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Fishing My Way Back Home

Lancer01

By Lancer01
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Hello,

I will be leaving central Minnesota and driving to Kansas City Missouri to drop off family members. So my plan is to fly fish trout my way back to Alexandria Mn. This is my first year fly fishing and I took this sport up because after I served in the Army in Iraq I needed something that I can do to just get away . What I am looking for is some advise or where to stop and fish trout starting in Iowa and ending up in southern Minnesota.

I am looking for some nice streams to fish and a few cheap places to crash for the night. I would also appreciate any advice on what type of flies to throw. Thank you

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well, If your looking for trout your looking at the NE corner of IA and the SE corner of Mn. The places to camp and fish are almost too numerous to mention. Both states have pretty good trout stream maps on their respective DNR sites. If I can give you any pointers feel free to reply here or shoot me a PM

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If I just fished trout on the SE corner of Minnesota could you give me a few pointers on what streams to stop and fish. Are there any real nice campgrounds around there and fly shops? When I ask about streams to stop and fish of course I am looking for public land to fish. Is Preston Mn a nice place to visit and fish trout? Sorry for all the questions but I am totally new to this part of the state and I have only two days to fish. Thanks

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I am leaving Friday morning so any tips on where to camp out and steams to fish would be much appreciated.

Thanks

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There's Whitewater State Park on the Whitewater river and Forestville State Park on the Root. Being a weekend, it might be tough to find a spot though.

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