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.
Lower Kinni
Lower Kinni 7.5.15
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.
Lower Kinni 7.1.15
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!
Lower Kinni 6.15.15
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.
Lower Kinni 6.13.15
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.
Lower Kinni 6.10.15
Aric went in the morning from about 9:00 to 11:30, catching two on caddis dries and missing a handful more. There was a decent caddis hatch and the fish were rising quite a bit. We went in the evening from about 7:00 to 9:45 and caught six total on the surface — five on caddis dries and one on a sulphur. The fish were rising sporadically until about 8:45 when they really got going, but when we arrived the occasional riser was usually willing to take an x-caddis.
Let’s hope today’s rains don’t muck up the streams too badly!
Lower Kinni 6.9.15
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.