‘The book’ on which ‘the movie’ was based. It’s a good read, but don’t expect it to be a meditation on fly fishing beyond it being the chief recreation of the father and brothers around which the tale revolves. It’s still worth picking up, and well, nobody wants to admit they haven’t read it right? See Booktopia
This book lives in my fishing truck, and fills in time when waiting for someone or something on the river. Many fly fishers try their hand at prose writing to varying degrees of success. Leeson sets the standard for the kind of imaginative writing that captures the ideas we all have but can’t quite get the words out for. Highly recommended.
The best resource listing restrictions is the Snowy Hydro webpage. eg, no access along Quarry Trail Road to the Western shore of Lake Tantangara.
The Snowy Hydro page links to the Future Generation Joint Venture schedule of large load transportation.
Claude led the way.
Recipe:
Hook: Hanak 130BL #14-20
Thread: 8/0-16/0 Black
Tail: Nothing or Pearl Crystal Flash
Body: CDC or Possum Fur or any other fine dubbing you have
Wing: 4-6 CDC feathers
Details:
The F Fly is one of the simplest and deadliest fly patterns. It is a Great all round Trout fly pattern. Tied in a range of sizes and colours it imitates a range of insects the CDC wing silhouette can be used to represent many caddis, olives and midge species.
The F fly is very effective in both rivers and still waters.
keyword dryfly
From BJ:
This is a couple of years old but I ran into a “ranger” when I walked down from Shephards Lookout entrance with rod in hand a few weeks ago.
They are restricting access while reforming the land use, but informally tolerating fisherman. However land use negotiations with Corkhills next door mean that the fence lines might become harder than they were on the north side of the river.
They’ll be building a water “park” access for the Gininderry residents.
https://ginninderry.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Attach-A-Ginninderry-Corridor-POM-1.pdf
Jason reports on his experience with a lightweight raft. Apologies, I should have uploaded before Feb Newsletter
Apologies, I should have uploaded into our ‘Gear‘ blog the report by Jason on his experience with a lightweight raft before first uploading Feb Newsletter. It is there now.
Seen at Tilba Tilba:
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles” More quotes from Doug Larson here.
The shift from December to January for our Jindabyne trip proved very successful. A huge report is enclosed. Also reported is Claude and BJ’s efforts in the Carp Capers – many thanks guys for the words and photos. Jason M has excelled again with two articles – his side trip after our Coastal Outing off shore to Montague Island, plus a quick review of his latest lightweight ‘canoe’ … looks more like a swimming ring to me 🙂
In preparation for those who might be loch style fishing (especially at our Jindy trip), Shaun has put this pointer up on our Facebook page. A talk by Tom Jarman.
Through our affiliation with the NSW Council of Freshwater Anglers, we are engaged with the RFANSW. Their first newsletter of 2021 (here) has its usual mix of salt and freshwater. Some interesting items:
The first of the new year has been released here
Topical items are: