Driftless Area

Rating: 4, temperature: 53 ℉, condition: Windy.

Another cool and cloudy day.  The weather just feels fishy.
  Waters are a touch on the low side (normal late summer conditions) and, with very few exceptions, clear.
  Look for good hatches of blue winged olives throughout the day area wide.  Fish will also be looking up for smaller terrestrials (beetles, ants, crickets) until the afternoon when the hopper bite comes back on.
  Below the surface, fish are feeding in the riffles and the runs below the riffles on soft hackles, thin bodied nymphs, and scuds.

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