Fishing Report

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 5 to 9 mph.
After a very hot week and some spotty fishing, things might get back on track in the next day or two. Overnight lows look quite nice, and all week high temperatures are in the middle to higher 70s.
We’re still fishing tricos early, and terrestrials with dropper into the later morning, but we might be able to extend that over the next couple of days if the rains and weather cooperate!

Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
While we are still doing ok in the mornings, the fishing the rest of the day has been very difficult as water temperatures start to climb around 9 or 10 a.m. There are some creeks that are staying cool into the evening, but there are very few. You are best off fishing only in the mornings.
Next week things cool down bit and we expect the fishing to pick up a bit.

It’s getting hot out there. The shop is once again modifying its hours during the mid summer heat. We will be open 10-4 Monday through Friday, 9-5 Saturday and 9-noon on Sunday.

As water temperatures climb, we start to worry about the health of not only trout on those hot days, but anglers too, so we want to encourage everyone to fish early during the coolest part of the day. Please, get out early and fish, then come visit the shop midday to stock up. Give the fish, and yourself a break during the hot part of the day.

Always remember to use your thermometer frequently in the summertime! Anything over 65 degrees will be slower fishing, and much over that and you can do harm to trout.

Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 95. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Hot, hot hot. Summertime in the Driftless means using your thermometer (anything over 65 will be slow fishing) as quite a few of the creeks are getting up there in temperature. If you are fishing, please make sure to limit your fishing between 5 and 9 in the morning and give trout, and yourself a break.
What to watch for are summer thunderstorms. Once those hit and actually dump some rain, it is as if a reset button is pushed. Fishing can be quite good post rain especially with clouds in the sky!

A few tricos spinners early in the mornings, then terrestrials with droppers all day long.

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
Creeks are in full summer mode. Water temperatures are starting to climb and fishing is slowing down. The mornings (sunrise until about 10) can still be good, but we recommend only fishing in the mornings when temperatures are favorable to fishing, and comfortable for the fish!
Tricos and terrestrials with a dropper are on the menu.

Sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 6 to 10 mph.
Things look great this morning, with even a slight chill in the air at sunup. We made it to later July with mostly incredible temperatures! This weekend things will get a bit toastier. Not horrible, but we are looking at mid 80s for highs and night time lows in the mid 60s.
Focus on the morning fishing. When the water has a chance to cool down from the sunny, warmer days, things are usually much better. We are still seeing some trico spinners in the mornings, then we switch over to a beetle or hopper with a bead head below.
Creeks overall are clear to slightly stained and a bit low. The sun is not your friend right now, so fish early, fish late, and avoid the mid day sun. Also please remember to use your thermometer. While we still have creeks in the low 60s, there are some that are getting a bit warm. Anything over 65 will be slow fishing, and much warmer than that can be harmful to trout.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph in the morning.
The report has not changed much at all, things are clear and a bit low with temperatures in the low 60s with only a couple creeks getting 65 or warmer.
Tricos in the mornings, terrestrials until mid day
We can not emphasize enough how fishing early this time of year is important for success. Things have cooled down over night, and fish will be looking to eat, especially when the tricos are around, until the sun starts to get high in the sky and shine directly on the water.
Cloud cover is also your friend. If the sun stays behind the clouds like yesterday and so far this morning, fishing remains solid.
Fish early, find the shade to find fish, and if clouds roll in, fish the last couple hours of the day too!

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 5 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Some storms rolled through in the middle of the night dropping up to an inch of rain in some spots. We are not expecting to see much mud,but some creeks will have a stain on them (a good thing for the day) and some clouds will be in the sky for the first part of the day (another good thing).
Summer rains like this make fishing much better. The cloud cover helps a ton providing shade, and a flush of cool water and hopefully a stain on the water gets fish feeding. You actually want to look for lighter rains a day or two before you go fishing in the summertime!
Temperatures remain quite good through Thursday. We will see things warm up into the weekend making fishing more of an early morning only thing.
Tricos in the mornings, terrestrials and droppers the rest of the time.

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Light southwest wind.
Nothing noteworthy about this week, decent temperatures with highs near 80 and lows in the mid to high 50s. Some scattered storms are forecast for the week which shouldn’t do anything negative to the creeks. In fact, they will cool things down a bit and hopefully be enough to put a stain on the water for a little while.
Tricos in the mornings, then some terrestrial and dropper action until just before mid day. Take a break during the sunny hours, then get back out there in the evening and into dark.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Creeks are clear to stained with temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Make sure to use your thermometer as anything over 65 will be slow fishing. Normally the small to medium sized creeks and headwaters are more than fine temperature wise, while the larger and more open meadow tend to warm up in the summertime.
We are seeing tricos in the mornings, then fishing terrestrials with a dropper until mid day. We prefer to take a break mid day and let the sun start to set before heading out to chase trout again.
The nicer weather continues through the weekend and into early next week. If we get a little rain to cool things down even more the fishing will get even better!