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Hot Tent Camping in the Driftless Area

The Driftless Area is one of the very few unspoiled places to explore in the upper Midwest. The rolling plains run into the wide open valleys and drainages that surround the Mississippi. The landscape is speckled with beautiful oak forests and dotted with trout streams; small quant towns are hidden down inside the recesses of these deep valleys.

It’s almost like the Driftless has been able to escape the hands of time, it’s the perfect place to escape for the weekend, to forget the worries of the hustle and bustle of life. Sitting in a hot tent next to a warm fire with coyotes howling out their songs in the cold winter night, you get the same feeling those French trappers and traders had when a few hundered years ago the paddled down that big river and first laid eyes on those giant wooded hills.

You could say there forever. I almost did.

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Sunday Fishing and Nature

 

I think there are a few things better than a quiet summer Sunday, Lord’s Day than heading out with a friend or two to hear some sounds of nature and go fishing. Getting away from the hustle bustle and phones, head to somewhere full of bugs and weeds where no one else is willing to go.

It’s fun to listen to the birds, frogs, plans, and such. Even if you don’t catch anything it’s good for the soul.

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Fishing an Abandoned Gravel Pit

The Average Flatlander heads out into the busy on a balmy 95-degree July day. We headed back into some abandoned gravel pit in this Part 1, looking for a monster lurking in the deep waters that have been forgotten and forlorn.

We find a bass, but not much else, the skeeters and heat about did us in.

 

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Iowa DNR is Destroying our Trout Streams and Abandoning our Public Land

In another unsurprising move for the state of Iowa in regards to our limited and already shakey natural resources, yet another pride and joy has slipped into a putrid state of disrepair and neglect. As if the degradation of our soil and water to a ridiculous state isn’t enough, we have to add this to the list as well.

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Camping and Fishing in the Almost Boundary Waters

Ever heard of the Boundary Waters? Probably. Ever been there? Probably not.

This is one of those areas steeped in tradition and folklore, everyone knows someone who has “gone to the Boundary Waters,” but few people themselves have actually done the dirty deed. Well, six Average Flatlanders packed up the cars, the fishing poles, and little pickle, and headed up to the North Country to explore the Boundary Waters area and find Bigfoot if possible.

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Winter Trout Fishing in 25 Degrees! Catch and cook!

There is nothing better in life than trout fishing in the great outdoors. The Driftless region offers some of the best trout fishing around. The perfect time to go is when fall has left and winter is here, because the cold weather keeps everyone else away and you have the trout streams to yourself!

Trout fishing in the cold, like the 25 degrees in this episode provides its own unique challenges. The eyelets on the fishing rod freeze up, hands get cold, the trout are slow and sluggish, water levels are low. It’s not for the weak of heart.

Today the Average Flatlanders head into the woods to do some trout fishing and do a cook up of some fresh trout. Enjoy the show!

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