“There are corners of this green footstool which men look upon with more than mere gratefulness - places that they feel deeply at home. Let all of them choose their own inviolate acres. Along the banks of the raging Rogue, or in the pineclad hills of Alabama. All of the close-to-earth hunting and fishing men know their chosen places.” -Gordon MacQuarrie

My “chosen place” is right here in The Driftless. To put a finer point on it, the southeast corner of Minnesota. Within a 60 mile radius of my house are over 700 miles of trout streams! My biggest decision each day is which stream to fish. Oftentimes, the only traffic I encounter is an Amish carriage or a farmer in a slow tractor.