Sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Creeks are clear to stained with temperatures having dropped from last week’s heat wave. Only the larger creeks and those below flood control dams are still flowing with a medium stain which will continue to clear out over the weekend.
Hatches are sparse, midges and tiny olives popping off in the evening and you can catch a few spinner falls in the morning. Tricos have not shown up in numbers yet.
The terrestrial bite is on! It’s the time of year to tie on a beetle or hopper (or hippie stomper!) with a bead head below and have some fun. Cast close to the banks and shady areas.

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind 5 to 14 mph.
Anywhere between 3/4 to 2 inches plus of rain fell last night area wide. Despite this amount, there is water to fish as of this morning (clear to slightly stained). Expect more to clear up by the afternoon, and the weekend should be just fine. The larger creeks and those below flood control dams will take a while longer to lose their murkiness.
The good news is that we are free of the oppressive heat! The rains dropped temperatures, both air and water, setting this weekend up to be an incredibly pleasant weekend for anglers and trout.
Fish will rise when the sun is off the water. Early and late are key to finding rising fish. They will eat rusty spinners and parachutes in the morning, then ants and parachutes in the evening. Through the day fishing a terrestrial with a bead head tied below is your best bet. The hippie stomper with a brush hog, food, or purple drank below is the go to rig in the summertime.
On murkier waters, leeches and worm patterns will be effective.

Update: Locally heavy rains have dumped up to an inch and a half in certain valleys today. The big storm is coming and should hit us around 3 or 4. Might muddy things up for tomorrow until the evening, but Saturday is still looking quite good with cool weather and cold rains in the system.

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
We WANT the rains to come! If the rains do not hit it will be a slow recovery to summer normal after a week of brutally hot weather and higher than normal water temperatures. If the rain does come, it will cool things down right away and get us back on track immediately. Temperatures dip the next few days and the cold rain could supercharge trout feeding.
Creeks are low and clear with temperatures in the low 60s to mid 60s. Please use a thermometer through the summer. Anything over 65 will be poor fishing and much warmer can be harmful to trout.
Hatches are sparse. We have not seen tricos early in the mornings yet, and in the evening fish are rising to craneflies and a few random mayflies (parachute adams hatch). Rising trout can be caught using ants.
A foam attractor or terrestrial with a bead head below is key all day long. Hippie stompers and training wheels with purple drank or food down below is the go to rig this time of season.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 97. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
It’s hateful hot out today. Tomorrow looks like we will get a storm or two and some relief from the heat heading into the weekend. This string of hot weather has not been trout friendly, sending water temperatures into uncomfortable range for our finned friends. The time to fish is very early in the morning and, if you are lucky, catching a storm in the evening that will cool the air and put some cold rain into the creeks.
On days like today however, it is potentially dangerous to be outside! Stay cool and be careful.

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning.
Creeks are low and clear with temperatures in the 60s. Please use a thermometer! With this warmer weather we will have temperatures getting warm on some creeks. Anything over 65 is poor fishing and much beyond that and it can be harmful to trout.
Your best success will be early and late when the sun is off the water. Find shade and you will find fish!
Hatches are very sparse. There are some rusty spinners first thing in the morning, then fishing a hopper/dropper through the day (if you’re ambitious enough to fish in 90 degree weather!). The evening will have rising fish that will eat ants, generic parachutes and caddis twitched on the surface.
The rains that fell last night were brief only giving us about a tenth of an inch, but anything helps right now to cool things down just a bit!

We’re looking at a week of hot weather ahead. Please make sure to use your thermometer, anything at 65 degrees will be poor fishing, and much warmer than that can be harmful to trout.

Fish early, fish late and avoid the mid day heat!

Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning.
Creeks are clear and a touch low. Water temperatures are starting to climb this week as a long spell of hot weather is over us and will remain for a few more days.
The key to warm weather fishing is temperature. Much like humans, trout do not like hot, sunny weather. They are far more comfortable in the shade, and when things are cooler. Fish early, fish late, and use your thermometer. Anything over 65 degrees will be poor fishing and much higher than that can be lethal to fish!
Hatches are sparse, fish are rising to a few spinners in the mornings then shut down mid day. A few fish will still eat on the surface to craneflies and some generic parachutes in the evenings.
Terrestrials are key right now! They start fishing once the ground dries out and continue through the day. Fishing a hippie stomper or hopper with a dropper is THE summer rig through the day.
Mousing is picking up in the evenings and throwing large streamers at night is also starting to catch some big fish.

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 88. North wind 3 to 6 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained. Water temps are at 60 and starting to creek higher with this weather. Remember anything over 65 will be poor fishing and can be harmful to trout. Seek out smaller headwaters and shady areas, the fishing will be much better there.
Fish early and fish late, avoid the mid day sun!
Hatches are still fairly sparse, but the terrestrials are making up for it on the surface! We’re fishing hippie stomper and dropper on the surface through the day. Mornings and evenings if they aren’t hitting parachutes or crystal wulffs (PMD and adams) we will toss an ant out there (size 16/18).
Mousing is heating up! Fishing mice on the surface at night in the summer can be an absolute blast!

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Light southeast wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the low 60s. We’re in full summer mode where fishing is best early and late and anywhere you can find shade.
Hatches are sparse, which is normal for this time of year. You will find some fish rising first thing in the morning, and late in the evening. The morning fish will take a generic parachute pattern or film star, while the evening fish will also eat ants readily.
During the day, it is terrestrial time on the surface! Fish ants, beetles, even small grasshoppers. Targeting creeks with overhanging grass or even trees gives you a better chance at finding terrestrial eaters.
Subsurface fishing is starting to become a game of thin bodied patterns. Perdigons, spanish bullets, zebra midges etc are more effective when the creeks are clear and the sun is shining.
Leeches, streamers and mice can be quite good right now when the sun starts to set until the sun starts to rise.

A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph.
Hot and humid out. Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures right around 60 degrees. All week there is a chance for thunderstorms (which would provide cloud cover and some cooler water).
It’s summertime in the Driftless. Fish early, fish late, avoid the mid day sun and find shade. Terrestrial or attractors and a dropper mid day, and ants and generic parachutes in the evening.