Fishing Report

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. East wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Everything still solid and on track in the Driftless. A few caddis are hatching and a few leftover olives are still around in the afternoon as well. Trout have also started to eat on the surface on tiny mayflies as well.
The standby rig of a hippie stomper with a bead head below is still the way to go if you do not see rising fish. Trout are gorging subsurface and a few will come up to eat the ‘edible indicator’
Creeks are clear and a bit low with temperatures in the low 50s.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. East wind 3 to 6 mph.
Creeks are clear to stained with temperatures right around 50-ish.
We finally get a sunny day. In theory we should have a good caddis hatch day today, so get your black size 18 and tan size 16 caddis and emergers ready! But…. Being the first sunny day in a while the fish could be hunkered down and fussy for a while. Just keep moving to find the happy fish.
Same subsurface fishing rules from the past few days apply (in other words it doesn’t really matter what you fish below), and the good ole hippie stomper with a dropper rig will work just fine all day.

Showers, mainly before noon. High near 53. Northeast wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Creeks are clear and flowing still just a bit lower than normal. Water temps are hovering right around the 50 degree mark.
No major changes to the creeks. The rain we are seeing are looking like they will loop south and east of our area and possibly drop more rain in the Fennimore area.
Leeches and streamers in the mornings, foam or an indicator with a bead head fished below through the entire day, and caddis or larger parachutes fished with action (skitter, twitch, drag) mid day to evening will get fish that are not otherwise rising!

Scattered sprinkles before 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Here’s the deal. The weather has been pretty glum. The clouds, drizzle and breezy conditions have guzzling more coffee, wondering why we are still wearing fleece in May, and overall just a bit crustier than normal for the springtime The fish on the other hand are LOVING it. We have always said that the Driftless trout thrive on stability. Good weather or bad, they love stable weather. The weather has been the same for a month plus at this point with little variation!
Creeks are low-ish and clear. We go an inch of rain over the weekend which helped bump up flows and get more insect activity going. Despite the correct conditions (sunny and clear skies) trout are eating caddis skittered on the surface in the afternoons. They are also eating foam patterns (hippie stompers of course!) with droppers below as well as size 12 parachutes.
Subsurface fishing has been solid on pretty much anything fished right below the riffles and the tailout of the pool.

Showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 1pm. High near 61. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Creeks are clear and still a bit low with temperatures right around 50.
We are still waiting for just a bit of a bump in water temperature and a sunny day to see our caddis hatch. You can still get fish to eat caddis emergers and larvae, but we need just a bit of sun for the full on hatch to appear. The rocks are full of larvae waiting to go!
In the meantime, we are still finding fish happily eating larger size 12-14 parachutes as well as some foam patterns on the surface. Both of these flies we are fishing with bead heads below. From zebra midges to scuds and even micro leeches, subsurface is where the action is right now.
Streamers are also solid as the overcast weather has trout in a bit more aggressive mood.

A slight chance of showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47. East wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Although it just doesn’t sound pleasant on paper, the fish are still pretty happy in the afternoons when things warm up a bit. The mornings are slow as we wait for temperatures to climb a bit (they have been climbing as much as 4-5 degrees lately!)
Caddis will show up again if we ever see the sun. Even brief windows of sun have given us a few black caddis hatching. They are all over the rocks right now just waiting for a bit warmer and sunnier day. We have had good success fishing larger (12-14) parachutes with a small dropper as well as darker colored (brown, olive, black) foam patterns with a dropper below.
The droppers have been more successful with a thicker profile. Think purple drank, brush hog, pork chop express, scuds etc.

A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Creeks are low and clear with temperatures in the high 40s to low 50s.
We seem to be stuck in a weather pattern that isn’t all that comfortable for humans. However, the stable weather has put fish in a good mood! While it isn’t necessary to get up at dawn as the creeks need to warm up a bit, fishing can be consistent all day. Hatches are a bit sparse as the caddis need a bit more sun and warm weather (when the clouds break up, even briefly, caddis show up) and the olives are just naturally tapering off. Subsurface fishing is quite solid. Either tight line nymphing or drifting a scud below a hippie stomper, fish are in the shin to thigh deep water feeding.
Leeches and streamers are also effective right now! Don’t forget a few olive colored flies to mimic the creek lamprey that are around!

Cloudy early, then gradual clearing, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Creeks are clear and flowing a bit low. Temperatures are right around 50 degrees area wide.
The chilly weather that has plagued us all April long is still here. The good news is that the fish do not really care too much! While it has suppressed the caddis hatch, fish are feeding well subsurface on scuds any nymphs. There are still a few olive mayflies hatching and fish rising to them in the evenings, but most of the action is below the surface right now. Once we get a sunny day, we should see much more caddis activity (even when we get a break in the clouds we are seeing caddis for a few minutes!).

Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy, with a southwest wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with temperatures in the high 40s to low 50s.
We’re at a transition where the caddis are waiting to hatch (on sunny days we have seen some black caddis already!) and the olives are almost done. Normally on sunny days like this we see more caddis and when the clouds are overhead we see more olives.
Subsurface fishing has been very good on thicker bodied flies and caddis larvae (especially in green)
It has been a busy weekend with many fishing clubs out there. We encourage you to remember to fish nice. If there is a car at an access point please drive to another spot. Do not hop upstream of other anglers (without checking with them first, they have the right of way), and finally remember that there is never a good reason to trespass!