July 2026

Meeting will be held on July 27th at 6:00 PM at the Kro Bar in Brule.

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…

Oak wilt was first found in 2018 and is most commonly spread along road rights-of-way. It can often be prevented and controlled if NO damage (cutting, pruning, mowing) is done to an oak tree from April 15th through July 15th. For more information, click on Oak Wilt or watch this video Oak Wilt Video. You can also…

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…

The Prime Mouradian Dean Wellman, BRSC Financial Secretary – Brule, WI This fly was invented by Mike Mouradian of Ann Arbor, Michigan.  I first saw Mike’s video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcRrse5ENRc) last June.  It caught my eye because he described his fly as, “The only fly you need, but can’t buy.” Mike is a past president of the…

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.…