I live on the Mn border and used to be a walleye and fanatical bass fisherman.
Since really, and I mean really, getting serious about fly fishing about 5 yrs a go I find myself fishing a lot less.
It seems all I have are trout dreams! Sure I've taken the odd excursion...fishing the Namekagon and the Brule. The Nam always skunked me but the Brule, besides giving me a bath once or twice, once gave me a 19" bow and that just made matters worse.
I suppose I could set a goal of a nice 5# + largemouth on a fly but jeez.
The Straight River is the closest fishery to me...$60 and 3 hrs+ round trip. I've never fished her but plan on it before end of season.
Pardon my vent...but just traded some squirrel tails with Greg and when I told him I was a trout fisherman wannabee he offered to send some gill flys instead of the original nymphs...that really hurt!