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Sunny, with a high near 61. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Creeks are clear to medium stained (a bit more rain south of the Wisconsin river) with excellent water temperatures.  Fall conditions are here to stay for the next week or so.

Transition days like today can be boom or bust.  This is the first bright and sunny day we have had in a few.  Assume fish will be tucked underneath banks and overhanging vegetation early, then push out and move to the riffles later in the day as bugs start to hatch.

The edible indicator followed by a medusa has been excellent when fish are starting to come up.  If you do not see any rising fish, a stupid orange beetle with a small bead head below will work well.

SEASON CLOSES AFTER THE 15TH.

Drillzy overnight and morning with a little less than half an inch falling near Viroqua.  It was not intense enough to muddy things up, but just enough to get the worms moving around!  Might be a good day and fish a worm pattern.

Showers, mainly before 11am. Temperature falling to around 62 by 5pm. Light north wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

The cloud cover has been amazing, keeping fish a little less spooky than they would be in clear water.

We are still fishing edible indicators and training wheels in darker body colors with scuds and squirrels below throughout the day.  The olive hatch is unpredictable, but when they are around in the later afternoon and evening, fish are rising to them happily.

A slight chance of showers before 8am, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Drizzly couple of days ahead!  The forecast is calling for drizzle to light rain through Friday, with mild to cooler temperatures.  In other words, perfect Driftless fishing weather!

Match the hatch terrestrial fishing will be slow as cold and wet ground means the bugs will be hunkered down.  However, fishing an edible indicator or attractor foam fly will still be successful.  Fishing a bead head below, or an unweighted pheasant tail behind it is important.  The PT emerger is especially effective during the olive hatch in the later afternoon.

Subsurface fishing will be solid on scuds, leeches, and pink squirrels with this cloudy weather.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Fall weather pattern remains over us.  Trees are starting to change color, and the fish are starting to wake up a bit after a long summer.

Mild days and cooler nights, plus a few days of upcoming clouds and drizzle!  The Edible Indicator bite has been good (foam stuff in dark body colors) with bead heads below, and we are starting to see olives a bit more consistently in the later afternoon and evening.

Season closes after the 15th of October.

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!