May 19th - Driftless Area Pig Roast and Fly Fishing Tour

The Driftless Area TU Spring Pig Roast and Fly Fishing Film Tour hosted by Coulee Region TU will soon be here and the weather forecast is glorious! There is still plenty of time to plan to attend with your family, chapter, and friends. This will be a very fun, family friendly event that we hope will be enjoyed by many TU members. This is an open event and you are encouraged to bring your family and friends. Enjoy a relaxing late afternoon and evening with other chapter members, their families, spouses, along with TU members from other chapters, DNR staff, and anyone interested in conservation in our Beautiful Driftless Area.

The event will be held at the Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center in Coon Valley on May 19th. www.norskedalen.org If you are interested in a free, guided tour of Norskedalen please arrive by 3:15 pm as the tour will start promptly at 3:30 pm. We will have presentations by the WI DNR, casting lessons, fishing hints and suggestions from the local guides, and general fellowship later in the afternoon. The stream shocking and entomology presentation will be very kid friendly and interactive. We will have nets for the kids to collect bugs and explore the stream. Please bring shoes that can get wet for the kids! Children will be able to able to play in Barnehuset! (Norwegian for 'Children's House') after the guided tour. At 5:30 pm we will have a social hour along with continuing presentations. At 6:30 pm we will start the Pig Roast which will include delicious Amish pies and pastries. After the Pig Roast we will have additional informative programs about stream restoration work in the Driftless Area while we relax. At dusk we will start showing the full Fly Fishing Film Tour. This is a Rain or Shine event as we will be taking advantage of the large Shelter House at Norskedalen.

We hope to see you Saturday, May 19th. Some good news! Coulee Region TU has decided that kids 13 and under will eat and attend free! Tickets for adults for both the Pig Roast and Film Tour are $25.00 and maybe purchased at the Driftless Angler,www.driftlessangler.com in Viroqua and are available at the door. Tickets for just the Pig Roast are $15.00 and tickets for just the Film Tour are $16.50 and are available at the door.

We hope to see you May 19th at Norskedalen. Please pass this invitation on to anyone that you think might be interested in attending.

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