September 2026

Meeting will be held on September 22nd at 6:00 PM at the Kro Bar in Brule.

The aging and perched culvert under Wisconsin State Highway 27 is being replaced. The replacement will allow greater fish passage and also result in a crossing that will allow natural stream flows and mitigate the risk of flood damage. The Wisconsin DOT is also bringing federal highways funding from a PROTECT(opens in new tab) program…

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…

EZ Mouse Dean Wellman, BRSC Financial Secretary – Brule, WI John and Sarah Rodgers ran the first fly shop in Brule out of their old farm house near the Brule River Classic cabins on Hwy 27.  John told me about mouse fishing sometime after my Dad bought me my first Fenwick fly rod for my…

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.…