Fishing Report

Sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with a south wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Creeks are low and clear with temperatures in the higher 50s to 60 degrees.
. This is the last heat we should see for a while this weekend. Today and tomorrow will be warmer and sunny as a cold front blows in Sunday night. Unfortunately this makes fishing pretty slow.
Fish really early when the sun is off the water and the wind is a bit more mellow. Avoid the mid day sun and heat, and chase trout again the last couple hours of the day.
. Hopper dropper all day long and watch for rising fish early and later in the day. Smaller mayflies and skittered caddis will work when fish are rising.

Next week’s weather looks great!

Sunny, with a high near 88. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.
The heat is on. It will be uncomfortably warm out there this afternoon. Focus on fishing early in the day, and avoiding the later afternoon. This heat wave will end early next week.
The weekend outlook is for more heat on Saturday, than warm on Sunday. The sunny weather also means fish will be a bit spooky.
. Silver lining time. We have seen a slight return of trico spinners on some of our creeks early in the day. If no fish are rising early, fishing larger sized bead head nymphs under an indicator, then switching to hopper dropper from about 9-1.
The last hour or two of the evening could have some fish rising to olives.
Remember season closes after the 15th of this month! It can be busy this time of year, so please remember to check in with other anglers and give each other lots of space. There is a lot of water out there! Do not hop in above another angler and cut them off.
Remember not to block gates, driveways or access roads. Be careful of farm equipment out there, it’s harvest time!

Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Creeks are low and clear with temperatures inching into the higher 50s and low 60s due to warmer weather.
Fish early, fish late, and avoid the mid day sun. This is mid summer 2.0 fishing right now. The good news is that it gets back to cooler fall weather after the weekend.

Sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind.
Creeks are mostly clear with excellent temperatures in the middle to higher 50s.
This is a very weird fishing schedule right now. The weather wants to be fall, but the mid day sun is hanging around making things pretty warm. Trout are happiest when the sun is off the water.
That means nymphing in the mornings (it is pretty chilly for dries, but watch for a few fish rising to olive mayflies), and watching for a hatch in the early evening until sunset.
The bonus fishing is the hopper (or beetle, ant etc) and dropper fishing mid day. Once the sun has dried out the ground (about 10 or so) the terrestrials get moving around and you can have some fun fishing casting patterns at the undercut banks and beneath overhanging vegetation!

Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
The cooler and cloudy weather is gone for a while. While we will be looking at daytime high temperatures pushing 80 degrees in the near future, the great news is overnight lows are still in the mid 50s. What that means for fishing in the Driftless is focus on fishing later in the afternoon and evening (we have been seeing some fall olives hatching alongside a handful of caddis and craneflies). Nymphing in the morning will also continue to be very effective.
. The counterintuitive way to fish is to wait for later morning into mid day and fish hoppers! We have to wait until the dew is off the grass for terrestrials to really get moving. This opens a window of opportunity in the late morning until about lunchtime that trout have been eating terrestrials before the sun gets to be too much for them to be comfortable in.
. Creeks are overall clear to slightly stained with water temperatures in the middle to higher 50s. Season ends after the 15th of October. Get out there and enjoy time on the water while you still can!

Partly sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 5 to 7 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with water temperatures in the mid to higher 50s.
The rhythm has clicked back into place. Morning through mid day fishing has been solid subsurface, and with a few fish rising to olives or eating a beetle as an indicator. Mid day, the fishing can hit a bit of a lull. The last couple hours of the day, trout are looking up again to caddis and olives as well as continuing to eat the beetle/dropper.

Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Rains were odd yesterday, with some areas getting up to 3 inches and other only a quarter of an inch. Overall to the east of the shop was the least amount of rain while directly north and south got quite a bit more.

Expect to find some murky water in some areas (fish worm patterns and leeches!) which will be much easier fishing overall than the clear water areas! Chase the stained water for the best possible fishing.

On the clear creeks, nymphing will be key until the ground dries up a bit and the terrestrials get moving again. Once that happens, a hopper/dropper will suffice.

Watch for olives hatching early and late in the day. We have seen some pretty consistent surface feeding on many of our creeks thanks to the fall olives along with a smattering of caddis and craneflies.

Lots of rain falling area wide. Things are muddying up, but some are also dropping quickly. Tomorrow should show some stain on most of the creeks and they will be fishing well (scuds, leeches, drank, worm patterns etc)

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
A band of storms is north of Viroqua this morning. It looks like they will pour some rain on the Timber Coulee area and head straight east. South of town is not showing any major rains throughout the morning.
. Avoiding the heavy rains, and fishing the cloud cover can be excellent! Scuds, micro leeches, and larger nymphs or worm patterns will be great in these conditions.
Watch for olives in the evening. We have been seeing them alongside caddis and even some late season craneflies the last couple hours of the night.

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Anywhere from a quarter of an inch to an inch and a half fell area wide. Some valleys got more, some got less, but overall things are in great shape, clear to medium stained. Cloud cover will persist today (and all weekend) which will hopefully keep fish happy!
Watch for olives hatching in the later part of the day, the conditions are right for them to show up…
In the cloudy water, do not be afraid to fish scuds, leeches, and worm patterns! In the clear water, fish midge larva, thin bodied nymphs, and anything with some flash.