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November 2016Central Wisconsin Trout UnlimitedConserving, Protecting and Restoring Coldwater Fisheries
2002 Wisconsin Trout StampBy Bill Millonig
UPCOMING EVENTS
CWTU BOARD MEETINGDECEMBER 13, 7:30 PM FIN N’ FEATHER, WINNECONNEIra Giese long time chapter member and facilitator of the Master Tiers program, will present a program about “Fishing Alaska’s Silver Salmon”. Ira has traveled much of the world in pursuit of his passion of fly fishing. As a fly tier and long time outdoor enthusiast his program promises to be entertaining and informative.
CWTU BOARD MEETINGJANUARY 10, 7:30 PMBob Haase will facilitate another “Night Of?” program with the help of Tom Lager from the Fox Valley Chapter of TU and Charlie Piette from Tight Lines Fly Shop in DePere.
TROUT FESTFEBRUARY 25FIN N’ FEATHER, WINNECONNEThere will be mini seminars, vendors, fly tying demonstrations, DNR staff representatives, and environmental displays. More information will be posted when it becomes available. Mark your calendar for this as it is a great event and it is probably the only FREE event like this in Wisconsin.
Riffles, Runs and PoolsBy President Mike SanDretto
Everything came together for a very enjoyable evening at the CWTU banquet October 15th. Shawn Sullivan was a great Masters of Ceremony and we all learned from his presentation on stream restoration. Youth attendance was up and thanks to the wise planning of Russ and Sue Bouck they all won something. The Best Western Oshkosh Premier Ballroom was a warm and welcoming location. Jerry Strom’s piano music during the cocktail hour put everyone in a mood ready to celebrate the chapter’s accomplishments and future work. Oh, and by the way it was a successful banquet raising money for our programs and stream work. Thank you to all who came or donated. Thank you to the Banquet Committee and all who helped.
David Pable has put together a course for people who want to learn fly tying. It’s designed to get you started with a firm hold on basic techniques. If you have never tried flying tying and you want to learn or have tried but find it hard to progress on your own, this
is the course for you. Classes will be at the Fin N’ Feather in Winneconne 6:30–9:00 PM Mondays in January (1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30). Cost is $25. For all the details and to register call David Pable 920-233-2939.
Thank you to Bob Haase, Jerry Smet and Rand Vander Schaff who donated the remaining funds of the Winnebago Streamers to our chapter for youth education and programs. We now have money to make our youth programs grow. If you have ideas or want to get involved in helping the next generation taking care of our streams, contact Bob Haase CWTU Youth Coordinator [email protected] .
Our next meeting and program is Tuesday December 13th. The program is one you will not want to miss. Our own Ira Giese presents Fishing Alaska’s Silver Salmon. Business Meeting starts at 6:15 PM. The program is at 7:30 PM. Come early and have dinner, all at the Fin N’ Feather in Winneconne.
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You Can’t Find This on Your DeviceBy Wayne Parmley
Wisconsin’s 3rd annual Youth Trout Fishing Camp was held in July on Pike Lake. We had our largest group of campers to date, 20 great boys and girls from around the state. They showed up excited and left with big smiles on their faces, not to mention an armload of prizes. CWTU sponsored 2 students this year, Silas Schmudlach and Grant Ries. I overheard Grant on the last day say something to the effect of, “This was great!”
Big thank you goes out to Bob Haase and Linn Beck for having the vision over three years ago and doing all the planning for this camp to keep the momentum strong. Also want to thank all the great
volunteers and presenters, both local and from all corners of the state. Without all these wonderful people giving up one to four days of their summer, it would have not has been as successful as it has been last three years. Almost half of the volunteers this year were new to helping with this camp and it was awesome to have so many new faces.
Once again the camp covered the whole spectrum of trout fishing including the requirements of the environment trout live in. Most of topics we discussed were aquatic life, stream habitat, spin fishing, live bait, fly fishing, casting, fly tying, spinner making, gear, safety, and stream
improvement. Hand’s on experience is the best teacher, so we fished for panfish and bass on the lake and also spent an evening on a local trout streams.
We are already looking ahead to next years’ summer camp by building on what we have in place and adding a range of improvements based on all the great feedback we received. For more information to get involved, please contact Linn Beck or myself. If you know of a boy or girl interested in fishing and attending the camp next year, please let us know.
[email protected] or 920-540-2315
Photo by Matt Stary
Photo by Matt Stary
Pictured Silas Schmudlach Photo by Heidi Oberstadt
Pictured Grant Ries Photo by Heidi Oberstadt
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A haze of fog covers the land limiting my sight to 50 yards. I take a deep breath and I smell the rotting leaves of Fall. Water is rushing over a gravel bar and I am chilled
because the air is damp with the sun starting to rise. This is not fishing, but my cup overflows with excitement and joy. Yes most of the colors are gone from the maples and aspen that give us the vibrant reds, oranges and yellows. The maroon Oak savanna ridges and all the springs and feeder creeks expose themselves with dead foliage. Even better the tamaracks stick out like sore thumbs, the Browns are spawning and whitetails are chasing!
Aldo Leopold called the Tamarack smoky gold, which I use quite often. A beautiful yellow, which will soon disappear on a blustery late fall afternoon. It is a strange phenomenon to have an evergreen lose its leaves, rarely discussed, but I keep a mental note of where they are when I am driving through Waushara County or fishing so I can come see them at this very moment.
When I look at the water there I notice a very large trout in a creek I could jump over. Reproduction has driven the trout to exposure. This is rare instance you can actually see these large fish in our watersheds. I take a couple steps back and sit down hoping to see a dance with his mate but after 15 minutes I realize it is may have happened or is going to happen tomorrow?
When I leave the woods a doe runs past me. Maybe, I kicked her up… Seconds later I see a small buck just to the side of her trail she was running. It wasn’t me, which makes this my favorite time of the year. If you missed it, I will see you out there next year.
Sleepless in Sand CountyBY JEFF WEGAND
CWTU Board of Directors Minutes 11/08/16President Mike San Dretto commenced the meeting at 6:15 p.m.Questions / comments, email Mike at [email protected].
Minutes Meeting for Septmeber 13th 2016 Board Meeting was approved with a note to add membership committee report was given at the September 13th meeting.
Treasurer Report – Joe Peikert gave the treasurer’s report and it was approved. Prior meetings discussed topic of check signing. Double signing of all checks is logistically difficult as check signers have to make appointments and travel to get checks signed. We also now have an independent reviewer of the account. A motion by Joe to have only checks above $1000 and above signed by two people. This was seconded and approved.
Chapter Insurance – Mike Sandretto sent researched insurance information by email and had it available during board meeting. Historically we are insured by Secura but we are also covered by TU national insurance. Board was unsure of aggregate amount covered Nationwide. We have a good relationship with Secura agent who is a local contact. Contract is due in November and payment per year is $811. A motion to continue to use Secura was discussed and passed.
Workday Report – Dennis Drazkowski will discuss at December meeting.
River Keepers Update – Bob Jozwowski. November 14th will be annual wrap up meeting. Ilana Haimes will discussing the data base. Jack Talin will be honored by being named “River Keeper of the Year”.
Master Fly Tying and Fly Tying Instruction – David Pable. Masters class is full. Fly Tying “A Life Experience” is a 4 week class on basics. Classes are held upstairs at Fin and Feather on Monday nights starting on January 9th. There is a minimal charge of $25 for the class. Contact Dave at (920) 233-2939 or [email protected] to register or for more info.
Winnebago Streamers – Mike Sandretto. They were a small group in Fond u Lac representing Fly Fishing Federation. Group is closing door and has donated $587 as seed money for CWTU youth programs. Thanks to Bob Haase, Rand Vander Schaff and Jerry Smet.
Old Business – Bob Hunt memorial for Lawrence Creek proposal in the NRB is getting pushed out until January’s agenda. More than likely a small section where Bob started his work will be named after him.
New Business – Linn Beck discussed repealing laws which prohibit public access across railroad right of ways. A petition was passed around to sign.
Wayne Parmley brought up if anyone needs to use our new display that was used at banquet they should call him.
Mike Sandretto brought up State Banquet is looking for $500 donation from each chapter. There was a motion for board to support an in kind donation and motion was approved.
Motion to Adjourn.
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