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 2019, we invite you to join us on February 9th when Pat Dorsey will be our featured speaker.
December 11th Meeting – Emily Buege (WDNR) on “Snapshot Wisconsin: Let’s Discover our Wildlife Together!”
Emily Buege is a Research Scientist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and a database manager and spatial analyst on the Snapshot Wisconsin project. She has a B.S. in Ecology and a M.S. in Geography with an emphasis in environment and natural…
November 26th Meeting – Don Wolf on “Fishing Lake Nipigon and the Lake Nipigon Region”
As we all know, Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are collectively known as the Great Lakes but these well-known bodies of water all originate from a lesser known source. Lake Nipigon and the Nipigon River in northwestern Ontario drain into Lake Superior making…
October 22nd Meeting – Lisie Kitchel (WDNR) on “Wisconsin’s Native Freshwater Mussels: A Unique Resource”
Lisie Kitchel is a Conservation Biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) working in the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation where she is an expert on Wisconsin’s native freshwater mussels. Lisie is trained as an Aquatic Ecologist with a BS in Ecosystems…
