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So, the club has recommenced meetings with a great ZOOM talk by Neil Nelson from Illawarra FlyFishers on his adventures in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay area – hitting some spectacular rivers. Fly tying has recommenced with two new instructors coming forward with Claude and Lyall being unavailable – well done guys. Finally our first club event in an age down to Jindabyne – a perennial well received event staying at CSIRO Ski Club lodge. Many thanks have been passed to the club from ours.
Also, people have been getting out on their own. Some reported here, others only via the grapevine. Don’t forget folks, reports on your successes are always welcome for the newsletter.
BJ has done it again with a cracking brown achieving cover pic status.
Don’t forget that Claude is running the Tantangara trip in just a few weeks. He would like people to RSVP by Fri 25 Feb. More information is here.
Jaime has slipped some secret instructions to me, maybe a photo sometime. I can attest to the value of this fly after watching Jaime use it on a river that shall not be named.
MICRO-CADDIS FLY
This fly has become my favorite dry fly since last season. The main reason is because it just works very well for picky fish, those that refuse almost everything, that’s where it shines!
It’s also a very simple and easy fly to tie. Basically only one material: CDC feathers (if we skip the obligatory hook and thread). But here is a better description of all you will need:
HOOK:
Original recipe asks for #20, better if it’s a dry fly hook. However, I have been tying it in #18 and has worked well. I will try to avoid going smaller than that. I mean, you can tie it as big as you want and will catch fish but as I said above, it really shines when you find picky fish and that commonly (although not always) implies small flies. I love the Hanak 130 BL because the bent-in point. I want to emphasize the use of a dry-fly hook because is ligther. This fly doesn’t have too much material to keep it floating so the less weigth we put in it the better. Besides, the feathers tends to wear-off fast (however, and surprising, it floats very good cast after cast even after lossing many of the feather fibers).
BODY & WING:
2-3 CDC feathers. For the body, I normally choose tan or natural feather color. For the wing is better to use ligther color (ligth gray or white) to increase visibility. As said before, the fly does’nt have too much material and wears-off fast so ligth color helps to keep track of your fly, specially in choppy water.
THREAD:
I use 30D or 50D because it doesn’t need anything stronger. Also helps to keep the fly ligther. Use the thinner you have/feel comfortable with. Match the color with the body CDC.
OPTIONAL: any material to create a trailing shuck – examples: clear color ice dubbing, antron yarn.
TOOLS:
Besides the vice, bobbin and the whip finisher you will need a hackle plier.
TIPS:
Apply floatant liquid as soon as you tie it to your tippet. It keeps it floating cast after cast. Use the floatant powder if starts sinking. In general, this fly dries very easy just with a couple of false casts.
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Freddy von Reibnitz originally published this paper in the Journal of the NSW Rod Fishers’ Society – a very prestigious and exclusive fishing club. The article was subsequently published in the Newsletter of the ACT Fly Fishers where I was able to read and appreciate the significant analytical work therein. It appears here for Canberra Anglers Association through Freddy’s generosity. I hope that others will benefit from the knowledge that has been extracted and presented here.
The analysis provides a mathematical and robust consideration of long term rainfall and air temperature data. The findings are quite sobering to say the least.
The impact on the trout fishery is a major element of DPI and MAS research. It is also instructive to consider some of the research into mitigation that the Victorian fisheries authorities are undertaking.
Al Mc provided a great article about his solo ‘tramp’ into the Tooma River for our January 2022 Burley Line. He also provided a short video – you get a really good idea about the country from it.
Well I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year celebrations – seems some people even managed to get out fishing. Well done to Al, big walk turned out to be quite successful as folk will read here. I’ve heard whispers about others using midge pupas but can’t confirm. The rivers seemed to be blown out to a significant extent, so it is fortunate that I get some good reports about the Snowy Lakes.
The Carp Day was to be a relaxed affair, but it seems to condition of rivers has deterred anglers – maybe some folk went into the spirit of the affair chasing the fish on local lakes – meantime, recall that our carp trophy is not linked to a specific event. Report in your catches to the Secretary (and for info Burley Line Editor) for inclusion in consideration.
Reminder about the need to register interest in the Jindabyne trip – has always been a most enjoyable trip and hopefully the change in date will get us onto some good dry fly opportunities. Jason M was good enough to head down to East Jindy and provided a brief recce report on the accommodation.
Speaking about Jasons – JQ reported in about the latest arrival in his family.
I’ve included a very interesting article, previously published elsewhere, analysing rainfall and temperatures in the Kydra/Kybeyan – many thanks to Freddy von Reibnitz for this work.
Also here are some other interesting snippets and, as usual, pointers to items that have been posted on-line in our News blog and Facebook page.
There is much myth and misconception about the legalities of angler access to river banks.
I was recently sent this link to a very interesting discussion on the law. The photos and drawing examples are very informative. Will put it onto CAA website in due course for continued visibility.
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