**THIS WAS ALL FILMED WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE STAY AT HOME ORDER**
It is that time of the year folks! Trout hunt 2020 led a select group of anglers to the beautiful Mississippi bluffs of Eastern Iowa and Western Wisconsin. This has been an annual fishing trip in my family/friend group that has been going on for 20+ years. COVID-19 (CoronaVirus) had a lot of people spooked, and our numbers were fairly thin for this trip. But there was a small and potentially stupid group of guys ready to take on the Driftless Region!
Half way through Day 1 and things were starting to get a little dicey! Davis and I had both got on some great fish but were eager to keep moving upstream to hunt more big brown trout. In order to escape the first thunderstorm of the spring, we ran for a railroad bridge up ahead. Not only are the bridges on Bloody Run great places to hide from the rain, but they are also where big nasty brown trout love to hide. Davis found one of these bruisers and I would argue that it was the best fish of the trip! This thing was a tank of a brown trout and it fought us like hell! We continued up the way almost until the private property boundary before we turned around. But by the time we got back to the truck for some lunch, the chocolate milk had finally caught up with us. Bloody Run Creek was now a Nestle colored torrent and our day was set. This was by far my favorite session of Trout Hunt 2020.