As a little additional info-this area is unique!! It looks like steep hills and small mountains when you are along the creeks, a lot like the catskills only a little lower. The difference is you do not go up into the hills, you go down into them. What looks like a hilly semi mountainous area is actually huge ravines on the edge of the VERY flat glacial plateu. My friend explained it as the ravines were left over because the glaciers didn't get that far to fill them up with the scourings they collected in their relentless push south. Either way it is a neat area and it contains countless miles of apparently very fertile spring creeks. I got very tired of my guide telling me how good the fishing was up every little seep and ditch we crossed!!
Mike M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Driftless Region Fishing Report Next time you come, maybe I'll have time to show you where the native Brookies hang out. (After you've been sworn to secrecy.) Just for those who wonder about "Driftless" and "Coulee(s)". Coulee comes from the French, means deep ravine. Same thing as a "holler". Hills here are mostly called "bluffs". The Driftless Region covers southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin. The geologist claim we have hills and valleys because the glaciers from the ice ages did not grind them down and leave drift deposits. Anyway, the main result is we have lots of limestone spring creeks with excellent habitat for trout. Gary Webb
