In this episode, host outdoor writer and fisheries biologist Scott Mackenthum and Fish Stories' Buddy Seiner join host Drew YoungeDyke to talk about fly fishing in the Driftless Area. They talk about Minnesota's trout easement public access program, the fish, geology, and terrain of the Driftless Area, the heated rivalry between Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan about who has the most lakes, preserving fishing stories for future generations, controversial terminology such as fly fishing with bobbers and poles, using a tungsten bead head to get down to brown trout holding in a pool, how to deal with stinging nettle, wardrobe malfunctions on the stream, having fun not catching fish, Robert Traver's Testament of a Fisherman, and why trout don't live in ugly places. If this episode just sounds like three fishing buddies having fun after a great day of trout fishing, that's because it is. The National Wildlife Federation Outdoors Podcast is supported by RepYourWater and their 3% for Conservation commitment. Get the new RepYourWater/National Wildlife Federation collab hat to support efforts to stop Asian carp! 

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