Driftless Area

Rating: 3, temperature: 79 ℉, condition: Partly Cloudy.

 Fishing remains quite good despite hatches being unpredictable.  One stream may be on fire with bugs, while one just down the road you can count the caddis on one hand!
  Soft hackled flies swung below the riffles are doing very well lately, as are caddis dries to rising fish.  We have started to see craneflies hatch too.
  Subsurface scuds and bead head nymphs rolled along the bottom are catching some fussy trout.
  Warm and windy today.  Try to tuck close to valley walls if possible to get out of the wind.

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