October 2026

Meeting will be held on October 26th at 6:00 PM at the Kro Bar in Brule.

EZ Ed Tube Fly Dean Wellman, BRSC Financial Secretary – Brule, WI Ed Shenk of Pennsylvania first introduced his “White Minnow” streamer in 1962.  I started tying a modified version in the early 1980s for smallmouth bass.  Later, my Dad used it for steelhead.  It was our September 2020 Fly of the Month.  You just…

2 Hot Pink and Purple Series Dean Wellman, BRSC Financial Secretary – Brule, WI Last fall, I modified the Pink and Purple Dolly Lama that we featured as the October 2022 Fly of the Month.  I wanted a fly that held less water when cast than the Dolly Llama, so I used  the approach we…

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…

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.…