"Nick’s heart tightened as the trout moved. He felt all the old feeling." — Ernest Hemingway, Big Two Hearted River Part I The Driftless Area of Iowa is located in the northeastern part of the state, ...

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 ...

VIOLA - Bob Wagner of Viola and I had a date last Saturday. Sometime toward mid-day we'd get together at his farm house in northwestern Richland County and fish on an area stream or two. We were sure ...

ELBA — If Duke Welter were to put up billboards along highways leading into the Midwest's Driftless Region, he would tout its beauty, its opportunities to hunt, fish, canoe, hike and explore. And he ...

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 ...