Fishing Report

Sunny, with a high near 43. Light and variable wind becoming west 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
The early mornings have been starting out slowly with things picking up right around noon for the most part. Water temperatures have to hit that magical 40 degree mark for the creeks to wake up now. When they do, we are seeing fish rising to midges and olives until about 5:30!
Fishing a foam fly with a dropper is always a good bet until you see trout rising, and leeches have been fantastic at enticing sluggish trout out from their hiding holes.
Creeks are clear and a bit low with temperatures in the high 30s to low 40s.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Snow is gone from the banks, water temperatures are at 40 degrees or warmer, olives are showing up here and there…. It’s springtime in the Driftless!
Overall, creeks are clear and flowing a bit low. Fish are responding very well to leeches and smaller streamers. Nymphs are working well in the broken water and riffles as the flat, glassy water means very spooky fish right now.
Watch for fish rising in the riffles and runs just below throughout the day. It will be midges or olives primarily, but there have been some very early black caddis spotted.

Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph.
Creeks are clear and flowing well with temperatures in the low 40s. There is not enough snow, or high enough temperatures to make melting water an issue. We had rising fish to 5:30 and beyond last night.
Yesterday was the first day we can say that we actually saw spring olives hatching in numbers. While hatches are never guaranteed, the conditions are just about perfect for some olives to hatch the next few days!

Sunny, with a high near 49. East wind 3 to 8 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with water temps right around 40 degrees. Most of the bankside snow is gone which means we do not worry as much about snow melt dropping water temperatures until later in the day. We’re at the tipping point and excellent spring fishing could happen any day now.
Hatches have been good with some midges still around, but a touch warmer and we will start to see olives and spring stoneflies!
Subsurface fishing has been good on thin bodied bugs like perditions, as well as scuds and pink squirrels. When in doubt, the leech fishing has been fantastic lately, with some larger fish eating leeches fished right below the riffles.
Saturday and Sunday are forecasted to be about 44 and cloudy, stable weather is excellent this time of year!

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Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North wind 5 to 8 mph.
Some snow fell yesterday but nothing major. This will be more water into the springs. Overall the fields are clear of any real snow and the shaded areas still have some snowpack.
Creeks are clear and a bit low with temperatures in the high 30s or low 40s.
Midges are still hatching, and we have seen some olives and even some black caddis on the creeks! Things are just about to pop and start springtime in the Driftless in a big way!

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Creeks are mostly clear but will see some stain later in the day due to snowmelt.
Temperatures are in the high 30s to low 40s.
Creeks have held up very well with runoff only hitting much later in the day. Overall things are quite good now with fish feeding subsurface on midge larvae, pearl jams, and pink squirrels.
On the surface we are seeing midges and winter stoneflies, and at any moment we could start seeing some olives hatching!

Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Creeks are clear with temperatures in the mid to high 30s.
A very warm springlike week ahead. We do not have a ton of snow left on the banks, but what is left will melt over the next couple of days. Make sure you use your thermometer and if the temperature of the creek is dropping, it is time to move on.
On some of the shaded slopes there is still quite a bit of snow and that can muddy things up if it starts melting rapidly. You are usually better off on open, meadow creeks that have less snow on them.
We are still in midge and winter stonefly hatch time, but with the warmer weather we are starting the blue winged olive watch. Once the water temps hit 40 we should start to see them appearing.

Showers. High near 42. South wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Light rain and higher temperatures continue our snowmelt. Creeks are starting to muddy up a bit. However, with the below freezing evening and cooler temperatures tomorrow the fishery will get back on track quickly and should be in great shape for tomorrow mid day and through the weekend.
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