Fishing Report

A chance of sprinkles before 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a west wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
A little rain shower hit the area last night. This was a gentle rain that soaked into the ground and did not do anything to stream clarity or water levels. Things remain a bit low and clear to slightly stained.
This cool weather has been incredible! Over the weekend the high temps will be in the mid 60s with overnights in the low 40s! Watch for some bugs to hatch in the afternoons.
Things will be a bit slow and chilly in the morning. Focus a bit more on fishing nymphs in the runs and tailouts of the pools. As things warm up a bit and the sun warms the ground up, we are switching to a hopper with a dropper and moving our target area into shallower water and below undercut banks. In the afternoons and evenings we are starting to see some hatching bugs. It is still sparse, but if you are in the right place at the right time, fish are rising to small mayflies (ligher olive body color) and will feed on skittered caddis.
. Streamer and leeches have been good too! Fish them dead drift to a slow swim in the cool mornings, then speed them up just a bit later in the day.

Increasing clouds, with a high near 64. Light west wind becoming southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
With very little rain in the past 24 hours, creeks remain clear to slightly stained. Thanks to some cool late summer temperatures, the water temps are pretty solid everywhere right now too!
We’re seeing a shift away from Tricos in the morning, to more hatches in the afternoon and evening. They are not strong, and they are not everywhere, but some caddis and some smaller light olive mayflies are appearing on creeks.
The fishing day starts by nymphing or dead drifting a leech early in the day. As things warm up a bit we switch to a hopper or beetle with a dropper (or just continue fishing subsurface!), and the day wraps up, hopefully, with some fish rising in the early evening.
Most trout are tucked into the riffles and pockets and down into the dropoff into the pool. Fishing those areas along with undercut banks with a visible current pushing into them have been effective lately.

A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Creeks are clear and a touch low with temperatures in the higher 50s area wide. The preview of fall weather continues this week with temperatures barely closing in on 70 degrees after today! It has been more than pleasant out there, and the fishing is settling into the cooler weather pattern!
. Nymphing early in the morning, terrestrials (with or without droppers) after the sun dries the dew off the grass, then potential head hunting (skitter caddis or fish a small seam sipper) in the later evening.
Streamers and leeches are working quite well too!

Good fishing to you out there!

Showers before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 2pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 71. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
What a great past few days for trout weather! Overnight temperatures have been in the mid 50s (and will continue to be so and even cooler the next week!) and daytime temps have been more than pleasant in the lower to mid 70s. This taste of fall has everyone, and the trout, excited!
The Trico spinner fall is a bit slower than it was, due to the cooler temperatures. Watch for them a little later in the morning instead of at first light. We have also seen an uptick of some caddis and even a few olives hatching in the afternoon.
Nymphing and fishing leeches and streamers has really picked up the last couple of days and subsurface is the best way to catch trout right now. However, once the dew comes off the grass the the ground warms up a bit, terrestrials (ants, beetles, hoppers) have been a lot of fun, and a great way to rig (hopper/dropper) for fishing all day long!
Creeks are clear and a little low with temperatures ranging from the low 50s to 60 degrees area wide.

Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
The cool weather continues through the next week! As the colder weather settles into the Driftless, the trout are starting to respond a bit more. Creeks are clear and a bit low with temperatures in the mid to high 50s (only a couple of larger creeks are in the low 60s still).
We are seeing a smattering of tricos in the morning getting fish to rise. If you do not encounter risers early, then switch to nymphs and scuds! Once the dew dries off the grass it is time to switch to hoppers and other terrestrials. Putting a small bead head below and fishing the riffles and undercut banks is effective right now.
. We have had some reports in the afternoons of some olives (small mayflies) hatching as well. While we will not declare a full blown hatch, we are starting to see some risers later in the day.

A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
We have almost a week of continued cooler weather ahead, even through the long weekend. Creeks are clear and a bit low, with temperatures in the higher 50s to low 60s. This is a preview of fall in the Driftless!
. While tricos are still around in the mornings, they are showing up later and seemingly less heavy due to the cooler temperatures. The fun starts later in the morning when the hopper bite turns on! Get your hoppers, beetles and ants as close to the bank as possible to tempt trout out from the undercut banks.
. Nymphing is the most productive way to fish right now with fish eating in the riffles and runs dumping into the undercut banks.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Cloudy and cool, with some shade all day long! Tonight’2 low is 60 degrees, after that we are in the high 40s to 50s overnight.. This is incredibly trout friendly weather for late August!
Tricos are showing up in the mornings. A bit later than usual due to some cooler temps and higher humidity. But a lot of creeks are seeing rising fish from 7:30 to 11 more or less. After that it is hopper (small, size 14s!) or beetles with a bead head below. Subsurface fishing has been a mix of thinner bodied bugs (zebra midges, pearl and orange, Dr. Fauci etc) and scuds/pink squirrels.
With the clouds in the sky, the leech and streamer game has been pretty solid as well!

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Light east wind.
Creeks are clear and flowing with morning temps in the high 50s. Some of the larger waters are still in the mid 60s. Seek out the smaller creeks, headwaters, and areas where there are springs feeding in to find the best fishing!
Tricos have been present on many of our creeks in the mornings, and the hopper bite has been a lot of fun the past couple of days! Make sure to get your hopper as close to the bank as possible for best results.

Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained in our area with water temperatures in the higher 50s to mid 60s. Solid summertime temps and flows with some cool nights ahead!
. Tricos are making an appearance each morning, then we are switching over to a small hopper or beetle with a dropper mid day.
Subsurface fishing has been quite good with heavy scuds fished below the riffles, as well as the normal zebra midges and other thin bodied nymphs.
. Streamers and leeches have been good with the cloud cover and stained water, but this will slow down a bit as the creeks clear up.