Castle Rock Creek Wisconsin Fly Fishing Report & Options for Selecting Flies: Email us at (sales@perfectflystore.com) with the dates you will be fishing and we will send you a list of our fly recommendations. We can get flies and gear to you within two to three business days from the time you place your order via Priority Mail. If you provide a budget for flies, we will select them to match the budget and get them to you on time for your trip. Your can also call us at 800-594-4726 and we will help you decide what flies and gear to use. All orders are shipped free in the U.S. If under a $100 order requiring Priority mail is a charge of only $8.10. Orders over a $100 are shipped free via Priority Mail.
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Type of Stream
Spring Creek
Species
Brown Trout (mostly wild)
Rainbow Trout (stocked some wild)
Size
Small
Location
Southwestern, Driftless Area
Nearest Towns
Fennimore
Season
General season starts first Sat. of
May to Sept. 30th.
Special Regulations
Yes, a catch and release section
Access:
Good
Non-Resident License
State of Wisconsin
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
General season starts first Saturday of May and ends September 30
Spring:
Springtime is a very good time for fly fishing Castle Rock Creek. Heavy rains can stain the water.
Summer:
Fishing is generally good all summer, especially near the springs.
Fall:
Fall is probably the best time to fish the river. Brown trout spawn in the Fall and become aggressive in their pre-spawn stage.
Recommended Tackle & Gear
Fly Line:
4, 5 or 6 weight
Leaders:
Dry fly: 9 to 12 ft., 5 or 6X Nymphing:
71/2 ft., 3 or 4X, Streamers 0-2X
Tippets:
Dry fly: 5 or 6X, Nymphing: 3 or 4X,
Streamer 0-2X
Best Fly Rods:
Perfect Fly Supreme Four, Superb Five
or Ultimate Six
Fly Reels:
For 4/5/6 fly line
Fly Floatants and Misc Items:
Floatants, KISS Strike Indicators
Tools & Accessories:
Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc.
Copyright 2016 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Castle Rock Creek Wisconsin
Castle Rock Creek, a limestone spring creek, is also known as Fennimore Fork. It is located just east of Fennimore and flows from there into the Blue River. This stream is known for its tough to catch trout but that’s the way a good spring creek should be. It’s very fertile and has a very high pH. The water chemistry provides plenty of food for the trout. Although fly fishing Castle Rock Creek can be a little technical, it’s well worth any serious fly anglers time to fish it.
Most of the stream flows slowly through the meadows and pastures. Its water stay cold and clear except the times excessive runoff ads some color. Castle Rock Spring provides most of the stream water.
The stream is a little larger than most of the other spring creek in the Driftless area. It has large, often deep pools connected with shallow, fast flowing riffles. The riffles usually have gravel bottoms and the pools have lots of plant growth.
The section from the second bridge on Highway Q upstream to Church Road is “catch and release”, “artificial lures and flies only” regulations.
The river can get a little crowded during the peat season but there’s plenty of trout to catch and the pressure doesn’t hurt the population. This is largely due to the difficulty in catching its stream-bred brown trout.
Its fertile water supports a large number of aquatic insects and crustaceans. There are many different species of baetis species and other similar insects called Blue-winged Olives. It has a huge population of caddisflies including Little Black Caddis, Cinnamon
Caddis, Spotted Sedges and several other species..There are plenty of scuds and sowbugs.
Terrestrial insects are plentiful during the summer months. Under low light conditions, streamers are often effective in fooling the big browns. Fly fishing Castle Rock Creek is a match the hatch challenge for the best of the bug wise anglers. It is also a stream where our Perfect Flies are worth their weight in gold.