Club Meetings and Activities

2024-2025 Meeting Schedule

Wisconsin Smallmouth Alliance and the Badger Fly Fishers have resumed monthly meetings.  The Thirsty Goat restaurant, 3040 Cahill Main, Fitchburg, will be our monthly meeting site.  The Thirsty Goat offers a quiet room which will seat 50 people, excellent and affordable food, and a small bar in the room serving multiple refreshments.  Meetings for both the WSA and BFF will begin with a social hour/dinner starting at 5:30pm and the general meeting starting at 6:30pm.  Currently, we will be able to order off the menu and, as long as enough meals are ordered at each meeting, we will be able to continue this practice indefinitely.  The alternative will be a buffet-style set up with fewer choices.  Therefore, we encourage members to join us for dinner if it will work into your schedule.  WSA and BFF meetings will occur on the first Wednesday of the month as listed below.  Please note that the WSA and BFF meetings will alternate each month.  We look forward to seeing you at our new home.

The following are the dates for our bimonthly meetings:

September 4—BFF   Don Wolf on fishing the Nipigon and surrounding area for northern pike and brook trout. See the News section for more info

October 2—WSA    Madison area guide Noah Humfeld,  FALL SMALLMOUTH TACTICS ON THE MADISON CHAIN WITH GUIDE NOAH HUMFELD

November 6—BFF  Carol Murphy and Ted Swenson will be presenting on the Harry and Laura Nohr TU Local Stream Rehabilitation

December  4—WSA   Hunter Dorn,  topic TBD

Check back for updates!

We look forward to seeing you soon.

October 2nd – Noah Humfeld

Noah smiles and holds a large fish.

FALL SMALLMOUTH TACTICS ON THE MADISON CHAIN WITH GUIDE NOAH HUMFELD

The October 2nd meeting features USCG Captain Noah Humfeld who grew up fishing on the Madison Chain, progressed to tournament fishing, and then made the natural transfer to guiding.  Those who have fished with Noah know that he puts anglers on fish while providing education along the way.  Fall is a great time to be on the water during the heavy feeding season for SMB.  See his full bio at MadisonAngling.com  or in the News link on this website