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Webinar on 23 May – Assessing natural barriers to assist with environmental flow planning for Macquarie perch spawning migrations in the upper Murrumbidgee River

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Peter spotted this opportunity to listen on to what looks like an interesting webinar.

Saturday 21 May is World Fish Migration Day, which aims to create awareness about the importance of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers.

Within Australia’s great Murray-Darling Basin, native fish populations are currently estimated to be about 10% of pre-European settlement. One such species is the endangered Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica).

Join Bush Heritage Australia’s Lis McClellan as we showcase the work of an exciting project using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) remote sensing and drone surveys to assess natural barriers to assist with environmental flow planning for Macquarie perch spawning migrations in the upper Murrumbidgee River.

All the information and registration link is available here.

Webinar- Assessing natural barriers to assist with environmental flow planning for Macquarie perch spawning migrations in the upper Murrumbidgee River

NSWCFA May 2022 Newsletter

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May Newsletter has arrived. Key points not covered by forthcoming Burley Line:

  • Respected fish researcher Richard Tilsey has died.
  • Lake Lyell pumped hydro project plans – potential impact on recreational angling. Another Snowy Hydro 2.0?
  • World Recreational Fishing ConferenceWorld Recreational Fishing Conference, 19-23 Feb 2023, Melbourne
  • Trout Allocation Committee meeting

May 2022 Burley Line (Newsletter Issue 178)

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Well, the days are drawing in, some of the high water has eased a bit and it appears the fishing is excellent. Augurs well for the forthcoming club event up at Tumut being led by John. I hope to see lot of you up there and a fulsome report in due course.

Meanwhile, the April trip to the Goodradigbee is reported here, along with two articles from Tristan and JM – much appreciate the effort guys. Greg S has been spotting interesting snippets on the web and Owen, travelling this month, has some unusual photos to share.

Just a reminder folks, your contributions to the newsletter are encouraged. For the next issue could you get it to me before 25 May?

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Fly Tying 27 May 2022 – Sunfish fly

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Lyall was part of a Fly Fishers International Fly Tying Group member tying session where a Sunfish fly was tied …. not ever seen this fly pattern myself. Moreover Lyall said it was using coloured deerhair with a technique he’d never seen before.

We found the session was recorded and on YouTube

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April 2022 Burley Line (Newsletter Issue 177)

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Been an interesting start to the year, with more rain than we’ve seen in a while. So much so that Claude took the big step of cancelling the Tantangara trip – well, he thought he had whereas two of the club decided to go up anyway. Claude did reply to a message with photo of fish “I thought you’d go up :-)”. Report inside of a successful though short trip.

On the admin front, news about our affiliation with ANSA, along with what that actually means in respect to benefits which can accrue. We’ll see how this relationship evolves. Also from the committee, a call for trip and other activity organisers to step forward to identify themselves along with ideas for our program – get your thinking caps on folks.

I want to thank Tristan for words and photos here. He’s a relatively new member but is clearly getting well engaged in the club.

Plenty of fishing reports from far and wide inside (look at the photo of the month folks) and an informative TV report that folk will find interesting. A few of us were involved in stocking of fingerlings down on the lower Monaro – but a highlight was seeing some of the tiger trout that Gaden are breeding.

A strong level of interest in Greg W’s Goodradigbee trip has meant it was filled quite early, though a late withdrawal created a chance opportunity two weeks out. Anyway, we look forward to the report next issue.

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NSWCFA Apr 2022 Newsletter

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Alistair McBurnie

Has arrived. See it here. Top issues are:

  • Is Snowy Hydro 2.0 a white elephant? (Ed: I think a bit overstated that it will bring feral fish into Tantangara. There is certainly a justifiable fear).
  • Opera House yabby trap offences at Balranald
  • Sometimes good habitat is not enough – a report on native fish in the lowe Goodradigbee

The Flyfisher’s Podcast

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Our President is an avid podcast listener. He’s suggested that this series from The Flyfisher team is worthy of a look. According to their note “What we have in the pipeline is informative chats with some big-name characters that we can’t wait to air. If you’re Aussie and you flyfish, you’re going to love this commentary”.

The podcasts are being offered via a number of channels. Their website is only showing Episode 1 but perhaps it will become their main gateway. https://theflyfisher.com.au/blogs/news/the-flyfishers-podcast

I have included this in our “useful links” page.

23 Mar 2022 Fly Tying – The Bredbo

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BJ led. “The Bredbo – first fly of the Monaro?”

BJ said that it’s like a March Brown Wet but slightly different. It’s a hopper pattern which may still be relevant this season. Special bits are mottled wing slips (hen or turkey or partridge brown) and Golden Pheasant tippets plus partridge beard hackle. Everything is infinitely variable.

BJ wrote that a very good description of the fly can be found at http://www.fishingwithflies.com/Bredbo.htm

BJ Provided some hints in this scan.

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After the tying session he provided an image of his flies having a test swim. Saying “Should have shown this before camera off. The tented wing helps them sit in the still water film for quite a while”

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CAA Affiliates with the NSW branch of the Australian National Sportfishing Association (ANSA NSW)

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As has been discussed and forecast at CAA meetings, the club has affiliated with ANSA NSW. This brings a number of benefits including access to a group Public Liability Insurance and another voice in respect to recreational fishing. While the club as an organisation is affiliated, ANSA offers the opportunity for our members to also join as individuals the association (for a nominal fee) with benefits such as personal accident insurance and being able to register for the ANSA record book. More will be explained in a forthcoming Newsletter (and also on our website in due course).

Learn more about ANSA here.