Category: 2019, July Driftless Area

Just got home. Another beautiful day but my time was up.

As strange as it sounds, the weather is too perfect for trout fishing. Middle of July, sun beating straight down, no clouds isn’t good for fishing. I know where the fish are but can’t get at them. One of the things done to improve a stream is to create undercut banks. That’s where the fish are on a sunny cloudless day.

I was standing in this spot tying a fly on, getting ready to fish the shady area when a branch about 10 feet long fell out of the tree on the right, exactly where I was going to fish. That’s a no-shitter.

Caught two brown trout this morning while fishing Timber- Coulee. Maybe one 12″ and one 14″.

Then it got very windy.You have to be able to fly fish in the wind but when it’s so windy the trees are bending it’s difficult. That’s one of the best things about retirement. I can fish tomorrow.

Haven’t done any fishing so far on this trip. Yesterday when I setup my trailer I discovered a water leak. My site is a full hook up site. When I connected to “city water” is when water started dripping out of the bottom of my trailer. Unfortunately water lines are under my bed. There was a pinhole leak in a water tube. Took half the day but got it repaired.

I checked with a Vernon County Park employee. He said you can leave a trailer at a full hookup site from May through October for $1500.

Something to think about.

Heading back to the Driftless Area tomorrow for a four-day fishing/relaxing trip. Weather forecast is perfect, 80 during the day, 65 at night with not much chance of rain. Intend to spend two full days fishing Timber-Coulee creek and then explore some other streams.  Had to look up Coulee. A coulee is a drainage area, a valley, I think. Below is a link to a YouTube video on the Timber-Coulee.