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Shop is open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 pm. and Sunday 10-noon.

We are also going to be closed on Sunday August 2nd and Monday August 3rd.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 8 mph.  Creeks are clear and most are starting the day right around 60 degrees.

This is the last milder summer day for a while!  Pleasant temperatures, and some happy fish in the mornings.  Over the weekend things heat up again with air temperatures hitting about 90 Saturday and Sunday.

We are forecasted for some clouds Saturday morning, so get out there early and keep checking water temps!

Sparse Tricos early in the morning before the sun hits the water, then fishing a hopper with a dropper all day long.  We have also had some success on larger bugs drifted underneath undercut banks (knotty hooker pattern specifically)

Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Another fairly pleasant day today!  Watch for some tricos in the morning, then switch to a hopper or beetle with a dropper when fish are not rising.

Nothing super exciting to report conditions wise, but take advantage of the weather the rest of the week as the weekend heats back up with air temperatures in the 90s.

Sunny, with a high near 73. North wind 3 to 6 mph.

It actually feels cool out there this morning!

Great weather for the next few days, unfortunately warming up again on the weekend.

Sparse trico spinner falls in the mornings, then fishing beetles, small hoppers, or training wheels with a bead head below all day.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

The good news is that overnight lows will be in the low to mid 50s the rest of the week!

We’re still coming off the heat wave week, and things are slowly bouncing back water temperature wise.  In the mornings, we are finding creeks in the high 50s temperature wise (mostly upper sections or creeks with heavy spring influence).

Chubby Chernobyls or Mr. Sparkle with a Pearl Jam or TZM below have been excellent for prospecting all morning long.  There is a sparse trio spinner fall, not nothing to get too excited about yet.

howers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. High near 88. South wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Things are finally getting back to normal here.  After an extremely hot and smoky week last week temperatures are mellowing out a bit and we are back to chasing trout in the mornings.  We still encourage you to use your thermometer (anything over 65 will be slow fishing)!

Tricos are showing up in the mornings along side some midges.  The rest of the morning until mid day we are tossing ants, beetles and small grasshoppers near the banks and overhanging vegetation.  Don’t be hesitant to tie a dropper on your more buoyant patterns, the nymphing in the mornings can be great.

Night time mousing has been fun with a few nicer fish chasing big patterns on the surface.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

Still ugly hot with overnight temperatures not dropping quite enough.  Overall fishing is not recommended as there are very few creeks that have good water temperatures outside of the first couple hours of the day.

Shop is not open early (10 am opening time this weekend) to encourage those of you in the area to fish early and do your restocking in the middle part of the day.

Please be sure to use your thermometer.  Water temps over 65 are poor fishing and much warmer than that can be lethal to trout.

Heat Advisory in effect from July 14, 12:00 PM CDT until July 15, 08:00 PM CDT

The oppressive heat continues.  Although you can still find a few creeks in the mornings with favorable water temperature, overall things are warm out there and we do not recommend fishing for trout right now (or really doing anything in the afternoon and evenings due to the heat!)

Watching the longer term forecast we are hoping the rains come Thursday and Friday.  There is only a slight chance of something at this point, but it could build in the next day or two.

Monday it looks like things go back to normal.

Hot and sunny week ahead!  Highs will be around 90 each day and not much wind until the weekend.

It is summertime in the Driftless.  While there can still be some decent trout fishing, it is really limited to the early morning before water temperatures shut down the feeding activity.  Please remember to use your thermometer.  Anything over 65 will be slow fishing, and much warmer than that can be harmful to trout.

A few trout are sipping midges at first light, but then head for shade once the sun  starts to shine on the water.  Beetle or a small hopper with a dropper is a good choice for prospecting in the mornings.  Small, thin and dark bodied bugs are the best for your droppers right now.

Sunny, with a high near 84. Light east wind.

Summertime!  Fish early, fish late and avoid the mid day sun.  Trout are starting to eat larger terrestrials (check out the new Mr. Sparkle pattern for an edible indicator!) even though hoppers aren’t really around yet.  Fishing foam with a dropper is your prospecting pattern all day long.  In the very late evening we are still seeing some rising fish, as well as the very early morning.  Mousing has also picked up quite a bit at night.