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.
May 20th Meeting – “Decoding the Driftless” Movie Showing with Steve Born Answering Questions
Emmy Award-winning filmmakers George Howe and Tim Jacobson of Sustainable Driftless and Rob Nelson of Untamed Science have teamed up again to produce a one hour feature-length film on the amazing origins, diversity, and resources of the Driftless Region. The creative team also includes…
April 22nd Meeting – Phil Anderson on “Classic Trout Flies and Their History”
Phil Anderson is a recently retired professor of Genetics at the UW-Madison and an amateur historian of fly tying and fishing. He has lived in Madison for 37 years and among his weaknesses are trout of the Driftless and classic books on the history…
March 25th Meeting – Abe Downs on “Fly Fishing Costa Rica for Marlin”
Abe Downs is the owner of Great Northern Fly Fishing and an Orvis endorsed fly fishing guide on the Upper Wisconsin River fishing for smallmouth bass and musky. Abe started fly fishing for trout as most fly fishermen do but quickly realized trout are…
