Fishing Report

Sunny, with a high near 69. West wind 3 to 6 mph.
A warm and sunny day after some light rains. The prefect recipe for a good day of caddis and potentially cranefly hatches in the driftless.
Creeks are clear to stained. The rains yesterday were good soaking rains that ended mid day. Anywhere up to 3/4 of an inch fell in the last 24 hours with most of it soaking into the ground.
Remember tomorrow is ‘season opener’ for trout. The creeks are historically VERY crowded on opening weekend, so make sure to fish as politely as possible. Respect each other, and respect landowners!

Showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. High near 64. Breezy, with a southeast wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
The forecast is a lot of world salad to say that it will spit and drizzle on and off with the chance of clouds getting stuck in one valley where it might briefly turn into a storm.
All in all, these are the best conditions to be out in the Driftless! Cloudy and drizzly, the only downside is the wind…
Creeks are clear to slightly stained. We are still in a drought, but these smaller soaking showers have started to help get us out without muddying up creeks in our area.
The hatches aren’t strong right now as we have not had a stable weather pattern over us, but fish are still eating caddis and the purple seam sipper happily on the surface. We have also started to have a lot of success on the magic beetle with a bead head dropped below.
On these cloudy days, leeches, scuds, and small streamers are great too!

Increasing clouds, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained and still a bit low. We have had some gentle rains recently and our creeks are clawing their way out of a drought thanks to some precipitation. Tomorrow we are due for some more light showers. The rains in our area have not been heavy enough to muddy things up. Our ground is still very dry and most of the moisture is soaking in.
Caddis are around pretty much daily, while some olives are showing up when there are clouds in the sky. Watch for rising fish mid day. Our guides have started to have success on beetles and ants. Fishing an indicator foam pattern and a bead head below (dry dropper) has been fantastic as a searching rig. Otherwise, bead heads with a bit of flash rolled in and below the riffles or small leeches and minnows twitched slowly near structure have been effective.

A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a south wind 7 to 16 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
The rains were not at all heavy this past weekend. In the past 24 hours we had some light, soaking rain about a half of an inch maximum. This means the creeks remain clear to slightly stained. Temperatures are quite good. Levels are still very low.
Fishing was very good on leeches and small minnows this weekend as well as subsurface bead heads. The dry fly fishing was spotty with the changing weather and the winds. Today and through the week we should see the return of the caddis hatch.

Just a quick note on a busy Saturday. The rains were just a drizzle all day yesterday and through the night. Nothing heavy throughout our area, the creeks remain clear and the forecast is pretty dry until Sunday. Get out there and fish!

Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 56. Breezy, with a southeast wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
This weekend will have a handful of fishing groups in town and things will be more crowded than normal. Please remember the rule of etiquette! If there is a car at an access point, please move to another access point! There is plenty of water to spread out on here in the Driftless. Make sure you check in with other anglers and do not hop in upstream of where they are fishing (high holing). Finally, please respect landowners. Access at public points only and do not block and driveways, gates etc.
Fishing has been solid, and we welcome the clouds and light rain this weekend. Things are very low and clear and the fish have been extremely spooky. The clouds will help trout feel more comfortable and hopefully get them to feed a bit better.
With the weather, caddis might be slower to show up, but we are hoping the spring blue winged olive mayflies show up a bit this afternoon.
Subsurface fishing will be fantastic on pretty much anything, especially scuds and leeches.

Sunny, with a high near 55. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Creeks are very clear and still low. Temperatures are in the low to mid 50s area wide.
A calmer day wind wise, we should see some caddis hatching mid day. The clear water means fish will be very spooky and skittish. Approach the creeks slowly with as much stealth as you can!
Subsurface fishing in the riffles has been good on thin bodied bugs with a bit of flash as well as caddis pupae. When the hatch happens, fishing a body double or zeppelin caddis dry and twitching it has been very successful.

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a west wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Creeks are clear and low. Temperatures in the low to mid 50s area wide.
Despite the continued spring winds, fishing has been pretty good recently. On bright and sunny days we are seeing some caddis hatches (both black and tan). On cloudier days the olives are still showing up too.
Subsurface fishing has been great on thin bodied bead heads as well as minnow patterns (lots of bait fish are spawning right now).

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.
Creeks are clear and still low. Temperatures are in the low 50s. We are getting a spinner fall (rusty spinners size 16/18 are good) at dawn, then switching to bead heads early in the day. Most creeks are seeing some caddis with fish eating them around lunchtime and sometimes extending into the evening. If fish aren’t rising, fishing a olive or brown training wheel (spring stonefly) with a thin bodied bead head below is quite good right now.
Leeches and streamers are solid as baitfish and creek lamprey are spawning right now, but are always more successful on cloudier days.

Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a west wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.
Creeks are clear to very slightly stained. Temperatures are right around 50 degrees.
With the cooler weekend, things will start a bit later in the morning. No need to get up at dawn to fish!
We are still seeing olives and some caddis hatching as well as a few craneflies and spring stoneflies too.
Subsurface fishing has been very good on leeches (especially olive as the creek lamprey are spawning) and scuds when clouds are in the sky, and thread frenchies and other thin bodied bead heads when the sun is high in the sky.