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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Arrived today. Read it here. Some very interesting news, especially about recent activity in respect to potential impact on fishing from Animal Welfare considerations in NSW Parliament:
BJ’s joy shows the local trout fishing can rival other more famous locations – congratulations mate and thanks for the notes, even if the specific site remains super secret.
As always, Jason has stood up and helped with some interesting content, and thanks also to Randy (stuck down the coast and I’m aware a recent injury is preventing access to the water).
Claude continues to make space in his busy work schedule to run the Zoom fly tying – a pretty simple but effective variant of a well-known fly was November’s topic. His flies certainly look the part. Thanks for some notes here Claude.
Also here, some important news from our associates in MAS and NSWCFA – great work being done there.
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(CAA December Newsletter is imminent too 🙂
Claude hosted on Wednesday 24 November demonstrating a Royal Wulff Variant.
Claude was particularly keen to tie some Royal Wulffs after seeing one of our new club members, Al, catch double digit (numbers of) rainbows on one Royal Wulff fly on a recent Cotter River outing. Not having time to go down the fancy white calf tail route (if you can find it) and wanting to do some quick ties, Claude decided to experiment with a not so complicated “Royal Like Wulff’ dry fly pattern, not using any calf tail or hackle and just going for a Elk Hair wing…and while he was there….he wondered if not having a tail matters? He tied a number of versions that were tested the following weekend. Well it was successful…with fish being caught on multiple variants – EH tail, Crystal flash tail, and no tail….the fish were not monsters but still fun to catch.
Ingredients:
Dry fly hook of size that you feel comfortable tying
Dark thread – 8
Peacock herl or dub
Red thread, dub or floss
Elk Hair
The three flies tied by Claude on the night. (Ed: I’m ashamed to say mine are very poor and not available for viewing by the public )
keyword dryfly
A significant element of the Trout Strategy was to publish report cards on trout waters in NSW. The report cards have recently been uploaded onto the DPI website and are available here. Some interesting observations.
Arrived tonight. Available here
Mostly saltwater or already covered by NSWCFA November Newsletter except:
Just arrived. https://mailchi.mp/viridia/freshwater-fisher_nov-2021-10535288 Key items: