Paul presented to the club on this topic in May 2023. His presentation is available here.
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Latest MAS Meeting – 6 May 2023
Much here in regards Snowy 2.0 trout growout facility developments, RFFTEC/Snowy Hydro funded road repairs and more.
May 2023 Burley Line (Newsletter Issue 190)
Folks, I’ve been away so this issue is a little smaller than normal, but our membership has made up for it in quality with an excellent report on the club trip to the Goodradigbee. Many thanks to Greg for organising the trip and for assembling this interesting report.
I’ll add some images from my recent trip to NZ – just some ‘grip and grin’ to whet your appetite for visiting in the future. In respect to NZ, NSWCFA has taken action in respect to some proposed changes to non-resident angling – see the section below on our “News” blog.
We had some very sad news with the death of long term member Shaun. Last month’s fly tying was in some respects a commemoration of his contribution to the club’s activities. We’ll miss him also as an active Administrator for our Facebook page. Our thoughts go out to his family.
As always, any and all submissions from members for future newsletters will be appreciated anytime.
New Zealand Fish and Game Proposed Changes to Access to Certain Waters
NSWCFA has written to a number of Australian and New Zealand Ministers expressing concerns. In particular that the move may contravene an Australian/New Zealand agreement for Closer Economic Relations.
RFA of NSW Newsletter May 2023
Latest edition available here. Much was previously published in NSWCFA May newsletter but these were not:
- Sydney Water fined for 2021 Parramatta River fish kill
- Research into alternative crab trap designs – looking for recreational fishers who are able to do a survey over the phone, or via email.
- Rec fishing in NSW needs independent managers – John Newbery’s article ‘Environment: Here we go again…’ in Fishing World makes interesting reading. Argues DPI prioritises commercial interests over recreational.
- Bass and estuary perch closure
- Fuel cards for fish stocking groups
NSWCFA May 2023 Newsletter
May edition is available here. Key points:
- Labor confirms that it won’t raise the Warragamba Dam wall – will mean substantial threatened environmental impacts upstream will not occur
- NSWCFA Interclub Meet 2023 Report
- Tara Moriarty announced as new Minister responsible for Fisheries
- Snowy Hydro and contractor fined $30,000 after two incidents in Kosciuszko National Park – near Tantangara
- EPA now looking into Menindee fish kill as pollution incident
- Invasive parasite found in native fish
Flytying 26 April 2023 – “Gambugger”
From Claude:
You may have recently heard about the passing of Shaun Gambrill. Shaun was a super keen fly fisherman and has always been keen to share his knowledge with all – starters to experienced folk – from the casting days to presenting to the club on loch style techniques. One of my earliest memories of Shaun was on a trip to Bondi Forest for some early season fishing. Part of the activity included fly tying where Shaun introduced us to the ‘Gambugger’…which is a Woolly Bugger with Shaun’s secret sauce body dubbing. Not only did he share the tie with us, but he also caught a swag of fish on it.
I will be leading the tie of the Gambugger on Wednesday evening. Please come along to have a chat or do the tying – whether you knew Shaun or not.
If you are interested in participating let me know and we will explore how we can share around enough ‘secret sauce’ to allow you to tie two buggers. The ingredients you will need to get are:
- Bugger wet fly hook – #14 to 10 (can be any wet fly or jig hook)
- Bead – 2-3.5, or no bead at all
- Marabou – black or olive
- Secret sauce – can be sourced from Claude (substitute – rubber leggy dubbing)
- Thread to suit your colour – or just black 6/0 to 8/0
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April 2023 Burley Line (Newsletter Issue 189)
Quite a diversity this month:
- Claude and BJ have snuck across the ditch and provided some nice images.
- The next report from our US contributor, Jason M. His first outing with his new fishing friends – chasing brook trout in suburban water.
- Stefan provides a report, along with official results, of the NSWCFA Interclub Comp. Perhaps we’ll entice more people to go to the next one.
- An update to an older entry in our fly tying blog.
- Advice on further CAA merchandise.
- Recent local capture by Peter.
- Someone we know has also been in New Zealand.
- Finally, some reels for sale.
As always, any and all submissions from members for future newsletters will be appreciated anytime.
Road Repairs at Rushy Bay
Our colleagues at the Monaro Acclimatisation Society have been successful in seeking a grant to repair road damage near Snowy Lakes. More here including photos.
RFANSW Mar 2023 Newsletter
Available here. Key points:
- Political parties’ policies before NSW state elections
- Ministerial Fisheries Advisory Council members announced… Canberra local Mark Bulley appointed
- Recreational Fishing NSW Advisory Council announced… CAA Member Bill Blair appointed