April 2025

Meeting will be held on April 28th at 6:00 PM at the Kro Bar in Brule.

Paul’s Hairy Hellge Paul Gausman, BRSC member, – Somerset, WI The hellgrammite (dobsonfly larvae) is the Tyrannosaurus of the aquatic world.  It thrives in the cold clean waters of the Brule River.  I was inspired to tie this fly back in the 1980s when my friend, Dean Wellman, told me that his dad was catching…

As the new fishing season is here, it’s a good time to reflect on how we interact with other anglers and the landowners along the river. Click on, Etiquette  to read a thoughtful essay on the subject and on Responsible Angling for additional information.

The Club’s cleanup day will take place on April 26th (rain date May 10th). We will meet at 9 AM at the Brule pavilion for assignments. We are planning to provide lunch when the clean-up volunteers are finished at noon.

You might enjoy a video of steelheads spawning behavior in the Brule River. The video displays steelheads spawning behavior taken on the site of a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spawning habitat improvement project built in 1998. Click on Spawning Steelhead to view this video. Since construction, this spawning area has been used by brown…

Now that a new season is here, are you ready? The Club has useful angler maps for both the lower and upper river. We also have a booklet describing how to tie some flies that are favorites of some of the Club members. These are available through the Club Store, click on Club Store.  

The deadline to apply for Club’s scholarship is April 30th.  Click on Scholarship Information for BRSC Scholarship details.

Spring’s Wiggler Dean Wellman, BRSC Financial Secretary – Brule, WI I was first introduced to this fly in the mid 1970s when fishing the Betsy River in Michigan for spring-run steelhead.  The river was clear and a fisherman in a wheel chair was fishing below the barrier and hooking steelhead one after another.  The fly…

The proposed federal budget eliminates The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative which is intended to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface water in the world – the Great Lakes. For more information about the initiative, click on GLRI.