May 21st Fishing Report
Showers with areas of drizzle, mainly before noon, then showers likely after noon. High near 50. North wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.Total rainfall in Viroqua the past 24 hours was approximately 1.5 inches (1.75 in the past 48 hours). The rains have been light and mostly spread out. Even yesterday we had clear water, especially on the smaller headwater creeks. Only one report on the West Fork of murky water.
. The rains today will be drizzle, and outside of a bank collapse or something weird, the waters should remain in great shape.
With the cloud cover, scuds will be excellent subsurface along with the normal bead heads all day long. For surface activity the water temps have cooled quite a bit and slowed down the caddis hatch, but we have seen some mayflies out there in the afternoon. Beetles as an indicator fly have been effective lately too!
This is prime streamer and leech fishing weather. The cloudy sky and stained water will have fish acting more aggressive and comfortable chasing a bigger meal.
