False I have written about the more well known streams in this article. These streams are not secrets and can handled added fishing pressure. The real gems are the ones you find on your own. The ones with not another angler’s footprint anywhere to be found. The trout fishing season in this region runs from the first saturday in March to the last Sunday April. This is the Catch & Release Only Season with ONLY artificial/ barbless lures. The regular season opens the first Saturday in May and runs through September 30th. Many of the streams vary in regulations during the regular season. A trout pamphlet that comes with your fishing license is a must have to determine what type of water you are fishing and any daily bag limit restrictions. Wisconsin also requires an Inland waters trout stamp. The licenses expire each year on March 31. The Heart of The Driftless area has some very unique residents. The trout are called Tiger trout. The tiger trout is a sterile hybrid cross between a female brown trout and a male brook trout. The fish exhibits unusual markings found in neither parent. Tiger trout are rare in the wild, appearing only in areas where brook and brown trout share spawning grounds. Tigers are pretty fish. The normal vermiculations ( worm like markings) found on the backs of most brookies become enlarged and often contorted into stripes ( hence the name ‘ tiger’), swirls, spots, and rings. The trout also exhibit a greenish cast, which lets you know, when you have hooked one, that there is something different on the end of your line, long before the fish is in hand. Tiger trout are infertile. This is caused by the dissimilarity between the chromosome numbers of the two parent species. Brook trout have 84 chromosomes, browns have just 80. Female Brown Trout Photo by Dick D.

False If you’re interested in fishing for native tigers ( or monster Wisconsin browns and brookies), contact Len Harris at Driftless Area Trout Adventures, 608- 647- 5356, len. harris1@ gmail. com http:// lenharris. tripod. com < http:// lenharris. tripod. com/> My guide business very is unique. I guide spin and fly anglers alike. My vest contains many flies, Panther Martins, Mepps, Rapalas, and Eagle Claw size 8 hooks. I would say that my client list is about 50- 50 fly and spin anglers. Most of my clients come from referrals from anglers I have already taken or from my stories I write, along with numerous photos I taken stream side. Wild Tiger Trout Living the dream of the strem trout fisherman, Len Harris, live it with him... Joe Chadwick Jim Hawley Nice Fish Right Author, Len Harris with an example of the fish he guides his clients to while enjoy-ing the “ Driftless Areas”