SWTU, P.O. Box 45555, Madison, WI 53744-5555 president@swtu.org

To Serve Youth

Join our chapter gathering on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Please join us for a fun, informative and extraordinary meeting on Oct. 13, at Schwoegler’s on Grand Canyon Drive. PLEASE NOTE: THE MEETING WILL START AT 6:30 because we… Read More

Help Inspire the Trout Enthusiasts of Tomorrow

Tuesday, October 13, at Token Creek The Sun Prairie East High School Conservation Class will release their Trout In the Classroom trout in Token Creek on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Joshua Capodarco, their teacher, and his students have now… Read More

New and Old at Gordon Creek

By Topf Wells SWTU provided Gordon Creek and the DNR’s Justin Haglund and Lloyd Meng with 16 volunteers on our first work day of the fall on the easement downstream of Brue Road. The issues today were access… Read More

Join us! SWTU Workday on the Upper Yahara River, DeForest

Yahara DeForest Workday

Saturday, October 10, 2026 By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair The DNR has determined that the trout population in the Upper Yahara River, as it flows through DeForest, is healthy enough to be classified as a trout stream. With… Read More

Fall Fishing – Trouty Tips and Tricks

A casual, fishing focused chapter gathering on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Several chapter members are stepping up to share some tips to help you close out the 2026 trout season strong. From streams to flies to knots and… Read More

Full Circles – Workday Report (Tuesday, June 9, 2026)

SWTU Stihl Workday

By Topf Wells SWTU showed up, Stihl showed up, Dane County showed up, TUDARE showed up, the WI Chapter of BHA showed up. All to improve the Sugar River at the County’s newest, 640 acre property on the… Read More

2026 SWTU Fall Workdays

Yahara DeForest Workday

Jim Hess, Conservation Chair All are Saturdays from 9am to 12 noon and aimed to avoid UW home football games, the 9-day deer gun season, Thanksgiving weekend, and back-to-back workdays: Sept 26 – Gordon Creek – This will… Read More

Protect Our Lands

By Topf Wells National TU has asked all its members for our immediate help in protecting our national forests. Please use this link for thorough explanations of the issue and ways to contact the federal elected officials and… Read More

We May Hold an Event in August

Are you interested in a get together in August 2026? Let us know! How about a casting clinic followed by a picnic on August 22? Probably in a park on Black Earth Creek. Before we set this up,… Read More

Attending the National TU Conference

Is a good idea and we should have some SWTU representatives there. It runs 9/23-27 in Minneapolis. It offers the chance to meet new TU friends, learn about national TU, attend seminars (what could be more fun), pick… Read More