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Snowshoeing today made us think that spring may just be coming.  Songbirds, melting snow, eagles over the creek.  But our favorite thing we spotted today was a hatch of midges and winter stoneflies.  Fish were rising in the riffles as early as 11:00 this morning. , 

We can not stress enough the importance of pre-season scouting.  Even if you live far away from the Driftless, it is a great excuse to head out for a weekend and get out of town.  Do some homework before hand, check satellite images, maps, DNR websites etc and narrow it down to about 4...

More snow has hit.  This last round of the fluffy white stuff is just more water in the bank for the upcoming season.  It has been just cold enough to not get jazzed about fishing in Iowa but I decided to put the waders on anyways yesterday and venture forth.   Waders are hands...

Our fishery is unique.  Small to tiny spring creeks that wind through valleys present challenges that anglers who fish outside of the Driftless will never experience.  It is then no wonder that for the most part major rod manufactureres have missed the boat in having a rod line for our...

Warmer weather is melting some snow and making it start to feel (at least for my cabin fever riddled brain) like spring is around the corner.  Keep in mind that season opens this year on Saturday March 6th at 5:00 AM.