It’s a wrap. An awesome weekend of opening day festivities drew to a close on Sunday morning with a group of hardy, tired and hung over anglers bidding farewell to each other once again. The weekend began Friday night with the f3t Fly Fishing Film Tour in River Falls Wisconsin. We could have not asked […]

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We were both ready this morning, the birds and I. They sat on the wire waiting. They knew that  the clouds of bugs should descend from the heavens and enable them to feed their hungry bellies. It was not to be. Once again, no Tricos this morning. The nymphing however was fantastic and some nice […]

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Good The Rain last night did not appear to have blown up the rivers. While I am in search of a new camera send me your pictures with a short story and I will see if I can get some of them up. I am on the river today. good luck. Here are a few […]

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Just got an email from a fellow angler heading this direction for the Wisconsin Early Season Trout Opener. Brad enquired: Hello Andy, I’m coming up from Iowa to fish Saturday’s opener. Can you give me a quick Rush and Kinni river update? Is the upcoming rain and snow going to cause problems with water clarity? […]

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By 6pm today the fate of the Rush River was sealed. Lost Creek looked like Willy Wonka had located his factory on Lost and began to pump uber chocolate into the main stem of the river. Moving above Lost Creek was better than below, but not by much. The river began the day reasonably clear […]

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Waters have come down and the smaller streams are almost clear. The larger rivers are clearing and will have some color but are fishable. Conditions are improving every hour. Go!

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The last three days have seen at least 7/10 of an inch of rain on each night. It is raining more. The rivers held just fine on the first and second rains but I have not seen them today. The Kinni is going at 122cfs and probably will rise if it continues to rain today. […]

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At 9000 ft in the mountains of Wyoming, I received the news. Heavy rains(as much as 6 inches) had blown away the creeks and rivers of Pierce County Wisconsin. Where I was the air temps ranged from the high 30’s to the low 70’s and only a bit of sleet fell from the sky. It […]

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Heavy rains drenched Pierce County last night for the second time in three days. All of the rivers took a hit. The Kinni should be back by tomorrow. I will know more about the Rush later today.

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