Welcome to Kiap-TU-Wish

Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Making western Wisconsin’s coldwater streams
cleaner, healthier, and more fishable.

Conserve.

Kiap-TU-Wish advocates conserving Wisconsin’s habitat
for wild trout, such as brook and brown trout.

Protect.

We advocate for policies and programs that enhance
populations of Wisconsin’s wild brook and brown trout.

Restore.

Kiap-TU-Wish uses a number of different approaches
to improve stream flows and trout habitat.

Volunteer.

Being a Kiap-TU-Wish chapter member is
much more than just paying your annual dues.

Want to Join the Kiap-TU-Wish Chapter of Trout Unlimited?

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The Drift – Mar 2025

The Drift – Mar 2025

The DriftAs spring approaches, I hope all of you fly tyers and fly buyers have filled your fly boxes with your confidence patterns and maybe some unfamiliar ones as well that perhaps popped up during a cold winter night when you decided to...

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Stream Highlight: Isabelle Creek

Stream Highlight: Isabelle Creek

by Kasey YallalyThe Baldwin area DNR fisheries crew completed a watershed survey of the Isabelle Creek watershed in 2023. Watershed surveys are basically a comprehensive look at the fishery within the entire watershed and valuable information can...

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Stream Girls 2025

Stream Girls 2025

The Chapter is again holding a STREAM Girls event on May 17th for girls in grades 6-8. This is a day of fun on the Rush River in Ellsworth, WI at the beautiful Ellsworth Rod & Gun Club grounds. Students will learn about cold water ecology, how...

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Another Leader

Another Leader

Another LeaderBy Mike AlwinThere are billions and billions of trout fly patterns out there. You can walk into any fly shop on this continent and buy an Adams. And if you look long enough, you’ll probably find a pattern you’ve never heard of and...

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Goddard Caddis

Goddard Caddis

Tying and Fishing the Goddard Caddisby Jonathan Jacobs Until recently I had not much employed the dry/dropper technique. Rigging these setups is challenging and fishing them effectively is a skill I’ve been slow to develop.  There are so many...

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A Band Aid Approach

A Band Aid Approach

 By Jonathan Jacobs The paragraph below, with light editing, accompanied the photos in a post I made on social media.  Judging by the reactions it generated there, folks found it interesting.  The editor of RipRap thought its readers might enjoy it...

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Trout In The Classroom 2025

Trout In The Classroom 2025

Trout in the Classroom 2025 Kiap-TU-Wish is excited to support five Trout-in-the-Classroom programs this year: Malone Elementary and Intermediate School in Prescott, Ellsworth Elementary, St.Francis School in Ellsworth, Rocky Branch and Greenwood...

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Shakey Beeley

Shakey Beeley

Shakey Beeleyby Ken HansonThe Shakey Beeley was named after a Yellowstone National Park ranger that was known to fish the Madison in the park. A detailed story of this pattern can be found in “Fly Patterns of Yellowstone volume two” by Craig...

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To protect, reconnect, and restore the coldwater fisheries and their watersheds in Polk, Pierce, and St. Croix Counties of Wisconsin and to insure access to fishable coldwater streams.

The Kiap-TU-Wish Chapter, Trout Unlimited welcomes you. We work tirelessly to conserve coldwater fisheries. Our members avidly fish western Wisconsin’s bountiful lakes, streams, and rivers. We work with communities to protect what we cherish. 

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