ia_trouter
Senior Member
We held our first Driftless meet in the Decorah. Iowa area this weekend. I think the guys will post some PICs when they get a chance. We fished the famous Iowa streams. It was a little risky to do this first weekend of stocking but it worked out fine. Sunday weather was beautiful, a cold front moved in today. Crowding could have been far worse but fishing water that hadn't been visited by the spinner crowd didn't always happen. It worked out OK anyway.
Attendees-
fishiowa, Rich, Dubuque, IA
k_e_v, Kevin, Farmington, IL
kcdeal, Kent, Hampton,IL
iatrouter, Dewayne, LeClaire, IA
At least 20 flyrods were also in attendance, and many were top shelf. Rich and Kev have some really awesome gear and it was great to view some of it. Even if we did give them hell for having the audacity to own it.
Rich is the only one who has fished the area more than once so he took charge of organizing us. He made and/or printed some awesome detailed area maps. He didn't want to be the official "Guide" but we beat him into submission eventually. He showed us a great time. We saw most of the best water and avoided crowds well enough.
We stayed at Stoney Creek Inn in Waukon. It was a great pick by Rich. They had an outdoor area and we spent some time there getting to know each other. That was good because we were separated on the streams as we divided them up for best coverage. As I said, some new friendships were formed. Kent is my local fishing bud as we are both pretty new to this trout thing other than stocker bows. Rich has been a fly mentor of mine since the very beginning. Nobody has taught me as much about how to fish the Driftless. The rest of the guys had ever met each other until yesterday.
I hope the guys will share PICs and in my next post I will share my experience. I don't want to sour the opening post with personal challenges. Bottomline it is one of the more enjoyable times I have ever had on the fly. I started this idea and thanks so much Rich, Kev and Kent for making it a success.
We had a vote and unanimously decided Itchmesir (Eric of Viroqua, Wisconsin) should host the next Driftless event. We are confident he will be a very fine host.
Dewayne
Attendees-
fishiowa, Rich, Dubuque, IA
k_e_v, Kevin, Farmington, IL
kcdeal, Kent, Hampton,IL
iatrouter, Dewayne, LeClaire, IA
At least 20 flyrods were also in attendance, and many were top shelf. Rich and Kev have some really awesome gear and it was great to view some of it. Even if we did give them hell for having the audacity to own it.
Rich is the only one who has fished the area more than once so he took charge of organizing us. He made and/or printed some awesome detailed area maps. He didn't want to be the official "Guide" but we beat him into submission eventually. He showed us a great time. We saw most of the best water and avoided crowds well enough.
We stayed at Stoney Creek Inn in Waukon. It was a great pick by Rich. They had an outdoor area and we spent some time there getting to know each other. That was good because we were separated on the streams as we divided them up for best coverage. As I said, some new friendships were formed. Kent is my local fishing bud as we are both pretty new to this trout thing other than stocker bows. Rich has been a fly mentor of mine since the very beginning. Nobody has taught me as much about how to fish the Driftless. The rest of the guys had ever met each other until yesterday.
I hope the guys will share PICs and in my next post I will share my experience. I don't want to sour the opening post with personal challenges. Bottomline it is one of the more enjoyable times I have ever had on the fly. I started this idea and thanks so much Rich, Kev and Kent for making it a success.
We had a vote and unanimously decided Itchmesir (Eric of Viroqua, Wisconsin) should host the next Driftless event. We are confident he will be a very fine host.
Dewayne
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