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Wisconsin Fly Fishing for Trout

For many years I have enjoyed fly fishing for trout on many Northern Wisconsin trout streams and trout lakes. Armed with plastic boxes chucked full of hooks covered with little tufts of fur and feathers, a flimsy graphite fly rod and a simple fly reel I have always felt the excitement and joy of the moment.

Just seeing the tailing swirls or circular rings left by rising trout makes me forget about all the worldy matters and turns my focus towards one of nature's finest jewels - wild trout. Time passes quickly as I place my wit and knowledge gained from past fishing experiences against the trout's natural instincts. Whether I win or loose doesn't really matter because I still have gained much from my brief encounters with one of God's wonderful little creatures. Each of these precious moments are etched forever in my mind and give me wonderful memories of the fish and my fly fishing friends, which I will always cherish.

Northern Wisconsin Mayfly Hatches

Wisconsin is blessed with many wonderful trout streams that have prolific mayfly, stonefly and caddis hatches that create many opportunities for fly fishing for brook, rainbow and brown trout throughout the state. Wisconsin also offers a wide variety of trout waters to fish, from the spring creeks in the driftless area to the freestone streams of central and northen Wisconsin to the Lake Michigan tributaries. Most of the content for this website is based on fly fishing for trout in northwest corner of Wisconsin. Although, it would also apply to any of the freestone trout streams of northern Wisconsin.

Above is a photo I took one morning of Ephoron luekon mayfly spinners caught in a spider's web after a dense white mayfly hatch from the previous night. This is just one of many aquatic insect hatches that occurs throughout Wisconsin's fabulous trout fishing season. See also my Wisconsin mayfly hatch chart for more detailed information.