The clinics have filled but there is a waitlist in case of cancellations. This flyer has info on both sold-out events, and you can also learn more here on swtu.org.
You Can Volunteer for the Intermediate Clinic!
This outstanding clinic is in need of our help! They are looking for volunteer guides for their intermediate class! As a guide, you’ll go out with members of the clinic and give 1:1 instruction on casting and fishing, reading the stream, and more. Guides are an integral part of the Intermediate Program, and a very important part of the Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic on the whole.
Take this quote from Dave Fowler, a guide who was a part of the 2024 Intermediate Women’s Clinic: “The success of the Intermediate Clinic is very dependent on folks volunteering to be guides. It’s a really fun time for both the guides and the women, and I know that they really appreciate the knowledge they gain during the Clinic.”
If you are interested in guiding, or know someone who might be, contact Lisa Wilson at lawfinnee@gmail.com.
Newscasts – April 2025
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This issue is filled with great information, including:
Streamer Fishing in the Driftless – Tips From Our Friends at the Musky Fool
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Learn tactics for targeting the biggest trout in the creek at SWTU’s April 8, 2025, Chapter Gathering. Presenting will be Tim O’Connor of The Musky Fool fly shop in Waunakee (muskyfool.com).
Why learn to fish streamers? Because lots of time they’re a great choice. At different times of the year and in different conditions, streamers might be the type of fly that gives you the best chance at a fish. If this is the season you’re absolutely, definitely going all out to catch the 20+ inch brown trout, you absolutely, definitely should know how to fish a streamer. SWTU is here to help. Read More
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Chapter Gatherings: A Look Back & Ahead
Ahead in May 2025 – We will gather on WEDNESDAY, May 14 (as opposed to our usual Tuesday due to some scheduling with Schwoegler’s).
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Board Elections at May 15 Meeting: You Can Make a Difference!
Please consider running for the SWTU Board.
Elections will be in May (instead of April), and we don’t yet have a full slate with a couple of Board openings. We know people are busy, but the commitment isn’t too large and much can be handled virtually. In short, candidates are hard to come by this year and we need people to step up. We have some openings created by some having served multi-year terms and one tremendous member who moved to Green Bay.
Our biggest need is Treasurer. Marty Chiaro leaves having improved all the functions of that office and leaving it in the best shape ever. The Board has also learned from Marty’s labors and expert advice and has taken a big step in making the Treasurer’s duties simpler and more manageable. We are in the process of hiring a CPA/devoted SWTU member to file tax documents and handle some key bookkeeping functions. We intend this improvement to be permanent. Read More
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Learn What Your Board’s Been Up To – April 2025
Minutes from SWTU Board of Director meetings can be viewed in this Google Drive. If you have questions on what you read in them, reach out to one of the Board members listed on the last page of each newsletter. (Note that you may need to click the “Last Modified” header at the top to sort the list with the latest minutes at the top.)
Join our First Stream Workday of 2025 – Saturday, April 5
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By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair
Below is information for our first workday of our spring season. It will be at the Duerst property on the Sugar River located at 7309 Riverside Rd. We are hoping for a big turn out as there are a lot of invasive honeysuckles to be removed and burn piles to be built. The workday will be lead by Dane County staff.
Saturday, April 5, 2025 – Sugar River, Duerst Property
Time: 9 am to 12 noon (sawyers that have completed a chainsaw safety course please arrive at 8:30, if needed we can provide a chainsaw and safety equipment).
Where: Sugar River, Duerst property, 7309 Riverside Road. Take US 151 (Verona Rd) to Hwy 69, go south about 1 mile to Riverside Rd, turn right (west) and go about ½ mile. Here is a Google Map Link to this location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9o9sJJ19ZzTJvo8G7 Read More
Riversmith Casting Clinics: 2025
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Each spring, we hold our Riversmith Fly Casting Clinic (named after Jeff Smith, who was the driving force behind this event for many years). The clinic is free and available to anyone interested in learning how to cast a fly. Beginners are especially encouraged to attend. This year, we will be holding two clinics.
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Iron Blue Nymph
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by Rusty Dunn
Tie an Iron Blue Nymph on a #16 hook, and you’ve recreated the most famous fly of perhaps the most famous angler to ever cast a wet fly before trout. Walk into a fly shop and ask for an Iron Blue Nymph, and the clerk will probably look at you funny. “A what?” he might ask, to which you should reply, “Young fellow, perhaps you know it instead as a Dark Watchet, Dark Whirling Dun, Little Blue Dun, Iron Blue Drake, Little Purple, Little Dark Blue, or Iron Blue Quill. Got any?” You won’t get the flies you’re looking for, but at least you will have made the point that nymph fishing was refined long before the Pink Squirrel reigned supreme. Read More
Registration Full for the 2025 Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics / Volunteers Needed
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The clinics have filled but there is a waitlist in case of cancellations. This flyer has info on both sold-out events, and you can also learn more here on swtu.org.
You Can Volunteer for the Intermediate Clinic!
This outstanding clinic is in need of our help! They are looking for volunteer guides for their intermediate class! As a guide, you’ll go out with members of the clinic and give 1:1 instruction on casting and fishing, reading the stream, and more. Guides are an integral part of the Intermediate Program, and a very important part of the Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic on the whole.
Take this quote from Dave Fowler, a guide who was a part of the 2024 Intermediate Women’s Clinic: “The success of the Intermediate Clinic is very dependent on folks volunteering to be guides. It’s a really fun time for both the guides and the women, and I know that they really appreciate the knowledge they gain during the Clinic.”
If you are interested in guiding, or know someone who might be, contact Lisa Wilson at lawfinnee@gmail.com.
Help fund a scholarship for a woman at the Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics!
Posted: March 31, 2025 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
SWTU’S Women’s Clinics (Beginner and Intermediate) are entering our 15th year and serve over 75 Women every year, while we also have up to 25 chapter members assisting in the Women’s on the Water Skills Clinic – intermediate is in need of gently used to new donation items for raffles. Read More
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