Lower Kinni

Aric and I fished the Kinni today from about 10:30 to 1:30. The fishing was pretty slow, with Aric catching two browns and losing another on a pheasant tail and zebra midge combo, while I just missed one. All strikes were in slower, deeper water. There were quite a few midges in the air, and we did spot one rise. I talked to a couple other fishermen and it seemed to be slow for them as well.

Aric and I got in some fishing tonight after the World Cup Final from about 8:00 to 9:20. Aric fished with a pheasant tail nymph and caddis larva combo, catching one fish on each. I caught one on a pheasant tail, and after seeing a couple caddis in the air, switched it up to a bread and butter caddis. There wasn’t much rising, but I was just really itching to catch one on a dry. After losing one nice brown, I landed a nice 12.5″ right after dark. Between a Carli Lloyd hat trick and catching a couple fish, it was a good night indeed!

It looks like we’re going to get a good soaking tomorrow, which will probably murk up the rivers for a couple days.

We hit the Kinni below our house from about 7:45 to 9:15 this evening. I caught two and missed two more on top with a “Bread and Butter Caddis,” while Aric caught six and missed a handful more on a caddis larva. There were quite a few BWOs in the air by about 8:30 but very few trout rising until after 9:00. The water was still a little cloudy from the rains the other day, but definitely fishable. Hopefully the weather cooperates and we can have some good fishing over the weekend!

It was a great evening on the water! I fished from about 7:45 to 9:30 pm. When I got to the stream there were quite a few caddis in the air and an occasional riser. By about 8:30 the sulphurs were out in full force and the fish were really jumping. I kept my caddis on and still caught 8-10 fish while missing countless more. The river was clear to slightly stained with flows at about 108 cfs — excellent fishing conditions.

The river was in great shape after the morning rains. I was able to get out in the evening from about 7:45 to 9:15. There was very little rising upon getting to the stream, but they really got going around 8:30. I caught three and missed probably a half-dozen more on a size 18 BWO Vis-A-Dun pattern.

After the rains over the weekend, the Kinni is back to about normal flows and is clear to slightly stained. Aric fished the Lower Kinni tonight while I was in Menomonie coaching basketball and did pretty well. Caddis were in the air when he got to the river around 7:00 pm and sulphurs began coming off around 8:00. He caught four total–including a nice 13.5″–on the surface using size 16 caddis and size 18 sulfur dries.