Fishing Report

Sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the low 60s except the larger creeks and lower sections which will be mid 60s. Remember to use your thermometer as anything over 65 is generally poor fishing and much warmer than that can be harmful to trout.
The sun is your limiting factor right now. Fish early (we have started to see tricos in the mornings!) avoid the mid day sun or find shaded areas, and fish late. When the sun is high in the sky, fish are far more spooky and less likely to eat.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 5 to 8 mph.
We are in the summer cycle now. It warms up, then rains hit, then cooler weather. Right now we are in the ‘cooler weather’ phase for a couple of days. That is typically the best fishing!
Creeks are clear to stained with temperatures right around 60 overall. Use your thermometer as lower sections and spots with less spring influence are over 65. Over 65 water temps mean fishing is very slow and potentially harmful to trout.
Summer means terrestrials! Fish a hopper or beetle with a thin bodied bead head below to find fish all day long. When you come to overhanging trees, or long grass in the water, tie on an ant and hang on!
The sun is the limiting factor right now (after water temp of course). If you can find shade, you will find happier fish. This means fishing early and late when the sun is down and looking for overhanging vegetation, undercut banks, and trees streamside.

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
The sun will shine quite a bit this week. The creeks are very low and clear with temperatures in the low to mid 60s. It is thermometer time. Make sure the water you are fishing is at 65 degrees or lower for best fishing, and to keep from overly stressing trout With sunny weather and warmer summer temperatures, you will find the best fishing very early, very late, and on shaded or headwater creeks. Chase cooler water temps and you will find happy fish!
It’s hopper/dropper season in the Driftless! Fishing a foam beetle, ant, or hopper on the surface with a small, thin bodied bead head below is the best way to catch fish right now. Early and late you could see some rising fish, so have a few CDC and elk caddis and some simple klinkhammers in both a light and dark color and you will have the hatches pretty much covered.

Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 7 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained. The stain in on the lower section of the ‘larger’ creeks in our area. We don’t advise fishing on those as they are also the warmest parts of our water right now. Please remember to use your thermometer. It is summertime and some water temperatures are creeping upward. Anything over 65 degrees and fishing slows down and much higher than that can be stressful to trout. We are lucky enough that there are still many headwaters and middle sections fed by our springs that water temperatures are still right around 60 on many of our creeks.
It is full on terrestrial crazy season now with fish happily eating ants, beetles, and even hoppers on the surface. Pairing a foam pattern with a bead head tied on as a dropper below is a great way to catch summertime fish. When you see rising fish, using a caddis type imitation, or an unweighted pheasant tail just below the surface is deadly! While most of our major aquatic insect hatches have slowed down (totally normal for this time of year) there are still some mayflies, midges and egg laying caddis the fish will feed on especially late at night and early in the morning.
Summertime also means mousing! From dusk until dawn you can have some fun slowly stripping a mouse across the surface.

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Light east wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Creeks are all clear to slightly stained, they had drained out almost immediately after the heavy rains on the 4th! Temperatures are in the low 60s. We still recommend using your thermometer as anything in the high 60s will be poor fishing and can stress trout out. However, shaded areas and smaller creeks are flowing in the high 50s to low 60s and the fish are very happy.
Fish are rising sporadically all day long. Even mid day in the sun you can find pods of rising fish! Fishing hoppers or beetles over them will get some aggressive eats, and small mayflies or caddis imitations (we did very well on the front end loader yesterday!) fished in the riffles can be deadly this time of season.
When fishing your hopper or hippie stomper, tie on a smaller, flash nymph or zebra midge below

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. East wind 5 to 9 mph.
An excellent rain hit the area the past 24 hours. Around the shop it was about 1-2 inches which will muddy things up a bit this morning. Guides are out and have found fishable water, but it is very slim pickings.
Down around Fenimore, the rains hit much heavier dumping up to 4 inches!
Things will drop and clear quickly here giving us more and more fishable water as the day goes on. Do not be afraid of stained or even cloudy water! The fish are very happy when there are clouds in the sky and cloudy water.
Fish leeches, streamers, larger scuds and worm patterns in the murky water, focus on scuds and normal bead heads below foam in the clear to stained water.

A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 97. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
After a very pleasant holiday weekend we have a heat index warning today. Best to just skip the day. If you are planning on being outside today, make sure you stay cool and hydrated! The rest of the week looks decent with clouds and temperatures in the high 70s. There is a chance of rains (which are much needed!) mid week with the weekend looking very pleasant.
Do not overlook the cloudy and rainy days. Some of your best fishing here will be with clouds in the sky and a cloudy in the water!
Shop is back to being open regular hours 7 days a week. 7-5 M-Sat and 7-Noon on Sunday.

Open Friday July 1 and Saturday July 2 from 7-5. Closed Sunday and Monday. Regular hours resume on Tuesday.