August 2026

Meeting will be held on August 24th at 6:00 PM at the Kro Bar in Brule. The drawing for the scholarship raffle will be held at the meeting!

When:  August 8 at 9 AM. Where:  Brule River Fish Hatchery. This project will involve cutting streamside alder along a section of the Little Brule River immediately downstream of the Hatchery to help maintain and restore trout habitat. Extensive alder growth attracts beavers that build dams and block trout and salmon from reaching a critical…

EZ Beetle Dean Wellman, BRSC Financial Secretary – Brule, WI Here’s a “guide’s choice” fly that is fast and easy to tie.  Foam flies are fun to fish as their buoyancy makes surface fishing simple.  Apple’s Siri says that there are over 400,000 different beetle species in the world.  So, this is great fly to…

2026 College Scholarship Recipient This year’s Brule River Sportsmen’s Club College Scholarship recipient is Wyatt Hiltner, a student at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Wyatt recently graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth with a degree in Biology, and is pursuing his Master’s degree in Water Resource Sciences starting this autumn at UMD. To read more about…

Only 250 tickets and they’ll go fast! Once again, we’ve been fortunate to have 3 great items donated to support our raffle.  Winners will select their prizes in the order their tickets are drawn.  Proceeds will be used to help maintain our scholarship funds (click on The Scholarships for information).  Thanks to all who have…

There are a few invasive species present along or in the Brule River that need monitoring, but one of the most troubling potential invaders is the New Zealand mudsnail (click on Mudsnails to learn more).  In 2013, mudsnails were discovered for the first time in inland Wisconsin waters in Black Earth Creek, a popular trout…

Trout Unlimited has put together a 5-minutes video on cleaning your fishing gear. It might just save your the Brule or your favorite river. Cleaning our gear can minimize the risk of spreading invasive species to different bodies of water as we fish. To read about the background of the video, click on Cleaning gear.…