Heavy ice formed on the guides within 10 min. of fishing. The air temp hung around 24 degrees and the water was a chilly 39. Almost an hour had gone by without even a nibble. In that time period there were the normal 3 break-off’s and 3 pattern changes. Then the heavy fish struck. I […]

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The waters of the Upper Kinni had receded by the end of the day. The water clarity was fair and BWO’S were on the water. The Rush at Martel was down but still muddy. Check the weather tonight and see where the storms track.

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Before last nights rain, the streams of the southeast were in good shape with the exception of the North branch of the Whitewater. The nature of the rain was scattered and I have few specific reports. There were anglers on the various branches of the Whitewater today and it was fishable. South of Rochester on […]

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Today is not the day to go fishing.

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The Lower Kinni at F bridge was stained but fishable at 7AM this morning. The heat of the day and additional snow melt are the unknown factors. An educated guess is that the upper Kinni and upper Rush could be fine today. Take the day and go, it might be the best day youve had […]

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Reports of high water and merky conditions throughout the system. I’ll keep you updated.

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Saftey valves, backups, indicators, and the weather, are all the things you have to think about when you want to fish. Fishable water was out there Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, if you were passionate enough to find it. I talked to many anglers this weekend who were disappointed to find thier favorite waters blowing mud […]

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The streams of western Wisconsin are in runoff stage. Numerous reports today have been filed. None of the reports included water that was fishable. The frost is comming out of the ground and the snow on the north facing slopes are melting rapidly. No predictions on future.

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Reports on the Kinni came in this morning. It’s high and muddy, wading was difficult, be careful! Streamers, nymphs and monster dry flies didn’t produce a thing yesterday. There is no information on the other rivers as of yet.This is a link to the USGS stream flow data. You can see that the Kinni near […]

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Reports this afternoon were that all branches of the Whitewater were running a little high and dirty. The streams south of Rochester should be OK since there was less snowfall there, this is an educated guess.

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