Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
Live now
Trends shown where the gauge supports them
Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.
How to fish · for brown trout
When · where · method · kit
Hatches & runs
Twelve months at a glance
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Today's fly · curated pack
6 patterns from this venue's curated pack
Detail · next 12h
The two readings most likely to move the verdict
Evidence
6 factors, signed
Big Green River · about
Background · character · contributors
Among the most prized of southern Wisconsin's Class I streams, a fertile Grant County limestoner with good public access and a deserved name for both numbers and the odd outsized brown. Open meadow stretches mean wind-blown terrestrials matter all summer.
Big Green River · directions
Big Green River · zones
Seasons · zones · per-species rules
Big Green River · permits
Among the most prized of southern Wisconsin's Class I streams, a fertile Grant County limestoner with good public access and a deserved name for both numbers and the odd outsized brown.
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Among the most prized of southern Wisconsin's Class I streams, a fertile Grant County limestoner with good public access and a deserved name for both numbers and the odd outsized brown. Open meadow stretches mean wind-blown terrestrials matter all summer.