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
West Fork Kickapoo River · about
Background · character · contributors
One of Trout Unlimited's hundred best streams and a genuinely beautiful piece of water, with a private campground at Bloomingdale that has hosted Driftless pilgrims for years. Bigger and a little freer-stoned than the tiny coulee creeks, with proper mayfly and caddis hatches and browns that get heavy. It can colour up after a thunderstorm and then drop and clear within a day — that clearing window is gold.
West Fork Kickapoo River · directions
West Fork Kickapoo River · zones
Seasons · zones · per-species rules
West Fork Kickapoo River · permits
One of Trout Unlimited's hundred best streams and a genuinely beautiful piece of water, with a private campground at Bloomingdale that has hosted Driftless pilgrims for years.
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.
One of Trout Unlimited's hundred best streams and a genuinely beautiful piece of water, with a private campground at Bloomingdale that has hosted Driftless pilgrims for years. Bigger and a little freer-stoned than the tiny coulee creeks, with proper mayfly and caddis hatches and browns that get heavy. It can colour up after a thunderstorm and then drop and clear within a day — that clearing window is gold.