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MATS Map is Back!

(MATS = Madison Area Trout Streams)

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… Read More

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… Read More

Inside, Thinking of the New Season

By Topf Wells I’m looking forward to fishing again, although I’m not hardy enough to have been out yet. With much colder weather here, our activities might be limited to indoor preparation.  For those of us who tie flies,… Read More

Recommended Reading

By Henry Nehls-Lowe Check out this excellent post about Wisconsin’s Inland Waters Trout Stamp (IWTS) program from Jason Freund on his The Scientific Fly Angler forum.

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Amazon Smile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of… Read More

Orvis Great Giveback Days

Do some good, get some goodies Throughout September, when you donate $10 via the Orvis Great Giveback Days, you’ll get a $10 Orvis Savings Card valid on any full-priced, in-store, or online apparel purchase! Orvis is once again… Read More

See something? Say something.

You’re out on a stream see something that doesn’t look right. Maybe a feeder creek is throwing dark, cloudy water into the stream and, on top of that, there is a bad smell in the air. What do… Read More

Follow SWTU on Instagram

Events, fish pictures, stream news and even a cool reptile encounter … SWTU’s Instagram account is a great place for interesting news, facts and photos. Many thanks to Board member Pat Hasburgh for his great work maintaining the… Read More

Learning More About Some Trout Streams

Three great resources! By Topf Wells If you need to read a different sort of news these days, your local and hard-working DNR fish biologists might have something of interest.  Nate Nye, the biologist for Columbia and Sauk… Read More