Welcome Chasepike!
There MUST be some good trout fishing in ND. But I'll take your word for it. Maybe all the other fishing is so good that trout pale by comparison!

I just caught my first US walleye on a fly about a week ago. I caught a bunch in Canada back in the 60s though. The one I caught a week ago was all of about 7 inches long. I don't count fish caught on weighted flies though! IMHO they should be considered jigs.

Ol' Bill
1932