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Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Creeks are low and clear and warming up quickly. There are a handful of waters still below 65 degrees, but that number is shrinking and will continue to do so with the heat we have coming over the next few days.
It isn’t a terrible idea to take a pass on trout fishing when the weather gets like this. It has been an exceptionally difficult season with low water and heat!
If you do fish this weekend and into next week, please use a thermometer!!! Anything over 65 will be poor fishing, and much warmer than that you can start harming or even killing trout. Seek out the shaded areas, headwaters, and colder tributaries. Fish very early and very late and avoid the mid day heat.

Widespread haze before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
Creeks are clear and low with temperatures in the low to mid 60s.
While there are creeks out there that have decent fishing temperatures (below 65 degrees), the number is shrinking again, and will continue to do so the next few coming days as we stare down reaching the upper 80s for the next 4-5 days. It might be a good weekend to go fish for warm water fish! If you are coming here to fish, please use a thermometer. Not only will you be sparing the trout from unnecessary stress in warmer water, but you will be doing yourself a favor as fishing slows down to a crawl above the 65 degree mark.
The best fishing is in the morning hours when the water has cooled down overnight. There is also a trico spinner fall in the am on many of the smaller creeks too.

Widespread haze. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Southeast wind around 7 mph.
It’s summer in the Driftless. That means lots of terrestrials with bead heads, tricos in the mornings, and using your thermometer to find the water below 65 degrees!
Fish early, fish late, avoid any mid day sun and heat for your best fishing. The key is finding cooler water and the happy fish. Be prepared to move to plan B or C in some cases.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. North wind around 6 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the high 50s to mid 60s. Only the largest creeks are still giving us over 65 degree surface temperatures. It is still a good idea to use your thermometer, but there is more fishable water thanks to recent rains and cool temperatures than the last couple of weeks!
Tricos are starting to show up in the early mornings. Hopper/dropper through the day, then egg laying caddis, craneflies and generic mayflies will catch rising fish in the evenings.

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2pm. Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a steady temperature around 66. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Rains last night did nothing to mess up the creeks. They did cool down temperatures in the air (thankfully!) Area wide we received half to an inch of total rainfall. This will leave the majority of the creeks clear to slightly stained with only a few exceptions showing mud this morning. The more rain the better at this point!!!
Clouds and light rains today mean that fishing should be a bit more solid subsurface on scuds, pink squirrels, energizer hare’s ear, and other thicker bodied nymphs.
The weather forecast for the next few days is in the mid to high 70s for a peak temperature and clouds and potential rains. Much better than the heat and sun of the last few days.

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
Water temps have climbed into poor fishing territory again due to the heat over the holiday weekend. We’re forecasted for rain and a much cooler few days ahead of us. Today won’t be great, but tomorrow’s high is 66 and the clouds and rain will help a ton!

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 95. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
It’s hot again today. The weekend was very hot and water temperatures have climbed again. There is still fishable water out there, but make sure to use a thermometer! Anything over 65 will be slow fishing and much higher than that can be lethal to trout. The trout themselves are not boiling in the creeks. They are sitting and sipping the cool water coming from spring heads and seeps as well as the oxygenated water coming down from the riffles.
Rains come tomorrow (hopefully) to cool things down. Keep an eye here for updates.

THE SHOP WILL CLOSE AT NOON TODAY.