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Greg’s Shortbread
Over the last few days the original post has been subjected to a large barrage of spam comments. I’ve deleted the original post and replaced with this one. We will see if this fixes the situation.
Submitted by Greg S.
Mar 2021 Newsletter for Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW
This arrived after our March Burley Line.
Read it here. Key points not previously covered by the NSWCFA March Newsletter are:
- National ban on polystyrene packaging
- Progress at last on Trunketabella Lake access? – the local council is examining a complaint that a private landowner has closed Coopers Island Road near Tuross Head.
- Gone Fishing Day is now scheduled for Sun 10 Oct.
Opera House Yabby Trap Ban in NSW
NSW Council of Freshwater Anglers has been pressing the NSW Government to follow the lead of other jurisdictions and ban these traps. The design is quite dangerous for airbreathing animals such as platypus.
NSWCFA have just received the this news that they will be banned from 30 Apr 2021. An education program, including free swaps on nets, will commence soon.
Another positive outcome from CFA agitation.
From a personal perspective:
I’m disappointed in respect to a couple of matters in the Minister’s statement: no mention that the swap of nets was funded by RFFTEC (our ‘licence’ fees) rather than Government funds, no mention of use on private property and finally describing the yabby trap change as a ‘minor change’ – why then did it take so long.
NSWCFA Mar 2021 Newsletter
I keep doing this … March issue arrived today.
Top items:
- The Snowy Trout Challenge isn’t over yet. It is open to all anglers and runs from October 31, 2020 to April 30, 2021. 430 large tagged rainbow trout have been released into the local waterways of the Snowy/Monaro. Each fish is tagged with a pink tag. At the end of February are still over 270 tagged trout out there with sponsored prizes attached to over 70% of them, including $1000 cash prizes and accommodation packages.
- Fertile trapped Kosciuszko feral horses are being set free
- Have your say on proposed fisheries changes in NSW. Submissions will close 30th March 2021.
- NSWCFA Meetings. Meetings of the Executive Committee have been held on 27 January and 24 February 2021 and a quarterly general meeting of the Council was held on Saturday 20 February 2021. All meetings were held on Zoom and were well attended. Notes are in the newsletter.
March 2021 Burley Line (Newsletter Issue 165)
Correction: I’ve just been told that the Anaconda Trout Challenge at Buckenderra has been postponed to Dec. The organisers tell me they are hoping to include an extra prize, a very special prize for fly fishing only. I’ll fix in next Burley Line
American writer Henry David Thoreau said, possibly after a day’s angling, “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.”
Important news is that, for those still using Australia Post, our PO Box has changed. Please take note.
The February club event proved successful for Peter – I understand employing the Charlie patented technique. Well done to him but also for his generosity in explaining the technique and evening donating one of the special, essential pieces of tackle to some potential members. We hope they join now.
We have a new section in our blog which will also appear here – Shaun has volunteered to provide a series of book reviews from his extensive library. I understand he is also amenable to his borrowing a book from you to read and write up – saving you the effort! I’ve promised to do some also from my less extensive library … maybe next month?
I was fortunate enough to be invited up to a region that I’d not explored – the Barrington Tops. Notionally it was for deploying some water temperature loggers as part of ‘citizen science’ in support of trout research (though we also got to do some research with fly rod in hand). I’m also set to do similar with Monaro Acclimatisation Society locally too. A short report, including some of my drone photography, is here.
Some of our eagle eyed members pointed me to two interesting web articles.
Some activities outside the CAA schedule are coming out of COVID hibernation – check them out.
CAA Has a New Postal Address
We’ve moved the PO Box from Civic to Hawker. If you are intending to use snail mail to send stuff to the club, the address is now PO Box 4115 HAWKER ACT 2614.
Thomas McGuane, 2001. The Longest Silence – Review by Shaun
Another ‘series of trips’ book, but more philosophical than most. If you like Leeson’s book, this is similar. Mostly US fishing with the odd international trip.
Grahame Wicks, 1999, Trout Stream and Fly Rod – Review by Shaun
The book follows a familiar pattern, a series of stories based on a series of fishing trips. It’s no less interesting as a result though – the main selling point for us is that it’s very local. Grahame fishes the Cotter, Point Hut, Angle Crossing, Frying Pan. The stories are from his very early fishing career in the 70s, so there’s a nice local history aspect here as well. The book is a local pressing and might be a little hard to find. I’m happy to lend my copy if this is the case.
Phillip Weigall, 2009 & 2011, Fishing Season and Fishing Sense (Two Volumes) – Review by Shaun
Phil’s prose style is pretty clear and straightforward, not remotely flowery. He still manages to capture the reasons why we fish, and the feelings that go along with it. The local content is appealing, and Phil peppers his stories with advice and technique that make me want to get the highlighter pens out. If you can find a copy of Trout Stories from 2004, it’s also written in a similar vein. (Editor: – I’ve got that in my library J)