Fishing Report

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Creeks are clear and a bit low. Temperatures are in the mid 50s.
Fishing has been very good early and late with a few hours mid day that are slow. This is simply due to the sun shining directly on the clear water. We’re seeing caddis and craneflies pretty much all day long, but the stronger hatch is later in the day. We’re also seeing midges and a few mayflies hatching especially in the evenings.
Do not be afraid to start fishing larger foam patterns with bead heads below! While they function mostly as a more natural indicator, fish are starting to eat the size 12 hippie stompers and training wheels (especially in yellow and orange!)

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning.
Creeks are clear with temperatures in the low to mid 50s.
We’re starting in the morning with a foam pattern and a bead head tied below. While dark bodied colors used to be the go to for the foam fly, yellow and orange are starting to pick up more and more trout.
Subsurface, a purple drank or euro squirrel can not be beat!
Through the day we are seeing caddis, craneflies, and a few olives hatching.

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Some light rain came through the area early this morning, but it was only enough to barely wet the pavement. Overall our creeks are crystal clear and flowing a touch low for May. However, the fishing has been very good!
Caddis are hatching in the afternoons, and on cloud covered days we are still seeing some olives hatching too. The weather has been mild enough that we have not seen a major spike in water temperatures giving stability to stream conditions that should last through this week!
Subsurface fishing has been excellent on purple drank and scuds on cloudy days, then spanish bullets and purdygons when the sun peeks out. Most of your trout are feeding in the riffles and just below in the broken water until bugs hatch, then they will spread out into the runs and slower pools.

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Creeks are in great shape, and the coming rains should do nothing to muddy them up unless we get a surprise heavy rain in a valley or two.
However, the season changes from catch and release to regular season on Saturday and it can be the busiest Saturday of the season.

Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
Despite the wind, fishing has been very solid. When the wind is blowing, subsurface is your best bet. Fishing nymphs under an indicator or on a tight line is very effective.
Leeches dead drifted, twitched or slowly stripped work quite well too. Fishing a streamer or leech during windy weather is the least aggravating way to fish.
We did have olives hatching yesterday when we found sheltered pockets out of the wind. With the sun out today we should see more caddis hatching!

Cloudy, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a northwest wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.
The wind will be blowing pretty heavily today and into tomorrow. Things mellow out quite a bit mid week.
Creeks are clear and flowing normal for this time of year. Water temps are in the low to mid 50s.
We’re still seeing a few olives hatching, especially on days with cloud cover. Caddis are becoming the more important hatch with both black and tan showing up on most of our creeks (sunny days are better). We’ve even started to see some craneflies and fish responding to them too!
Subsurface fishing has been great on purple drank and beadis. Any nymph with a soft hackle collar right now is effective. Trout are keying in on movement more than anything lately.

Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
If it weren’t for the wind, it would be just about a perfect fishing weekend. Creeks are clear with temperatures right around 50 degrees. Caddis and blue winged olives are hatching, and with the clouds in the sky, fish are less spooky than the past few days.
We’re starting the morning nymphing with either thicker bodied bead heads and scuds or slowly swimming leeches. Once fish start rising in the afternoon we are switching to dry fly mode. Twitching caddis in the riffles or casting tilt wing duns to sipping rises in the runs below the riffles.

Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Southeast wind around 6 mph.
Sun today, clouds and drizzle the rest of the weekend. The forecast is not calling for anything but very light drizzle right now. That means caddis hatching well today, and olives should be strong tomorrow!
Creeks are clear and flowing at a pretty normal level with water temperatures in the low 50s.
We are seeing mostly black caddis hatching, with a few tans showing up. Olives are still popping daily. If fish are rising gently and sipping things they are feeding on the mayflies. If the rises are aggressive and splashy, they are eating caddis.
If there is no visible surface activity, a bead head fished right below (and even in) the riffles is deadly. A simply indicator, or a small foam attractor works to help you see the eats.
Leeches and streamers have been fantastic when the sun is off the water!

This is a historically busy weekend and there are a few fishing groups in town already. Please remember to fish friendly. If there is a car in a spot and you can not check in with the angler, drive to another access point. There is plenty of water here to give everyone some space to fish.

Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained. Water temperatures are in the low 50s.
With the return of slightly warmer spring weather, we expect to see caddis in the afternoon. There should be more hatching today and tomorrow where the chillier and cloudier weather this weekend means olives.
When fish are not rising, the standard indicator dry with a dropper is working well, and swinging soft hackles below the riffles has been excellent later in the day.
Remember that we are seeing baitfish spawning and we should see creek lamprey show up in greater numbers too. Fishing an olive or baitfish colored streamer or leech can reward you with some nicer trout!

Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Creeks are clear and flowing well. Any flood warnings you see on the weather forecast is for the Mississippi river NOT our spring creeks. Our trout waters are in great shape.
We’re getting a mix of emerging insects including midges, spring stoneflies, olives, caddis (both black and tan) and even some larger mayflies. Subtle rising fish are eating mayflies and midges, aggressive rising fish are eating caddis.
Subsurface fishing has been great on purple drank, she ra, and simple zebra midges.
Suckers and chubs are spawning right now, so a baitfish style fly can be very effective fished below the riffles.