Woolly Buggers Don't Count: Trout Fishing Adventures in the Driftless Area

The Driftless Area is a fairytale land of deep ravines, limestone bluffs, and labyrinthine caves hiding among the cornfields of the Upper Midwest. Hundreds of spring-fed streams with evocative names like Castle Rock Creek, Cold Spring Brook and Coon Valley Creek tumble through the valleys towards the Mississippi—and those are just the “Cs”. Aquatic insects are abundant in the cold, calcium-rich water, as are the trout that feed on them. In this land of Walleye anglers, most of those trout never see an artificial fly.

Author Bob Luck took a break from his business career nearly ten years ago to fish the Driftless Area, and he is still at it. Part travelogue, part how-to guide, and part fishing stories, this collection of essays is the perfect companion for those who fish in the Driftless Area—or dream of doing so.