BJ Conner wrote:

"cattle steps" that would be a stile.
If your going to habitate that part of the world don't overlook NE
Iowa. Some of the creeks got blown out bad a few years back but
friends tell me there all recovered now. French Creek is a place I'de
like to go back to. Beautiful place with interesting waters. It's
well managed, ffo and catch and release. Access is good all the
fences have stiles.

That's right, a stile. Minnesota DNR is real good at mapping
and marking the streams where they've negotiated an angler's
easement with the landowner. I picked up my 2007 version of
_Trout Angling Opportunities in Southern Minnesota_ at the
Fly Fish Expo in Minneapolis in March. Armed with the maps
therein and a Minnesota DeLorme you'll have no problem at all
finding legal spots to fish.

As for Iowa, I don't know, I've just barely scratched the surface,
so to speak, of southeastern Minnesota. I could spend a couple
of lifetimes exploring the Minnesota side and still not fish
all the trout streams.

--
Ken Fortenberry