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: January 25, 2022 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Learn what your Board’s been up to
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 or use the Contact Us page.
Posted: January 25, 2022 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Make a difference: Help out with Project Green Teen
We’re excited to (slowly) bring back opportunities to work with youth through a long-standing collaboration between SWTU and Shabazz High School in Madison! Due to district Covid precautions we can’t bring back all of the same experiences of the past, but this is a step in the right direction.
Come pass on your fly fishing knowledge with the next generation of student fly fishers at Shabazz High School through a series of workshops with Project Green Teen (PGT). Read More
Travel and Tying: Just the kit you need
Posted: January 25, 2022 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
By Don Golembiewski
I’ve had the very good fortune of being able to follow my love of trout fishing to some world-famous spots including the birthplace of Trout Unlimited, Michigan’s Au Sable River. It’s been a while ago, but I was given the choice of coming along to visit my wife’s family in New Jersey or having a weeklong flyfishing excursion to Michigan in early June one year. Tough call but I found myself at a landing on the Au Sable but without an exact match for the local hatch predicted for that afternoon. I was able to rescue my fishing time by quickly tying some pale yellow duns with my small makeshift travel tying kit. That convinced me – don’t leave home without it. Of course, it is always preferable to arrive at the stream with a supply of likely flies, but stuff happens especially when travelling to new water.
Here are the compact components I consider essential when I travel to trouty destinations. All fit in a small plastic bin available from any hardware store. Read More
Last Updated: January 25, 2022 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
New Members – Winter 2022
We’re pleased to announce the addition of the following new members to our ranks! Read More
Newscasts – December 2021
Last Updated: January 27, 2022 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
This issue has lots of great information, including:
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
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