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Sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 6 to 10 mph.
Creeks are clear and looking great. Overnight temperatures are low for this time of season, and this coming weekend looks incredible temperature wise.
We are seeing the tricos start to decline, but we should start to see olives in the afternoon with these cooler temperatures. While the classic match the hatch fishing is slowing down a bit, we are going strong with hoppers or beetles with a dropper. The streamer and leech bite is also starting to pick up a bit.
We’re getting hopeful that this is the transition from the dog days of summer to the later summer fishing!

Sunny, with a high near 75. Light and variable wind.
It is still summertime in the Driftless, meaning we are fishing Tricos early then switching to hopper dropper. The fishing still cuts off around mid day, then can pick up again in the evenings. BUT, looking at the long term forecast, the nights are getting chillier and the daytime temperatures are dropping quite a bit too (no days over 80 degrees this week!). Next weekend’s highs are forecasted to be in the mid to high 60s!
What this means, is that the fishing will really start to pick up as water temperatures cool and trout become more comfortable as we slide into late summer. If the cooler temperatures hold on, and we do not get a heat wave, watch for Tricos to start to disappear, and the tiny olives start to show up in the afternoons instead. Your terrestrial and droppers will work all day long regardless

Sunny, with a high near 83. West wind 5 to 9 mph.
Creeks are clear to stained with decent temperatures. Things are about to get pretty dang good again as we see air temperatures dropping next week with some overnight lows in the high 40s! This can really get trout fishing in the Driftless back on track and not limited to the morning fishing only we have had the past few weeks.
Watch for trico spinners in the morning, then fish terrestrials with a dropper until mid day. Take a nap, then get out there again in the evening.

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11am and 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. West wind 7 to 11 mph.
Hot again today. But it gets back to normal tomorrow.
We still do not recommend fishing when it is this hot. While you can still find trout friendly temperatures (please use your thermometer and avoid anything over 65), it is just taxing to be out there as an angler.

It is going to be extremely hot and humid Sunday and Monday, and the temperatures will not drop until mid week. We do not recommend fishing under these conditions as they are not safe to be outside for prolonged periods of time, not to mention the stress on the fish with the increase in water temperatures.

Looking ahead, things cool down a bit mid week, and we are supposed to get some rain on Thursday which will get things back to normal.

A chance of sprinkles after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.
Hot and sunny today and through Monday. Please restrict your fishing to sunup to about 10-11 in the morning. Things will slow down as the water temperatures climb after the overnight cooling and it can stress both trout and anglers. Probably not the best 2 or 3 days to be out there.
Remember to use your thermometer and make sure you aren’t fishing water over 65 degrees.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
The main thing to know is that the weekend is going to be unbearably hot again. With heat index pushing 100 degrees. Not only is this not safe for anglers, but the trout can be affected too.
If you are fishing Saturday and Sunday, please limit your time on the water to super early in the morning and stop fishing around 10 or 11.
Please do not stress trout by fishing in water over 65 degrees.
It looks like most of next week will be very hot as well.

Sunny, with a high near 76. Light southeast wind.
Wow, what a great week of morning temperatures we have had. Overnight temps are dropping into the 50s and it is more than pleasant out there until about 11. The fishing has been good (for summertime!) early until about 10 or 11, then things shut down unless we have some serious cloud cover.
Tricos early, then hoppers, ants and beetles with a dropper the rest of the morning.
In the evenings, the last couple of hours of the day can be solid on hopper dropper and caddis patterns too.
Heads up, the weekend is going to be HOT. Looking at air temps near 90 through Monday