Viroqua sits in the heart of the Driftless Area, where clear, cold freshwater filters through unglaciated limestone and sandstone, producing abundant spring creeks. “That provides extremely good trout ...

VIROQUA, Wis. — When you wake up here, there are trout in every direction. To the east, the West Fork of the Kickapoo River. To the south, Tainter Creek. To the west, the South Fork of the Bad Axe ...

VIROQUA – Duke Welter of Viroqua stood on a sandy stream bank in the middle of a slice of Vernon County recreational heaven, also known as a public hunting and fishing ground. Fly rod in hand, he took ...

PRESTON — In a small store on the edge of downtown Preston is a new fly fishing shop that could cement Preston's claim to be Minnesota's trout-fishing capital. In fact, Melvin M. Hayner's Driftless ...

PRESTON, Minn. -- Fishing can happen year-round in our state without using a boat or even drilling a hole through the ice. Fly fishing in one Minnesota county has become a destination for anglers ...

If you are new to the Driftless Region, you may be wondering how do I find out about where to fish trout? There are a lot of streams here, but which ones are best for catching trout? A friend of mine, ...

Two trout-related events are coming up, one a border battle between Minnesota and Wisconsin anglers, and the other to teach more women how to fly fish. First up is the Driftless Women's Weekend in and ...

A new study finds trout fishing has a $952 million a year impact in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, supporting thousands of jobs and boosting local economies in places like ...

I find it humorously ironic that an entire region of the Mid-West is named and known for something that never got there. I’m talking about the roughly 16,000-square mile ‘Driftless Region’ of ...

There’s the perfect little fly fishing shop right in downtown Viroqua. You can find all the gear you can possibly need…. and even if you’ve never tried the sport, they’ve got just the person that can ...

Gribben Creek in southeastern Minnesota might win the blue ribbon for the most trout in a stream. The spring-fed Root River tributary south of Lanesboro is estimated to hold more than 12,500 wild ...