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
Blue River · about
Background · character · contributors
A bigger Driftless river with a wilder feel than the manicured coulee creeks, holding wild browns and stocked rainbows through limestone bluff country. It runs a touch warmer and freer-stoned than the spring seeps, so it fishes more like a small freestone with a spring-creek heart.
Blue River · directions
Blue River · zones
Seasons · zones · per-species rules
Blue River · permits
A bigger Driftless river with a wilder feel than the manicured coulee creeks, holding wild browns and stocked rainbows through limestone bluff country.
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.
A bigger Driftless river with a wilder feel than the manicured coulee creeks, holding wild browns and stocked rainbows through limestone bluff country. It runs a touch warmer and freer-stoned than the spring seeps, so it fishes more like a small freestone with a spring-creek heart.