Fishing Report

Sunny, with a high near 72. Light west wind.
A very pleasant summer day today. Weather looks good, even with a chance of rain later this week, until a brief warm up on Sunday.
Nothing much has changed fishing wise. It is hopper season in the Driftless! The banks are full of hopper, beetles, ants, and crickets. The day fly action does not really get going until the ground dries out, sometimes fish will not really look up until late morning.
Nymphing is key right now. Throwing some thinner bodied bugs such as perdigons, zebra midges and hot spot PTs works all day. We still prefer to fish them under a foam pattern (hippie stomper, training wheel etc) as when the terrestrial bite is on you have a chance for a fish to eat not only the nymph, but the ‘indicator’ too.
Creeks overall are clear to slightly stained with good temperatures.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
A cooler day today will have fish in a decent mood. The gusty winds in the summertime help to blow terrestrials into the creeks making beetles, ants and hopper a good choice mid day through the evening.
Nymphs are still the most effective right now, with fish feeding on them all day long in the riffles and the runs below. Do not be afraid to toss a hopper/dropper all day long as the larger terrestrial pattern will act as an edible indicator for the nymphs down below.
Standard summertime conditions, nothing much has changed and the fishing remains good!

Sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
We’re back in the summer rhythm. Cooler weather, followed by a couple days of warming, then storms cool things down again. Today and Saturday look good, Sunday we might get some thundershowers. We are not forecasted for anything horrible in terms of rainfall, but be aware Sunday and early into next week. After the storms, things cool down again.
Water flows, clarity and temps are overall quite good. Fishing has been solid and will remain so on terrestrials as well as bead heads fished in the shin to thigh deep moving water below riffles. Tricos are showing up now and then in the mornings (a bit later, not first thing right now) and we are seeing a few mayfly hatches in the last few hours of daylight.

Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.
What a week we have ahead of us! Today is the hottest day all week. Temperatures dip closer to 70 starting tomorrow.
It has been so comfortable out there lately with water and air temperatures both angler and trout friendly.
Hatches are sparse with a few tricos still hanging on in the mornings and a handful of midges and caddis in the evenings. As it gets chillier, there is a chance to see some olives hatching. While we won’t say it is an official hatch, be prepared just in case!
Hoppers have been fantastic lately! Fishing a hopper or hippie stomper with a bead head below is the way to go.

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. High near 64. Southeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Small cell of rain over the area right now. It should not be enough to mess up the fishing outside of a couple of isolated places. Overall the creeks are in great shape flowing clear to slightly stained. Only the Bad Axe watershed (lower portion) and the West Fork of the Kickapoo are still showing a medium to heavy stain in areas.
The cooler weather has trout in quite the good mood. Fishing a hopper/dropper all day long, and throwing purple klinkhammers at rising fish has been very effective.
With the cloud cover today; scuds, leeches and streamers will be quite effective too.
The holiday weekend is shaping up to be excellent weather. Highs in the low to mid 70s and dropping down into the low 50s at night!

Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
It was approaching chilly this morning!
Creeks are clear to slightly stained with only the largest creeks still stained to murky. The upper sections and tributaries have all been fishing very well the past few days.
While there are no major hatches (a slight chance of olives showing up in the afternoon with the cooler weather), fish are still happily eating terrestrials. While most of the action is subsurface right now, fishing a foam pattern as your indicator, and tossing ants and beetles under overhanging vegetation and along grass edges can provide some exciting fishing under these conditions!

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Creeks in our area are clear to slightly stained with good temperatures and flows. The weather is quite nice right now and cools down a bit later on in the week.
Fishing has been very solid when the sun is off the water (avoid bright mid day sun or find shade). While there are no major hatches, there are still some tricos around as well as small white mayflies in the evenings. The main menu item continues to be terrestrials. Fishing the shin to thigh deep water below the riffles with a foam pattern and a dropper is key to catching fish right now.

Sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning.
Creeks are back in shape, or in some cases still a bit stained, after the rains this weekend. Overall things are good with most creeks running clear to medium stained. The tributaries are always clearer than the main branches!
Temperatures are looking excellent all week long in the mid to low 70s! While we aren’t out of summer yet, the cooler temps will open up even more fishing opportunity and have trout in a pretty good mood!
True hatches are sparse with some midges and very few tricos around as well as the ‘parachute adams’ hatch in the evenings. The main surface action is on terrestrials. Now that things have cooled down a bit, the fishing rhythm is nymphing early, then as the ground dries out and the ants, beetles and hoppers get moving, switching to a dry/dropper.

Creeks got a lot of water in the middle of the night as a couple of brief thunderstorms rolled through our area. Most everything is unfishable as of this morning, but dropping and clearing quickly. While it might be some leech and San Juan worm fishing later today, there will be something to fish this afternoon/evening. Look for the tributaries and upper 1/3 of creeks to be the best option.

There is a slight chance today of more rain, but nothing scary forecasted. Tomorrow cools down and most of the creeks should be back in good shape too!

Sunny, with a high near 79. West wind 5 to 11 mph.
The rain last night was gentle and did nothing to mess up the creeks. It is still midsummer so make sure you are constantly checking your temperatures. Anything over 65 is no good. There are not a lot of creeks out there that are that warm thanks to the cooler weather, but it is still a good idea to check.
Terrestrials are hot. Ants, beetles, hoppers etc. Fish smaller ones underneath overhanging vegetation and larger ones with droppers right below the riffles.