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Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Another weekend and upcoming week of incredible trout weather!

Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the 50s.  Excellent fall conditions, especially when we have clouds overhead.

We are having success prospecting all day with a terrestrial with a bead head below (try the prince of power!) we are seeing olives hatching here and there in the afternoon, and thanks to the stable weather, trout are looking up a bit more lately to generic dries like the gunch.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Cool and cloudy.  Fall in the Driftless.

Creeks are clear to tea stained with excellent water temperatures.  At least for the next few days we are into fall mode, and out of the summertime temperature worry.  We are forecasted for dreary and cloudy weather the next couple of days.  These can be the best weather patterns for fishing in the Driftless.

Your normal hopper with a scud or drank below will work just fine all day long.  Watch for olives (hackle stacker) in the later part of the day.

Partly sunny, with a high near 61. East wind 7 to 9 mph.

Creeks are clear to medium stained with excellent temperatures thanks to cooler nights.

Subsurface fishing in the morning (drank has been great!) followed by hopper dropper mid day, then switching to BWOs with some fish rising in the afternoon.  It is an incredible first week for fall fly fishing here.

Scattered sprinkles with isolated showers before 2pm, then scattered sprinkles between 2pm and 3pm, then isolated showers after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 60. East wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

It feels like fall out there….  Chilly nights, cooler days.  It’s time to get serious about fishing.  Add to that a post flush of the creeks (most of our waters have subsided after the heavy rains on Friday and are clear to slightly stained) and starting to see some blue winged olive hatches in the afternoon.  On paper, it is pretty good in the Driftless right now!

There are a few creeks that remain murky.  Squirmy worm and some leeches work well there.  Otherwise edible indicators with a bead head below will work all day long.  Watch for risers in the later afternoon.

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Creeks are still clearing after the heavy rains Friday night, there was a little bit of fishable water out there yesterday, but not much!  We did not get any significant rain through the day yesterday or last night, and things are dropping and clearing nicely.  Keep in mind that directly south of town got the heaviest rain, and those creeks are still flooded.

As things drop and clear focus on fishing scuds, leeches, and worm patterns.  On the clearer waters, pink squirrels, purple drank, and knotty hookers will fish well!

Not good.  3+ inches in Viroqua and the surrounding area.  A few valleys just south of the shop received 5 inches more or less.The storm is still hanging around South of VIroqua, while from town north we are forecasted to get only another tenth of an inch of rain.  We might find some fishable water to the north late today, but expect things to be unfishable today.

Things are muddy this morning.  We will update you as we start to scout water.  Watch the report and social media for updates.

A 50 percent chance of showers before 9am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. East wind 5 to 8 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Creeks are in good shape right now.  Clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the mid to high 50s.  We are due for some potential heavier rains Friday night, but today and into tomorrow we have mostly cloudy to drizzly conditions.  The kind of weather driftless trout love!

Fish are eating grasshoppers on the surface in the afternoons when things dry out a little bit, and we are seeing some fish rising throughout the day if the sun is off the water (purple tilt wing duns!)

Subsurface fishing has been very good on scuds, pink squirrels and purple drank as well as large zebra midges on the clearest creeks.

Partly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind around 7 mph.

Dry day today, with the creeks area wide slightly stained to clear.  Water temperatures are good everywhere thanks to some cooler days and nights.

Subsurface fishing has been the ticket lately, but we have started to see a few mayflies here and there.  While we will not call it a hatch, there are some rising fish.  An olive, Adams, or purple tilt wing dun will get them to eat.

Beetles or hoppers as an indicator is also still recommended.  While the wet ground has slowed their effectiveness down, some fish are still crushing them on the surface from time to time.