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Legendary stillwater fly tier and angler Bob Morenski with living proof that trout enthusiasts' and NDG&F's efforts to produce quality trout fisheries can succeed given the chance! (Lightning Lake)

Des Moines, IA fly angler, Rev. Dr. Paul Leavenworth with a couple of Manitoba Parkland silver pigs. In the photo above, Paul's face shows elation. The photo at right clearly demonstrates that these bruisers tend to leave a man disheveled, worn-out and generally a shell of his former self. Paul thinks everyone should head north and discover this for themselves!

Brown trout thrive in some ND waters and are a favorite with fly and conventional anglers alike! This one was caught three days after ice-out 2007 at Fish Creek Dam in Morton County, ND.

Above, Gary Mourhess with a Fish Creek Dam smallmouth bass. Wow... what a trophy!

At right, Des Moines, IA fly angler Rev. Dr. James Brewer with a foot and a half reason to visit Twin Lakes in Manitoba... tiger trout!

Bismarck, ND fly angler Adam Dittus with a pre-spawn bass. Good thing he nabbed her before she got to the maternity ward... look at that gut! The past couple of seasons, more and more of Chuck's pals have been focusing on northern pike, largemouth and smallmouth bass. And with results like these, it's easy to see why!

Adam with a fantastic black crappie... about 14-inches we'd say! Make sure and check out Adam's personal website, www.stillwaterflyfish.com,

and check out how the info there can help you get on fish like this one.

The two photos posted just below are from Chuck's good friend and Lansford, ND fly angler Mark Olinger. A Minnesota native, the USAF helped Olinger make his way to the northern Great Plains where he is now retired after serving our nation and raising a family. Mark is a masterful angler and innovative tier. Where ever he travels, Chuck touts Mark's line of P-Quad flies (among many others), predicting they'll go down as classics - especially as their fame and relevance spread worldwide. A true international angler, Olinger has enjoyed fly angling success from the mountains of Turkey to the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota; from Gopher State panfish to the monster salmonids of Manitoba's Parkland. Below are a couple of Turtle Mountain (MB side) 24-inch silver pigs sniggled from Bower Lake using a fly that may or may not be named later.

Bob Morenski with another 25 inches of "reason" why trout enthusiasts from around the world are beating a path to Manitoba's Parkland region. This brown is typical of what has become the normative at Patterson Lake: 20-25 inch fish in abundance. Kudos to all the interested parties - FLIPPR, Manitoba fisheries and the Dakota Fly Fishers, et al - for demonstrating that, when trout are introduced to forage-rich waters where aeration systems provide vital summer and winter oxygen that a world class fishery is created and local communities can enjoy sustained and renewable economic development because TOURING FLY ANGLERS INVE$T!!!

Below, the host of this site was photographed with 24 and 23.5 more inches of "reason" for doing what trout nuts worldwide are doing... heading to SW Manitoba! Bad weather? Windy, cold and blustery? No problem. These are the ingredients for success in early spring and late fall.

Chuck has some friends who genuinely know the best way to invest a "winter" afternoon. The brown trout to the left was landed and photographed as an enticement by the Right Reverend James Brewer, now of Bentonville, Arkansas (a California surf dude living in Arkansas?) Brewer phones Chuck every week to describe the 60+ F weather, his trout angling reports and general living conditions... as well as to twist his arm to relocate down south to The Natural State. Every week Chuck answers that call with a firm, "No thanks... we've got a Walmart and Sam's Club where I live." But when he sees beatiful fish like this, considers his 4-weight is gathering dust and that the White River in Arkansas is a year-round fishery, well, the drool begns flowing.