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Remembering an avid trout angler, teacher in Wisconsin’s Clarence Wilson

Fishing, National Fishing, Wisconsin /

Shortly after I moved to Eau Claire some 40 years ago to become the outdoor writer for the newspaper there, I took on the volunteer job of editing the newsletter of the local Trout Unlimited chapter. On the back page of every issue was “Will’s Corner,” a column usually describing a fly pattern that was good for local streams, or a story, often humorous, about a local fisherman. I wish I had saved more issues.
I soon met the author of those columns, Clarence “Willy” Wilson, at a chapter meeting.

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Memorial bench marks favorite fishing hole for longtime lover of Wisconsin’s Coon Fork Creek

Featured, Features, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

There is a pool on Coon Fork Creek, just downstream from Coon Fork County Park in eastern Eau Claire County, Wis. where the creek slows and deepens momentarily, bordered by sandstone bluffs.

It is a natural fishing hole, but also a scenic spot for hikers and skiers to pause while using the nearby Evergreen Trail. For decades the pool has been known as “Ori’s hole” to the Rongstad family, named for Orrin Rongstad, patriarch of the family.

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