Fishing Report

Showers likely before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Cloudy and chance of lighter rains all weekend long! This is cooling things down, making trout much happier, and helping the olive hatch to return a bit stronger after a week of hot and sunny weather.
We’re still seeing some tricos in the earlier morning alongside a handful of small olive mayflies. Around lunchtime we will switch to a beetle or cricket with a scud or small, flashy nymph below it. At about suppertime, continue to fish the hopper/dropper, but watch for rising fish to both olives and some caddis flies.

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Cloudy weather and a cool down coming after today. This should make fish a bit happier overall. The rains are not predicted to be heavy at all, so creeks should remain clear.
Water temperatures are in the higher 50s to 60 area wide.
A few bugs are hatching, with trout sipping Trico spinners and some small parachutes and emergers in the mornings. Mid day, terrestrials with a dropper are the rig of choice. Fishing nymphs and small leeches is important when the clouds are in and can get some fish moving all day long!

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
The next few days will be cloudy but cooling down a bit with today being the hopefully last hot day for a while!
Creeks are clear and low with temperatures right around 60. With the mini heat wave we do have one or two that are, unfortunately hitting the mid 60s again (use your thermometer on larger creeks).
A few tricos and micro olives are getting fish to rise in the mornings, then we are switching over to hoppers and beetles with droppers mid day. The evening is giving us some more olives and a few caddis hatching.
Subsurface fishing has been good on smaller, dark bodied bugs and scuds on cloudier days.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
It has been warm out there lately! A much different situation from the past few weeks of cooler weather. Water temperatures are something to watch again, so please make sure to use your thermometer.
Fish early in the morning as we have seen a return or some trico spinner falls, as well as a hatch of tiny olives (this seems to be happening mornings and evenings). There are also still some caddis around in the evenings.
In the later morning, fishing terrestrials (ants, beetles, and crickets) can be productive as long as your get your fly right on the bank or near the overhanging vegetation. Trout do not seem to be in the mood to move far to eat right now!
Subsurface fishing has been solid on midge larvae, pheasant tails, and other thin bodied bugs fished in the riffles and runs.

Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Creeks are clear and low, with water temperatures in the high 50s to 60.
Fish were surprisingly happy yesterday, and should continue to be so today! Hopper dropper is still working well, as are caddis style dries skittered across the surface. There are small hatches of olives and caddis that have a few fish looking up throughout the day, even if there are no rises.
. Subsurface is solid all day long, especially on flashy nymphs and scuds.

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind.
We’ve gotten about a tenth of an inch so far, with a little more falling at 8 a.m. Not enough to mess up the creeks, but a good injection of cool water.
Creeks overall are low and clear (and weedy) with temps in the high 50s.
Air temperatures are warming up starting on Friday. It will be interesting to see how it affect the hopper fishing (on paper it SHOULD make it better), but it will potentially suppress the evening hatches as water temperatures rise.
Fish nymphs and leeches in the early morning, switching over to terrestrials (with or without droppers) if the sun comes out mid day to dry the grass. Make sure your terrestrials are as close to the bank as possible!
In the evening we have had sparse hatches of caddis and small mayflies. A handful of rising fish as the sun sets can be a great way to cap off a day of fishing in the Driftless!

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
The false fall looks to be ending. We’re looking at air temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s into the weekend. BUT, not all is lost. The long stretch of cold nights has cooled down water temps quite a bit, so there should be some resiliency especially with the nights staying relatively cool. We will just have to shift fishing to early in the day and later in the evening again. The silver lining about the sunnier and warmer weather is that, in theory, the terrestrial fishing should start up earlier in the day.
Creeks are low-ish and clear with temperatures in the mid to high 50s.

A chance of sprinkles between 8am and 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
The incredible weather will stick around for a few more days! The weekly forecast has things warming up later this week, but a couple days of warmer weather isn’t a bad thing.
Creeks are a bit low and clear with temperatures in the mid 50s on average. We’re still seeing a few tricos here and there in the morning, but the evening hatches of caddis and olives are a bit stronger. In between, terrestrials fished up against the bank and close to overhanging vegetation is key!
. Nymphing is THE best way to catch fish when things are chilly like this. Even dead drifting a leech below the riffles can get trout to eat if they are not rising. Continue focusing on the runs below the riffles, the broken water makes trout more comfortable when the sun is high and the water crystal clear.
. The reason the warmup later this week will be good is that the warmer temps will get the terrestrials moving around a bit more than normal!

A chance of sprinkles before 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a west wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
A little rain shower hit the area last night. This was a gentle rain that soaked into the ground and did not do anything to stream clarity or water levels. Things remain a bit low and clear to slightly stained.
This cool weather has been incredible! Over the weekend the high temps will be in the mid 60s with overnights in the low 40s! Watch for some bugs to hatch in the afternoons.
Things will be a bit slow and chilly in the morning. Focus a bit more on fishing nymphs in the runs and tailouts of the pools. As things warm up a bit and the sun warms the ground up, we are switching to a hopper with a dropper and moving our target area into shallower water and below undercut banks. In the afternoons and evenings we are starting to see some hatching bugs. It is still sparse, but if you are in the right place at the right time, fish are rising to small mayflies (ligher olive body color) and will feed on skittered caddis.
. Streamer and leeches have been good too! Fish them dead drift to a slow swim in the cool mornings, then speed them up just a bit later in the day.

Increasing clouds, with a high near 64. Light west wind becoming southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
With very little rain in the past 24 hours, creeks remain clear to slightly stained. Thanks to some cool late summer temperatures, the water temps are pretty solid everywhere right now too!
We’re seeing a shift away from Tricos in the morning, to more hatches in the afternoon and evening. They are not strong, and they are not everywhere, but some caddis and some smaller light olive mayflies are appearing on creeks.
The fishing day starts by nymphing or dead drifting a leech early in the day. As things warm up a bit we switch to a hopper or beetle with a dropper (or just continue fishing subsurface!), and the day wraps up, hopefully, with some fish rising in the early evening.
Most trout are tucked into the riffles and pockets and down into the dropoff into the pool. Fishing those areas along with undercut banks with a visible current pushing into them have been effective lately.