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blog BY mikek.trout ON May 19 - 0 COMMENTS
JFC Budget does NOT include a Trout Stamp Increase
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Dear Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Supporter,   We are deeply dissappointed in the move by our Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) to leave a proposed trout stamp increase out of the state budget. The Committee postponed the start of their meeting by 8 hours on Thursday, in order to craft a [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON April 27 - 0 COMMENTS
It’s Time for Us to Make the Investment in Our Trout Fishing Future
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It’s Time for Us to Make the Investment in Our Trout Fishing Future   It’s time for a change. The weather’s changing, a new batch of young of the year trout are acclimating to their surroundings, and we’re coming out of our winter doldrums.   About the only thing that hasn’t changed in quite a [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON April 27 - 0 COMMENTS
Chairs Column - April 2023 WisTrout
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Two amorous teenage brook trout were swimming downstream in search of adventure when they crossed current with an old brown trout. The sage elder asks “where are you kids headed? There’s some dangerous water downstream, you know.” To that, the young trout responded in unison “what’s water?”   [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON April 27 - 0 COMMENTS
The River of Sand
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The River of Sand By Tom Meyer   One day in the summer of 1950 two men named George had a chance meeting near Burton’s Landing Bridge on the Au Sable River in Michigan. Both men were there fly fishing for trout and they shared concerns about problems with the river which they loved.   Au Sable is a [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON March 15 - 0 COMMENTS
It's Time to Raise the Inland Trout Stamp
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TAKE ACTION NOW - It's easy.   It’s Time to Increase the Wisconsin Inland Trout Stamp!       As Wisconsin anglers and conservationists, we recognize the importance of financially supporting trout stream habitat and management through the purchase of the Wisconsin Inland Trout Stamp every [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON October 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Chairs Column - The Front Door is Open
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By Scott Allen, WITU Council Chair   “Fishing is the front door to TU,” said CEO Chris Wood in his “State of TU” at the CX3 Portland, Maine event in July. I couldn’t agree more. For most of us it is fishing that landed us at the doorstep of TU, what lay across the threshold few of us held any [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON October 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Youth Camp Returns
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by Linn Beck, WITU National Leadership Council Representative   What a wonderful feeling to be able to get back on track with the Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Youth Fishing Camp. After a two-year hiatus, we were back in full swing. Everything went great, just like we were never away.   We went into [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON October 26 - 0 COMMENTS
Growing Veterans On The Fly for Tomorrow's Betterment
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By Matthew Cade, Co-Chair WITU Service Partnership We are now on the other side of the pandemic that hampered so many gatherings and functions and prevented the socialization that is needed by so many.  The Service Partnership and Veterans on the Fly (VOTF) stood vigilant during the height of the [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON July 14 - 0 COMMENTS
2022 Upper Midwest 5 Rivers Club Meetup Recap
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By Linnea Turner   Fly fishing is like kayaking. Most people know of it, maybe even have done it, but do not actually know how the equipment works or how technical it can be. Both activities can be extremely simple, but there is a variety of skills and knowledge that go along with each. Fly fishing [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY mikek.trout ON July 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Kinni Dam Removal Update
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“One year from now, that dam will be out and the sediment will have been landscaped,” River Falls City Utilities Manager Kevin Westhuis told a Kinni Planning team in late May. That prediction was based on the news that a $1-million DNR Municipal Dam Grant had been awarded to the city to take out [ READ MORE... ]
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