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blog BY mikek.trout ON March 21 - 0 COMMENTS
It's Time to Adjust the Inland Trout Stamp Posted in
Spring is in the air, and it feels like it’s time for a change. Break out the new gear and restock the tackle box, the weather is warming, and the trout season is upon us! Will you be checking out some new trout streams this year? Getting out on the water with a new fishing friend? We hope so.
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blog BY mikek.trout ON March 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Goodbyes are Easy, Endings Hurt Posted in
I’m not certain I’ve ever experienced a happy ending. My first and best fishing partner would be my grandfather. From him I learned more than a hook set, but how to say goodbye, my mournful child face buried in his seersucker, when leaving that Minnesota lake assured “it will be here next year.” [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON March 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Outgoing NLC Rep Linn Beck says Thank You Posted in
I want to thank WITU and our members for giving me the opportunity to serve as your TU National Leadership Council (NLC) representative for the past six years. It was a phenomenal experience meeting all the TU staffers and having a chance to see the hard work they put into their jobs. I would never [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON July 3 - 0 COMMENTS
New Partnership for WI TU Veterans Programs Posted in
Veterans on the Fly teams up with the Medical College of Wisconsin’s BRAVE Program to introduce fly fishing to veterans.
Veterans on the Fly is currently working with the BRAVE Program out of Milwaukee . BRAVE is a traumatic brain injury recovery program specifically designed for military [ READ MORE... ]
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Photo: Adult male coaster brook trout. Credit: Katie Steiger-Meister USFWS
Donate Here to contribute to coaster research and restoration efforts.
On the Lake Superior coast, a coalition of partners facilitated by TU are coming together to breathe new life into the study and recovery of native [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON July 3 - 0 COMMENTS
Elegy for Opening Day
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by Council Chair Scott Allen
That first weekend of May of that first year of college should have been two days of study for my final exams. How often we find ourselves at a crossroad where the chosen path harbors a destination entirely at odds with the journey; food, romance and retail bling do [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON April 15 - 0 COMMENTS
Conservation Canines
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Training efforts continue for conservation canines
By Ellen Voss, Climate Resilience Director
River Alliance of Wisconsin
Since 2020, efforts have been underway to train the finder/keeper teams at Conservation Dogs Collective, Inc. to [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON April 15 - 0 COMMENTS
The Value of Impermanence
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Even those of us who slept through philosophy (yo!) may remember the words attributed to the Greek philosopher and avid sport fisher Heraclitus, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. There is nothing permanent except change.” I don’t care [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON April 15 - 0 COMMENTS
Mending The Mind
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Mending the mind
Time on a stream puts life’s struggles into perspective.
By Tom Meyer
One cold evening in February a group of six of my fishing friends met at my house near Wild Rose to make plans for the upcoming season’s fishing trips. Four of us are going [ READ MORE... ]
blog BY mikek.trout ON February 28 - 0 COMMENTS
Updated decontamination guidance for New Zealand mudsnails
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By Ellen Voss, Climate Resilience Director for the River Alliance of Wisconsin
Loyal readers of Wisconsin Trout know about the threat New Zealand mudsnails (NZMS) pose to Wisconsin’s trout streams. Since they first appeared in our state waters back in 2011, NZMS have continued their slow crawl to [ READ MORE... ]