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

Stream Team Workdays — Upcoming and past

Our next workday will be Saturday, May 12 at Fryes Feeder in Donald Park, north of Mt Vernon on Hwy 92. Here is a map to this location. We will begin at 9 and be removing willows. The usual gear … gloves, good boots, etc. are needed. Please join us!!

It’s been a busy month of making a difference for our streams! Below are photos and reports of plantings, brushings, burnings and more. See some great photos.  Read More

New Members – May 2018

Welcome New Members

We’re pleased to announce the addition of the following new members to our ranks! Read More

Slate set for Chapter Elections 

The Nominating Committee has completed the list of candidates for the election to be held at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 7 pm. The nominees are:  Read More

Administering our Endowment Fund

The Board of Directors has approved the appointment of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to administer the SWTU Endowment Fund. This is a positive change and more will be shared on it at a later date.

Learn more about Nohr

Our Tuesday, May 8 Chapter Meeting
Join us May 8 to hear Tim Fraley, President of the Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited, present on some recent Nohr Chapter activities and habitat projects.  Read More

Stream Workday — Saturday April 21, 2018

Join us April 21 along Smith-Conley Creek  as we work to make improvements i the Phillips Easement. No prior experience needed and you may well learn about some nice stretches of water in which to drift a fly. Read More

Newscasts – April 2018

This issue has lots of great information, including:

Green Tail

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young”

by Rusty Dunn

It is a glorious late April day in England in the early 1800s.  Daffodils trumpet spring’s arrival, and song­birds sing in harmony.  ‘Tis Shakespeare’s proverbial sweet o’ the yearRead More

Wisconsin Conservation Congress Fish and Game Hearings, April 9

Each spring, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Fish and Game Hearings are held in all counties of the state. This year the hearings are being held on April 9, 2018, at 7 PM.  Please take part! Read More

Free Casting Clinic on April 28

We are once again holding our Riversmith Fly Casting Clinic (named after Jeff Smith, who was the driving force behind it for many years). The clinic is free and available to anyone interested in learning how to cast a fly. Read More