Fly Fishing Road Trips
Good People      Good Water       Good Fish

There are two stories because only two pictures exist of the first trout trip in May 2008.  For the second one, the hockey guys and I rented a cabin with Brooke Trout.  

 

First trip, Lauren and I were visiting a friend who lived in McGregor, IA.  Lauren's friend mentioned there were trout, so we packed up the dog and headed to Iowa.  

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I fished Sny Magill Creek from a recommendation.  It was a shallow river with a few deep pockets.  Every cast, I was focused, looking for a hit on each landing of the fly.  The weather was perfect and the temperature cool.  After about two hours, I first struck a flat part of the stream.  Iowa done!

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On the second trip, in October 2014, I arrived a day early; the temperature was 60+ degrees, and the fish rose in every steam I drove by.  I decide to wait until tomorrow to fish; big mistake.  The next day there was a 1/4 inch of snow on the ground.

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In the Driftless region of Iowa, the DNR stocks them big.  We fished in Yellow River State Park on Paint Creek.  We started at a place with a 20-foot cliff looking down on Paint Creek.  Below were 40 large Iowa rainbows.  I moved on, letting to boy figure out the cliff trout.  Even with snow on the ground, I found great holes and was in good form.  I landed six rainbows.  I highly recommend Yellow River, State Park.