Fishing Report

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.

A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Creeks are clear and a touch low with temperatures in the higher 50s area wide. The preview of fall weather continues this week with temperatures barely closing in on 70 degrees after today! It has been more than pleasant out there, and the fishing is settling into the cooler weather pattern!
. Nymphing early in the morning, terrestrials (with or without droppers) after the sun dries the dew off the grass, then potential head hunting (skitter caddis or fish a small seam sipper) in the later evening.
Streamers and leeches are working quite well too!

Good fishing to you out there!

Showers before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 2pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 71. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
What a great past few days for trout weather! Overnight temperatures have been in the mid 50s (and will continue to be so and even cooler the next week!) and daytime temps have been more than pleasant in the lower to mid 70s. This taste of fall has everyone, and the trout, excited!
The Trico spinner fall is a bit slower than it was, due to the cooler temperatures. Watch for them a little later in the morning instead of at first light. We have also seen an uptick of some caddis and even a few olives hatching in the afternoon.
Nymphing and fishing leeches and streamers has really picked up the last couple of days and subsurface is the best way to catch trout right now. However, once the dew comes off the grass the the ground warms up a bit, terrestrials (ants, beetles, hoppers) have been a lot of fun, and a great way to rig (hopper/dropper) for fishing all day long!
Creeks are clear and a little low with temperatures ranging from the low 50s to 60 degrees area wide.

Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
The cool weather continues through the next week! As the colder weather settles into the Driftless, the trout are starting to respond a bit more. Creeks are clear and a bit low with temperatures in the mid to high 50s (only a couple of larger creeks are in the low 60s still).
We are seeing a smattering of tricos in the morning getting fish to rise. If you do not encounter risers early, then switch to nymphs and scuds! Once the dew dries off the grass it is time to switch to hoppers and other terrestrials. Putting a small bead head below and fishing the riffles and undercut banks is effective right now.
. We have had some reports in the afternoons of some olives (small mayflies) hatching as well. While we will not declare a full blown hatch, we are starting to see some risers later in the day.