Driftless Area
Rating: 3, temperature: 32 ℉, condition: Cloudy.
Although cold, the fishing has still remained solid for this chilly spell.Fishing picks up mid day and into the late afternoon. Although there is snowmelt it has not been heavy enough to shut things down entirely. Most creeks are running at 40 degrees, with some smaller, headwater streams and springs hitting 50.
Water is low and clear and fish spooky with the sun high in the sky. Fish are congregated deep in pools but will come out and feed in the runs in the late afternoon as midges are hatching.
We're still in leech, scud, midge mode subsurface. Fishing slow and deep.
There have been spotty midge hatches around 1-2 in the afternoon.