Fishing Report

A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
It’s cold and windy again today. If you feel like nymphing and streamer fishing with a few olives and midges hatching you can still catch fish, but it isn’t going to be pleasant for humans.
Thursday the weather turns nice again and we should see the return of the bug soup. Before this cold front we had midges, olives, spring stones, craneflies, and caddis hatching. With a bit warmer weather and sunny days, expect it to happen again!

Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Temperature falling to around 35 by 5pm. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

A brief drop in temperatures until Thursday next week. Cool to cold and some snow/rain over the area this weekend. Ugly weather as a human, but it won’t mess with trout too much. Olives, midges, stones, craneflies, and one or two caddis are still hatching, We are now at the point where cloudy days mean mayflies and midges and sunny days will start to mean caddis and cranes (still needs to be a touch warmer).

Subsurface, anything heavy is working fished below the riffles in the shin to thigh deep water. Leeches and streamers are always effective, but more so when the hatch is not coming off.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph.

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Finally a couple days of stable weather. Looking good today and Saturday, Sunday starts a drip in temperatures.
Creeks are clear as we have had no significant rain in Vernon county. Fish are feeding on scuds and bead heads in the mornings. We are still getting a mix of midges, olives, and spring stoneflies in the afternoon, but with the quickly changing weather patterns recently they have not been as strong. Look for fish in the shin to thigh deep water in the morning, then pushing into riffles to feed on hatching bugs in the afternoon.
Leeches and streamers are catching fish, and crayfish and baitfish colored patterns are picking up as water temperatures start to climb.

Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Changing weather has fishing good, not great. Looking for a bit of stability right now. Fish are still rising, but not the wolfpacks we had earlier this week. Look for the cooler and unstable weather to make it more of a later in the day midge and olive fishery. The stones and caddis will come out on the sunny and warmer days.
Subsurface, however, remains strong. Small, dark nymphs, scuds, and leeches are consistently catching fish. Crayfish on the larger waters are starting to get fish to eat too!

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 53. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
It’s officially springtime on the trout creeks. We’re seeing a mix of olives, midges and winter stoneflies hatching with fish rising daily. There have also been reports of caddis hatching!!!
Creeks are clear and a touch low with temperatures in the 40s. With cooler nights, there is still no need to get out on the water at dawn, but fishing all day is now possible.
Nymphing in the morning using scuds, pink squirrels and your assorted thin bodied bugs is still great, then switching to a hippie stomper or training wheel with a dropper mid day has been fishing well. Splashy rises mean caddis, both black and tan have been seen. The main hatch is not quite here, but be ready!

Temperature rising to near 53 by 11am, then falling to around 33 during the remainder of the day. South wind 5 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Really not sure what to make of today’s weather! Saturday and Sunday are sunny.

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Creeks are clear and running a touch low. Hatches include midges, olives, and spring stoneflies.
Fishing nymphs and scuds in the morning has been good, then switching to a training wheel or hippie stomper with a dropper mid day when fish start looking up. If you are in a hatch of olives or midges, switching to a small soft hackle or dry is a good idea when you see rising fish!

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a southeast wind 11 to 16 mph
Today is bringing in another brief cloudy and drizzly weather pattern. Friday looks like some light rain (nothing that should impact stream fishability!), and the weekend looks sunny and pleasant!
Creeks are clear and a touch low with water temperatures in the low to middle 40s.
Midges, olives, and spring stoneflies are hatching daily around the area. Typically we have seen the best surface activity in the later afternoon.
Subsurface fishing has opened wide up. We’re still doing well on our thin bodied, heavy dark patterns, but scuds, hare’s ears, soft hackles etc have all come into play.
On the surface, with the stonefly hatch, we are relying heavily on chubby chernobyls (training wheels) and hippie stompers as edible indicators. Tying a nymph dropper to these is a good idea!
WHen fish are gently rising, it is time for an olive or midge pattern on the surface.
Fish are still eating leeches and streamers, but are much more aggressive when the sun is not shining down on the clear water.