Fished the Timber-Coulee today and did ok. Maybe 10 strikes. Caught 5 little browns. They loved a nymph called an Orange Coulee Scud I bought at The Driftless Angler in June. Then a tree loved it. So after finishing fishing I went to The Driftless Angler. Very nice and helpful guy. He said “yeah tie a Chernobyl Hopper on and then tie an arms length piece of 5X tippet to the bend of the hook. Tie the Orange Coulee Scud to the tippet as a dropper. You’ll catch fish all day”. There were a lot of big hoppers about and I saw what looked like a dragonfly hatch. Don’t know if it works that way with dragonflies.
We shall see about the fishing.
Fall isn’t too far off. Very comfortable fishing in waders wearing a fly vest. Never broke a sweat. Forecast for the next 8 days looking perfect, highs in mid 70s, lows in mid 50s , and partly sunny.
Fly patterns used to have pretty dull names such as an Adams or a Light Cahill or a Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear.
Today some smart ass tiers come up with much better names such as a Chernobyl Ant or a Home Invader.
I may have mentioned this some time ago.
Great looking place.