Sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
Creeks are clear and still a touch low with temperatures thankfully holding stable in the high 50s for now.
The warm weather moving in (hot early next week) will slow things down mid day, focus your fishing energy early in the day (rusty spinners, beetles with a dropper) and later at night (sulfurs, cahills, egg laying caddis). A mid day siesta is a wonderful thing!
If any of the rains hit through the weekend it will help cool things down significantly.

Light rains (and some locally heavy) have the creeks in good shape for a warmer weekend. Hotter and humid than normal.
Yesterday’s heat was chased away by a light rain in most areas (a bit heavier south of Viroqua). The creeks are still all in great shape though, clear to slightly stained.
The warmer weather is playing havoc with the temperatures with things bouncing up and down throughout the week. Make sure you use your thermometer and watch the trends. Anything over 65 is poor fishing, and a quickly rising temperature usually means fishing will slow down quite a bit.
While we have not seen hoppers yet, fish are responding to training wheels and large beetles (and small ants too!) especially in shaded areas. Putting a bead head below is very effective.
On the surface, we are still seeing sporadic cranefly hatches as well as our lighter colored mayflies at night.

Showers likely between 11am and 3pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
A little cloud cover and some decent weather today! Fishing has been good as the creeks are all clear and a bit low with temperatures right around 60. The cloud cover will make trout more comfortable today.
We’re still seeing lighter colored mayflies in the evenings hatching, and throughout the day tossing smaller foam attractors and beetles with bead heads below.
As the hatch starts in the early evening, switching to emergers (seam sippers work well here) then dries can be fun!

Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind 3 to 7 mph.
Incredibly nice weather today and tomorrow, with a warm front coming in mid week bringing some wind and potential evening rains. Not a terrible weather forecast overall for the week.
Creeks are still a touch low and running clear. Temperatures are right around 60 area wide. The trout’s menu has not changed much since last week. Smaller terrestrials (ants and beetles especially on the breezy days!), crane flies, and lighter colored mayflies hatching in the evenings. Watch for mayfly spinners in the very early morning with trout sipping on the surface before the sun gets too high in the sky.
Subsurface fishing has been quite good on thin patterns with a bit of flash lately.
The night time anglers have started to report some success on leeches, streamers and mice once the sun starts to set!

Showers, mainly before 11am. High near 70. Light north wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Good drizzly weather and clouds through the day.

We’re getting complaints more and more about anglers getting cut off, high holed, and crowded.

If there is a car at an access point, drive to another access point. There is plenty of room to spread out on public and accessible water in the area.
Do not access the creek upstream of other anglers (high holing), checking in with other anglers is ok, but do not hop above and ruin the fishing for others.
There is no reason to trespass. Conservation easements are bankside access only. You are not legally allowed to cross fields.
Do no block gates, farm access roads or driveways. Park off the street, pull in your mirrors and leave room for cars and farm equipment to pass.

We have lots of water, and there is no reason to crowd. Just treat other anglers like you would want to be treated,

With the rain, we are looking at potentially happier fish eating foam indicator patterns with bead heads below. Subsurface flies can be a mix of thin and flashy, and thicker scud type patterns in this weather.
On the surface, watch for lighter colored mayflies the last few hours of the day.

Increasing clouds, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Looks like we have a string of mostly sunny days ahead. That means terrestrials with small flashy droppers during the day, and focusing heavily on the evening hatches of sulfurs and cahills (lighter body colored mayflies).
Craneflies will be out and about as well, so watch for those random splashy rises.
Creeks are clear to stained overall with temperatures right around 60 degrees.

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Rain over the past 24 hours was 1/4 to 3/4 of an inch at the heaviest. While this has blown out some of our area creeks, they will drop and clear up to fishable levels very quickly, and there is already some fishable water out there right now. Have a late breakfast, extra cup of coffee, or sleep in and focus mid day into the evening.
On the murky water, worm patterns, leeches and large scuds. On the stained water, big bright foam attractors with a thicker bodied bead head below. The creeks with some clarity should see the later mayfly hatches as well.

It’s almost here!

Join us Thursday June 6th starting at 3 p.m. at the Starlite 14 Drive in theater in Richland Center. Cast rods from the biggest names in fly fishing, check out the newest reels, waders, gear and more. Bring your own fly rod and fine tune it by casting every taper fly line Scientific Anglers has. Enjoy food and drink. Play some games to win tickets for great prizes. Enjoy the International Fly Fishing Film Festival movies starting at dusk. And more!!!

Tickets $15 available at the gate. Kids under 12 Free! Gates open at 3 p.m.

Overnight camping available on site (tent or car. Limited small camper space) $15.

Your admission ticket gets you a chance for a brand new Orvis Helios of your choice!

You can win tickets at the casting carnival to win other prizes such as a Scott Session 8’6 4wt, St.Croix Imperial Fly Rod, Grundens Waders, Scientific Anglers Fly Lines, Rio Fly Line Package, Redington Reel, Temperance and Penn gift set, High and Dry flotant kit, Trouthunter Leader and tippet pack, and MORE!

Kids only prize of an Echo Gecko kit.

Dave’s pizza wagon will be there to feed you, as well as Driftless Women on the Fly serving brats.

Meet top companies such as Sage, Scott, Winston, Orvis, Scientific Anglers, Rio, Simms, Grundens, Redington, Lamson Reels, Hatch Reels, Driftless Nets, Taylor Berman Art, Trouthunter leader and tippet, High N Dry Fishing Products, Galvan Reels, Bauer Reels, and Breakline Optics at the event.

Starlite 14 Drive In Theater.

US Highway 14 East Richland Center, WI 53581

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Light south wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Dodging local, spotty rains has become a bit of a thing the past few days. The vast majority of our creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures right around 60 degrees. Things are in great shape except for the handful of valleys that have gotten some heavy rains.
Beetles with a dropper, craneflies, and lighter colored mayflies in the evening are the main menu items.