Yes, fall is in the air. Each morning you feel it, don’t you? This is good news for the trout angler.
Brown trout and brook trout spawn in the fall and they are putting on the feed bag right now! Each day I’m out on the stream, I can see the fish getting a little plumper and adding a little more color.
Fall trout fishing in Minnesota’s driftless region… a magical time of year
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