Fishing Report

Sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind.
Creeks are mostly clear with excellent temperatures in the middle to higher 50s.
This is a very weird fishing schedule right now. The weather wants to be fall, but the mid day sun is hanging around making things pretty warm. Trout are happiest when the sun is off the water.
That means nymphing in the mornings (it is pretty chilly for dries, but watch for a few fish rising to olive mayflies), and watching for a hatch in the early evening until sunset.
The bonus fishing is the hopper (or beetle, ant etc) and dropper fishing mid day. Once the sun has dried out the ground (about 10 or so) the terrestrials get moving around and you can have some fun fishing casting patterns at the undercut banks and beneath overhanging vegetation!

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!

Partly sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 5 to 7 mph.
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with water temperatures in the mid to higher 50s.
The rhythm has clicked back into place. Morning through mid day fishing has been solid subsurface, and with a few fish rising to olives or eating a beetle as an indicator. Mid day, the fishing can hit a bit of a lull. The last couple hours of the day, trout are looking up again to caddis and olives as well as continuing to eat the beetle/dropper.

Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Rains were odd yesterday, with some areas getting up to 3 inches and other only a quarter of an inch. Overall to the east of the shop was the least amount of rain while directly north and south got quite a bit more.

Expect to find some murky water in some areas (fish worm patterns and leeches!) which will be much easier fishing overall than the clear water areas! Chase the stained water for the best possible fishing.

On the clear creeks, nymphing will be key until the ground dries up a bit and the terrestrials get moving again. Once that happens, a hopper/dropper will suffice.

Watch for olives hatching early and late in the day. We have seen some pretty consistent surface feeding on many of our creeks thanks to the fall olives along with a smattering of caddis and craneflies.

Lots of rain falling area wide. Things are muddying up, but some are also dropping quickly. Tomorrow should show some stain on most of the creeks and they will be fishing well (scuds, leeches, drank, worm patterns etc)

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
A band of storms is north of Viroqua this morning. It looks like they will pour some rain on the Timber Coulee area and head straight east. South of town is not showing any major rains throughout the morning.
. Avoiding the heavy rains, and fishing the cloud cover can be excellent! Scuds, micro leeches, and larger nymphs or worm patterns will be great in these conditions.
Watch for olives in the evening. We have been seeing them alongside caddis and even some late season craneflies the last couple hours of the night.

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Anywhere from a quarter of an inch to an inch and a half fell area wide. Some valleys got more, some got less, but overall things are in great shape, clear to medium stained. Cloud cover will persist today (and all weekend) which will hopefully keep fish happy!
Watch for olives hatching in the later part of the day, the conditions are right for them to show up…
In the cloudy water, do not be afraid to fish scuds, leeches, and worm patterns! In the clear water, fish midge larva, thin bodied nymphs, and anything with some flash.

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.