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Interested in a TU Rod Building Class

Rod Building

Are you interested in building your own fly rod to use during the 2023 fishing season? Dave Fowler will be holding a class on March 11 and 12, 2023. The class will be held at Dave’s house on… Read More

2023 Women’s Flyfishing Clinics – Register now (and recommend it to others!)

The groundbreaking Women’s Flyfishing Clinics sponsored by SWTU have become a model for others and featured in national TU publications. Chapter member Tina Murray – our esteemed Chair of Women, Diversity and Youth Education Initiatives – invites our members… Read More

Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Youth Fishing Camp

August 17 – 20, 2023 Calling all parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles … Wisconsin Trout Unlimited will be holding their annual Youth Fishing Camp, Thursday, August 17 to Sunday, August 20, 2021 at Pine Lake Bible Camp in Waupaca,… Read More

Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Banquet: February 4 in Oshkosh

Get your tickets now This is a great event and fundraiser that you can attend … you’ll learn something, maybe win something and do a lot of good for trout in Wisconsin! Find tickets and all the details… Read More

The first (and possibly annual) SWTU holiday party …

… will occur at Schwoegler’s on Grand Canyon Drive, Tuesday, December 13, between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. We’ll be hosting four local guides and fly shop, who have been good SWTU supporters. They’ll have some fun presentations and… Read More

Badger Mill Creek Threatened?

By Topf Wells Badger Mill Creek may well face a serious threat in the near future.  That risk occurs because of a complicated regulatory situation.  Following is a highly condensed account of the situation.  More information and recommendations… Read More

The Help Poured In: An Amazing Last Workday for 2022

By Topf Wells Jim Hess called for lots of help for our final workday of the year on Smith Conley.  The job was big and little did we know how bitterly cold the day would dawn. The day… Read More

Trout on (much less than) a tankful – Let’s talk nearby creeks

Join us at Schwoegler’s on Tuesday, November 8 By Topf Wells Justin Haglund, the DNR fish biologist for Iowa and Richland Counties, will be our speaker at the November 8th meeting at Schwoegler’s Bowling on Grand Canyon Drive. … Read More

No Icebreaker / Yes Spring Fair Fundraiser

Spring Fair Fundraiser

At a recent meeting, the Board voted to once again not have our traditional Icebreaker fundraiser in January. Factoring into this is that venues have not yet recovered or reopened to events like ours. Instead, your Board did… Read More

Workday + Picnic = Happy Trout + Happy Volunteers

By Topf Wells Jim Hess had lots of help with one of the best SWTU workdays ever from Scout Troop 104, the DNR, and some great SWTU volunteers.  And then, the Rudds, our kind and generous hosts put… Read More