm but with some clouds and light rain! The heat doesn’t matter too much to the water temperature if there are clouds in the sky.

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June 12th Fishing Report

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
About half an inch of rain fell overnight with a bit more south of Viroqua. Overall creeks will not be affected by this rain and will remain clear to slightly stained. The cool rains will, however, refresh the system and put fish in a great mood!
Lighter colored mayflies are showing up in the evenings, and the terrestrial bite on the surface (beetles and ants) is picking up daily. With the cloud cover we could see rising fish all day long.
Subsurface fishing has been solid on some larger bugs and leeches along with the standard pheasant tail/perdigon body style. If you find some stained water try a worm patterns!

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June 11th Fishing Report

A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. West wind around 6 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Creeks are low and clear with temps in the mid to high 50s. Excellent conditions for this time of year!
There is a small cold front rolling in tonight, and with it the chance for some light drizzle over the next few days! The streak of great trout weather this June continues.
Fish are eating beetles and ants on the surface all day long, and are keying in on lighter colored mayflies later in the evening or if the sky remains cloudy.
Subsurface fishing has been best on perdigon style flies or medium thickness patterns like the Euro Squirrel.

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