Weather: 70
degrees, rain
Stream:
clear
Hatch:
Nothing
Beer: Schell’s Oktoberfest
The season has been wonderful so far
and with a month left till close, the big fish start biting. For some reason I
don’t know I switched from going to the Kinnie to Willow River Falls section at
Burkhardt. Maybe it was for a change of scenery or to see if my skills would at
a new section of river I’ve never fished. The falls are just beautiful,
somewhat out of place in intensive Wisconsin agriculture but a nice gem
nonetheless. 
At the base of the falls is a big
pool I chucked some streamers into. Creek chubs abounded and I figured trout
had to be there but no luck. Not being able to go upstream, I went down. And
the evening’s fishing went down with it. This section of the Willow has water
which barely has a current, no deep holes or runs and shallow sand runs
everywhere. The water temperature felt cool as I heard reports the Willow was
too warm for trout and anglers were advised to go elsewhere. That may be so but
this section was awful.
Under fading autumn light I made the
executive decision to abandon my attempts at the falls and speed through the back
roads to the Willow-Race section of the river outside the park. I made with
about half an hour of light and tied on an indicator and stonefly nymph. I hit
a few spots but no bites, there were some rises too but by the time I switched
to a dry fly the light was gone. That was my first time on the Willow-Race
section since May and I wish I could have done better.
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