Fishing Report

Trout like rain.

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Area wide we received about 3/4 of an inch to an inch in the past 24 hours.  The rains fell mostly as soaking higher rains with a few pockets of heavy precipitation.  Overall the creeks are in fishable shape, clear to a medium stain.  Only a couple are running muddy as of this morning.  With the flush and the cloud cover, make sure to have worm patterns, scuds, and leeches along side the normal May patterns.

Sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Warm sunny and windy today.  Saturday is sunny and calm, Sunday we might get some much needed rains.

Creeks are clear and starting to get a bit low.  Nothing has changed hatch wise over the past week or so.  Sporadic caddis hatches in the afternoon/evenings, and fishing below the riffles with a bead head.

Guides have been grabbing PTerdigons lately…

Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a north wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Windy and sunny day again today.  The wind has been detrimental to surface fishing (the poor bugs are getting blown right off the water!).  Most of our success has come subsurface on bubble back pupae fished behind something larger and heavier like a Spanish bullet or pink squirrel.

Creeks are very clear and fish are spooky, consider a longer leader, or if you need to replace your line, a clear tip magnitude infinity line helps a ton under these conditions!

howers likely, mainly before 10am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 76. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 21 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Cold drizzly morning and a lot of wind all day.  This will be a nymphing day for sure!  While caddis adults are around, subsurface fishing has been better overall.  A Pearl Jam under a training wheel has been excellent right now, and with the cloud cover, scuds should work well all day long.

Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind.

Clear skies, clear water, spooky fish!  While the menu has not changed much (caddis, both black and tan hatching sporadically throughout the day), the fishing is becoming a bit more difficult due to spooky fish!  Be as stealthy as possible and lengthen that leader a bit.

During the day, we are still having success with an edible indicator and a bead head below.  Something like a rain drop or Pearl Jam is working especially early in the morning, while drank or a bubble back caddis is a bit better in the afternoon.

mostly sunny, with a high near 68. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Creeks are clear with temperatures in the middle 50s.  It is still chilly at night, so no reason to get out at dawn as things do not start moving until later in the morning as the creeks warm up a bit.  The caddis hatch is spotty, but fish are rising to tan caddis later in the day.  Otherwise, we are fishing beetles with bead heads below.  Something with a bit of flash like the Dr. Fauci has been great lately.

With another peak season weekend, we encourage you to remember to respect landowner’s property (conservation easements only give you about 10 feet of bank, do not wander away from stream side, you will be trespassing!) and each other.  Don’t start fishing upstream of another angler, if there is a car at a bridge and you can not check in with the angler, move to a different spot.  Just communicate and check in.

No changes to the conditions over the next few days.  Everything remains clear with good temperatures and flows.  Dark, thin bodied nymphs in the morning, then caddis pupae in the afternoons.  There is some caddis activity later in the day, mostly size 16 tan caddis.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

increasing clouds, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph.

A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Creeks are clear and flowing well, water temperatures are in the low to mid 50s area wide.  This is peak Driftless!
The sun is high in the sky lately, and fish are spooky in the clear water.  Lengthen your leader, upgrade to a clear tip line, or focus on the shaded or faster moving water.
Caddis are hatching here and there daily, both black and tan.  We are loving the Splitsville caddis right now!
A few craneflies are around as well.
Subsurface fishing has been good on perdigons in the morning, and thicker bodied bugs (drank!) later in the day.
The leech and streamer fishing has slowed down mid day, but still solid when the sun is off the water.