Any cool shops in Rochester, Minnesota

I will be there early next month any good fly fishing shops or fishing related attractions me and the wife should not miss?

I'm not aware of much of anything in the way of fly shops in or near Rochester (not to say they don't exist!). There is a Cabelas (if that counts) about 35 miles down the road in Owatonna.

Rochester is fairly close to Minnesota's Driftless area - which can offer some pretty decent trout fishing. The winter C&R season is open on lots of the rivers/streams there.

The last time I was at the Owatonna Cabela's the fly section was very limited. If you're flying in through the twin cities, there's a couple of decent shops. I looked high and low when I first moved here for shops down that way and all I found were the Gander Mountain and some hardware stores with small selections of flys.

I'm a Rochester resident and will confirm what the others have stated. There's a Gander Mountain with a fly section on the north side of town and there's a Cabela's with a fly section in Owatonna which is about an hour west of Rochester.

However, our winter season -- C&R on limited streams -- is open and there are streams within 30-60 minutes of Rochester. Check the MN DNR web site for details.

The driftless area sounds great but I am just going to be in town for a few days at the Mayo clinic but if I have to go back up I will check into the driftless area.