Welcome
Welcome to the Badger Fly Fishers website. Please join us in the joy that is fly fishing.
Who we are
The Badger Fly Fishers was founded in 1988 as a non-profit, conservation organization based in southern Wisconsin.
What we do
Fly fishers dedicated to help protect, preserve and improve Wisconsin’s outstanding fisheries.
Spring Opener
Our annual celebration of fly fishing is held on the second Saturday of February. For 2020, we invite you to join us on February 8th when Bob Clouser will be our featured speaker.
January 27th Meeting – Rich Osthoff on “Fly Fishing Skills and Strategies for the Driftless Region”
For nearly twenty years Rich Osthoff has guided fly fishers for trout on his home waters, the Driftless Region of Western Wisconsin. His trips take fly fishers on dozens of streams both north and south of the Wisconsin River, including the Viroqua area, Grant…
February 8th Spring Opener Fundraiser – Bob Clouser on “Bass, Both Species, Top to Bottom” and “Clouser’s Top Tips” and Much, Much More!
Bob Clouser is a long time high profile smallmouth bass fisherman and is the creator of the famed Clouser Minnow fly pattern. The Clouser Minnow is known world-wide and has caught more varieties of fish than any other fly. Bob has also developed numerous…
December 16th Meeting – Jim Lattis, Director of the UW Madison Space Place on “140 Years on the Frontiers: UW Madison’s Washburn Observatory”
Dr. Jim Lattis is director of the UW Madison Space Place, the outreach and public education center for the University’s Department of Astronomy, in which he is also a Faculty Associate. Jim teaches astronomy by many methods to a wide variety of audiences from…
