HOPPER TIME!

.DESPITE ONGOING DROUGHT, CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF MINNESOTA. WITH SOME RAIN IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND COOLER NIGHTS, TROUT ARE MORE ACTIVE AND KEYING ON TERRESTRIALS. REPORTS OF BIGGER FISH ON GRASSHOPPERS AND BEETLES ARE COMING IN TO THE SHOP. SOMETIMES THEY ARE SLUGGID=SH IN THE MID DAY BUT A "PLOP AND TWITCH" METHOD WITH A HOPPER, HIPPIE STOMPER OR FOAM HOPPER CAN TRIGGER VIOLENT STRIKES. THE HEADWATERS ARE COOLEST AND TROUT SEEM TO BE HOLDING IN UPPER PARTS OF MOST STREAMS TO BEAT THE HEAT.