Fishing Report

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained. The rains over the weekend were very light and we have had just about an inch in the past 24 hours. Not enough to mess anything up outside of the lower sections of larger creeks and the odd bank slide. In other words, we are in good shape!
Sulfurs have become the main item on the menu. While you can still have success skittering caddis on the riffles, the real dry fly fun lately has been in the evenings when the sulfurs hatch!
During the day, fishing a foam attractor as an indicator with a bead head below (scuds are great on cloudy days!) is very good, as is fishing smaller leech patterns.

Sunny, with a high near 73. Light northwest wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
Creeks are clear a low. Temperatures are in the high 50s to 60.
We’re looking at a week of very pleasant weather here! Trout are feeding all day long (even on the surface in some cases) and some areas are seeing a pretty solid sulfur hatch the last couple of hours in the day!
Outside of sulfurs on the surface we are seeing caddis, crane flies, yellow sallies, and some cahill mayflies too. Terrestrials are incredibly effective right now with fish loving ants and beetles.
Subsurface fishing is starting to switch from thick and medium bodied patterns to thinner patterns. On the cloudy days they are loving scuds.
Streamer fishing has been quite solid too and mousing is even starting to pick up!

Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
A few sunny days ahead with really nice temperatures! These weather days are great caddis and cranefly days. On top of that, we are seeing sulphurs and other lighter colored mayflies in the evenings.
Terrestrials are hot right now, especially on breezy days. Fishing an ant or beetle near overhanging vegetation can be excellent. Fishing out in the ‘open’ water, a larger beetle pattern as an indicator with a dropper below can be a great searching technique. Do not be surprised if fish crush the beetle!
Creeks are clear and still a bit low with temperatures in the high 50s. Caddis and craneflies are around in smaller numbers all day long (watch for splashy rises) while the sulphurs and other mayflies hatch near the end of the day.
This is still the peak of season and trout in the Driftless are generally happy. The only thing working against us is the sun. Clear water and sunny skies mean spooky fish! Approach the creeks with caution and be as stealthy as possible.

Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a light southwest wind increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.
Creeks are clear and still a bit low. The warmer weather goes away after today giving us some great conditions the coming week.
We’re still seeing bug soup with hatches of caddis, craneflies, sulphurs, other lighter colored mayflies, and even some yellow sallies. The typical plan of attach is to fish a beetle or foam ant with a dropper early, then switch to dries and emergers when we see fish rising. Just remember to cast ants near any overhanging branch or vegetation. We are seeing lots of flying ants around the area right now!
For streamer junkies, fish are responding well to white and brown right now as the clear water and sunnier skies have turned them off black temporarily. We have also had some clients getting aggressive strikes on mice!

Isolated showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Creeks are in great shape with temperatures in the high 50s. Clarity is very good to slightly stained.
We are still seeing caddis, but each day we see more and more lighter colored springtime bugs. Sulfurs, cahills, yellow sallies, craneflies etc are out and about especially in the evenings.
Easy mode is fishing a beetle with a bead head below it. Fish are really starting to turn on to terrestrials as well!

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 8am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 61. Light northeast wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Rains yesterday totalled 3/4 to one inch. That has left all of the creeks with a very slight to medium stain that has mostly cleared up overnight. Only the West Fork of the Kickapoo was muddy yesterday.
In the stained water, fish larger scuds, leeches, and thicker bodied nymph patterns. In the clear water fishing hot spot PTs, brush hogs, and euro squirrels.
On the surface we are still prospecting with foam patterns through the day. Fish have been happily eating hippie stompers and beetles. Hatch wise, we are still in the midst of our caddis (we have seen both black and tan) while we are spotting more and more craneflies and lighter colored mayflies (Sulphurs, cahills)

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
The band of rain last night hit from Westby on north dropping an inch to 3 inches of rain last night. While this will clear up pretty quickly, from the shop and south, our creeks only got about 1/10 an inch to a quarter inch of rain total. In other words, it is clear from VIroqua on south!
Fish have been loving beetles on the surface as well as hippie stompers and smaller training wheels through the day. WIth the changing weather, the caddis hatch is not as predictable, but watch for spalshy rises as you can run into a short hatch at any time in the afternoon!
Subsurface fishing has been best with purple drank, small euro squirrels, and scuds when the clouds are overhead. On the creeks that got rain; scuds, squirmy wormies, and leeches will do well as things being to drop.