By Tina Murray & Team
The leadership team of the WI Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics has discussed extensively which of the clinics we can offer safely given the structures of the clinics, where we currently are now with Covid numbers, best practices, changing landscapes, Vaccinations and all the other aspects that make our heads spin.
We have collectively determined that we can safely (following best practices and adapting our activities) hold the WOWSC-intermediate clinic where 90% of the teaching and learning occurs outdoors. By asking people to be vaccinated and following CDC best practices we feel it is safely doable with these considerations.
Sadly, we realize that it would be impossible to hold the beginners clinics this year in a safe manner. The beginners clinics specifically is designed to offer personalized instruction in a framework that would be very difficult to adapt given the facilities and activities. We do not feel that the teaching would be effective, nor that the participant would get the value of a typical clinic due to the constraints that would be imposed. For the Basics 90% of the instruction is intensive and it would be difficult to follow best practices or maintain safety to a high degree. Above all else the instructors are committed to keeping everyone safe and are very disappointed in not being able to offer participants the full experience or value the clinics are known for. Read More
Posted: April 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Virtually attend the Spring Wisconsin Conservation Congress
By Topf Wells
Please consider participating in the Spring Wisconsin Conservation Congress hearings that begin on April 12 at 7 p.m. and stay open for 72 hours. Visit https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing to view the DNR information on the questions the hearings will consider. There are four categories with questions and you will need to open each one.
Because of COVID, the hearings will be on-line, with no in-person sessions. While this eliminates the discussion among attendees, it makes participation extremely convenient. Read More
Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics Update for 2021
Last Updated: April 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
By Tina Murray & Team
The leadership team of the WI Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics has discussed extensively which of the clinics we can offer safely given the structures of the clinics, where we currently are now with Covid numbers, best practices, changing landscapes, Vaccinations and all the other aspects that make our heads spin.
We have collectively determined that we can safely (following best practices and adapting our activities) hold the WOWSC-intermediate clinic where 90% of the teaching and learning occurs outdoors. By asking people to be vaccinated and following CDC best practices we feel it is safely doable with these considerations.
Sadly, we realize that it would be impossible to hold the beginners clinics this year in a safe manner. The beginners clinics specifically is designed to offer personalized instruction in a framework that would be very difficult to adapt given the facilities and activities. We do not feel that the teaching would be effective, nor that the participant would get the value of a typical clinic due to the constraints that would be imposed. For the Basics 90% of the instruction is intensive and it would be difficult to follow best practices or maintain safety to a high degree. Above all else the instructors are committed to keeping everyone safe and are very disappointed in not being able to offer participants the full experience or value the clinics are known for. Read More
Posted: April 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
An Invite from the South Central Wisconsin Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area
On Thursday, April 22, the South Central Wisconsin Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area is hosting it’s official launch meeting! We have invited Chris Gaetzke, the Executive Director of the Lower Chippewa Invasives Partnership, to speak on the successes and the missteps that his organization experienced in their start-up phase. We would love to have organizations or individuals interested in this CISMA – at any level of participation – join us for this conversation! You can learn more on our website, or register here.
Last Updated: April 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
New Members – April 2021
We’re pleased to announce the addition of the following new members to our ranks! Read More
Last Updated: February 21, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Bear Creek Video – Past, Present and Future
Please use this link to watch Nate Nye’s presentation on the Bear Creek trout fishery. Nate is the WI DNR fish biologist for Sauk and Richland Counties. He was the architect of the superb restoration of Bear Creek, which was the major project of the Aldo Leopold Chapter of Trout Unlimited for several years. Nate and our friends and neighbors accomplished great things with that restoration, as this presentation will make clear.
Nate spent over a year surveying, assessing and analyzing the trout waters in the Bear Creek watershed. You’ll find this report to be lively and incredibly thorough. From a fishing perspective, he prepares you for a great trip to Bear. From a conservation perspective, he provides a great sense of the opportunities and challenges facing Bear and the folks who want to keep it healthy.
With this and his presentation on Columbia County trout streams (which over 400 of us have watched!), Nate has given us lots of ideas for the upcoming season.
SWTU thanks Nate for the hours he spent on this presentation. He had to overcome some unforeseen technical issues. We are grateful for his perseverance in light of his workload.
Thanks, Nate!
Topf Wells
Newscasts – February 2021
Last Updated: April 8, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
This issue has lots of great information, including:
Posted: February 14, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Virtual meetings
By Topf Wells
Thanks, Nate – that is, Nate Nye, WI DNR fish biologist for Columbia and Sauk Counties.
Almost 400 SWTU members and friends have watched Nate Nye’s presentation on the trout streams of the middle part of Columbia County. If you haven’t yet, check it out at https://youtu.be/NjQ4L-d9rSw. When you do, you might discover some great places to fish and you’ll also learn of some of Nate’s discoveries. Pretty cool and heartening that Nate has found some new brook trout streams. Read More
SWTU Virtually Delivers It’s Beginner Fly Tying Class
Last Updated: February 15, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
By Henry Nehls-Lowe
Winter fly tying classes became a chapter mainstay shortly after SWTU was founded in 1969. This year fly tying instructors are being creative and gaming up their technology and Zoom skills to provide a virtual, 8-week Beginner Fly Tying Course. The free online class successfully kicked off on Tuesday, February 9, with 20 eager students engaged in a socially fun 2-hours while tying Woolly Buggers.
Before the evening ended, they were already looking forward to next week’s class. Each student received, at no cost, materials for tying 14 different flies, with a finished example of each fly, and the SWTU Beginner’s Fly Tying Course booklet. Read More
Henryville Special
Last Updated: February 14, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
by Rusty Dunn
Ask historically minded fly anglers where the methods and traditions of fly fishing in America originated, and most will probably reply the Catskill Mountains of New York state. The Catskills were the cradle of American fly angling, but an often overlooked area of eastern Pennsylvania would rightfully be called the birthplace. Before the Catskills were famous for trout, leading American fly anglers fished the streams of eastern Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains near the village of Henryville. Theodore Gordon, the Catskill angling legend, was but a babe-in-arms when Henryville’s Brodhead Creek and its tributaries were the place to be for American trout fishing. Limestone spring creeks of “The Brodheads” held abundant native brook trout and attracted large numbers of eastern fly anglers in the mid-19th century. Henryville was then the center of high profile fly fishing in America. Read More
Posted: February 14, 2021 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Youth Fishing Camp
August 19 – 22, 2021
Wisconsin Trout Unlimited will be holding their annual Youth Fishing Camp, Thursday, August 19 to Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Pine Lake Bible Camp in Waupaca, WI. Youth must be 12 – 16 years old. The purpose of the camp is to provide the student with an introductory education of as many things possible related to trout fishing, sportsmanship, and conservation issue. Read More
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