September 25th Fishing Report

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!