January’s Icebreaker fundraising event is again cancelled
The Icebreaker will not occur this year due to venue availability and the ongoing pandemic. This cancellation means SWTU will again miss its key source of revenue and the opportunity for members and trout anglers from across the region to gather for a day of friendship, fun and learning.
This cancellation means SWTU will again miss its key source of revenue and the opportunity for members and trout anglers from across the region to gather for a day of friendship, fun and learning. The Board is discussing whether we can offer an outdoor event in April (or more probably May) with many of the Icebreaker’s best features: fun, prizes, camaraderie, instruction, tasty food and revenue for the chapter. Ben Lubchansky, our Icebreaker Chair, has graciously provided some preliminary plans for such an event. Read More
Last Updated: November 29, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Spring event will be a first for us and we could use your help
January’s Icebreaker fundraising event is again cancelled
The Icebreaker will not occur this year due to venue availability and the ongoing pandemic. This cancellation means SWTU will again miss its key source of revenue and the opportunity for members and trout anglers from across the region to gather for a day of friendship, fun and learning.
This cancellation means SWTU will again miss its key source of revenue and the opportunity for members and trout anglers from across the region to gather for a day of friendship, fun and learning. The Board is discussing whether we can offer an outdoor event in April (or more probably May) with many of the Icebreaker’s best features: fun, prizes, camaraderie, instruction, tasty food and revenue for the chapter. Ben Lubchansky, our Icebreaker Chair, has graciously provided some preliminary plans for such an event. Read More
Register now: Fly Tying Courses – 2022
Last Updated: January 27, 2022 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
FLY-TYING COURSE UPDATE 1/6/2022
Due to the ongoing surge of Covid-19 in Dane County and Wisconsin:
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Phil Anderson at swtu-flytying@outlook.com.
Below is the original announcement with a few key areas crossed off. Read More
Sparkle Dun
Last Updated: November 29, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
by Rusty Dunn
Have you ever thought about the technology that connects you to a running trout? Your rod is a marvel of engineering. It is a hollow tube of graphite composites embedded in epoxy and precisely tapered. It is as light as a feather and stronger than steel. Your fly line floats on miracle plastics infused with micro-bubbles and coated with a secret sauce more slippery than black ice. Your leader blends nylon and other synthetics into a copolymer filament stronger than Spiderman’s web. The complete outfit is a wonder of petrochemical engineering. But what about the fly you tie to the business end of the leader? How much petrochemistry does it contain? If you are an extreme purist or an avowed geezer, your flies are likely tied only of fur and feather – just the way Isaak Walton intended. But if you learned to fly fish in the last 30 or 40 years, your flies probably contain a good dose of synthetic materials. Indeed, many flies today owe more to the influence of DuPont Chemical than Isaak Walton. Read More
SWTU Workday: December 4, 2021 – Williams-Barneveld Creek
Posted: November 29, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Join us for our last stream workday of the year!
Saturday, December 4 from 9 a.m. to Noon (with a site tour available afterwards)
3095 Mounds View Rd., Barneveld Read More
Workday recap: Beavers have nothing on SWTU
Last Updated: December 11, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
By Topf Wells
On November 6, SWTU completed another productive and safe workday and saw a massive stream restoration in the process.
We cleared small to large box elders from the upper end of the County’s restoration of Badger Mill Creek near the Park and Ride lot and the Ice Age Trail on the east (north? northeast?) end of Verona. The aim is to assist the County in creating a much healthier creek corridor with native grasses and flowers instead of the box elders. And maybe some oaks or hardwoods more desirable than the box elders? Read More
Posted: November 29, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Keep your fly in the water
Bill Flader shares lessons learned from 75 years of fishing
Many readers will have fished for trout or salmon in Lake Michigan tributaries, or even western rivers. I’ve had hookups just by leaving line out while wading cross-current moving from place to place. Read More
Last Updated: November 29, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
New Members – December 2021
We’re pleased to announce the addition of the following new members to our ranks! Read More
Newscasts – October 2021
Last Updated: November 30, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
This issue has lots of great information, including:
Last Updated: October 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Chapter meetings paused until spring
Tough decision as COVID-19 threat continues
After deep discussion, the SWTU Board of Directors made the difficult choice to pause the monthly chapter meetings until spring 2022, at least. It’s not fair to our members, the leaders who plan the meetings, our speakers or our venue to continuously prepare to meet … only to cancel as COVID-19 and its variants continue to affect so many.
While the lengthy, indoor meetings are on a long pause, here are two key items that may give you hope:
Below you’ll find articles that go into deeper depth on these exciting activities.
Stream Workdays – one cancellation, but many planned
Last Updated: November 29, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
By Jim Hess
The Saturday, October 9, workday is CANCELED due to the ground being too wet. We’ll shift that work to the spring, but for now please plan to attend one of the other events planned for this fall. Please plan to attend one or all of the other upcoming workdays. Read More
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