It has been a warm and stormy summer for sure this year. We've had several official heat waves (four or more days of 90+ degrees) but we've also had significant rainfall. A nice cool weather window earlier this month permitted some of us to check on local trout populations on the South Branch and the Musky and we were encouraged by the results. The vast majority of anglers gave the trout a break when we knew water temps would exceed 70 degrees and when we looked, the fish wer