News from JQ … some Youtube links
All the way from Far North Queensland, JQ will be leading us via Zoom. He has assured me these are for catching fish, not the crocs in his waters.
More detail including materials will be available closer to the night.
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Tristan is one of our newest members joining up after the 2020 Fly Casting classes. He looks to be dead keen and had success on the fly already in the company of BJ – week before Lyle Knowles. Very good looking fish, especially for the Cotter so well done mate. Particularly memorable for Tristan since it was on a glass fly rod that he had made himself. All written up here … quite inspiring for uninitiated.
Ian has reminded me that the 1950s vintage front cover we displayed in the October issue was drawn by Alex Gurney, the artist who penned Bluey and Curley amongst others – some of the senior members of the club will know who we are talking about. I’ve found another one from the early ‘50s. I’ll try to find more during this year of recalling our heritage.
Many thanks to Claude for his “President’s Notes” this month and his report on Oct Fly Tying. Also, sincere appreciation to BJ, Shaun, Alan and JM for contributions this month.
JM provided a promotion for the Brogo event but just a short while ago advised that WaterwaysNSW have their reservoirs still for “Day Use Only” due to COVID-19. He’s exploring options and all will be revealed by email soon. I’ve left the article in this issue as it might entice some private visits to the waters – it is a great site that we will certainly visit again at some time. Jason also noted that in Dec 2019, after we were last there, levels had halved again, down to 13%. Jan 2020 they were at 10%. In Feb, it went from 10% to 100% in 24 hours. Wow!
Reports this month are: the successful 75th anniversary dinner; the equally successful Lyle Knowles comp with reports here complete with photographic evidence; secret hints from Nathan for fishing the Eucumbene – many thanks to Andrew for taking notes at the October meeting (this was conducted as a “Zoom and Room” – a few hiccups and mixups but I believe successful) and finally an item from JM on using his kayak on the Goodradigbee.
Worth a look: https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/targetonemillion2/crownland … the Victorian initiative in respect to Crown Land/TSRs. Is this a model we should seek for in NSW? I dropped in to the Goodradigbee and the TSR has clear ‘do not camp’ signs. The problem there (and some other land which I think Council manages) is probably the poor behaviour of previous campers. That said, if toilets are not provided then the inevitable happens – it is one thing to seek people to take their rubbish, it is a significant step to insist they have their own portaloos …. though the Kiwis have forged a path in that respect too.
While talking New Zealand, a mate pointed me to this – he denies it was him. My first reaction was “canal feeder” but it being a brown does have me wondering.
With my Membership Officer hat on … another gentle reminder about fees. There are handful of ‘regulars’ who have not yet paid. Remember that you need to be financial to be considered for trophies! Alan had to rush through his dues in light of his Lyle Knowles catch.
Crews will establish a work site on Tantangara Road and Quarry Trail Road at Tantangara Reservoir. This will involve a partial closure of Tantangara Road, and reduced speed limit during site establishment and preparatory construction activities. Some traffic control will be in place to help manage access on Tantangara Road. Quarry Trail Road on the western side of Tantangara will remain closed until further notice.
Construction work is not expected to impact the Tantangara boat ramp.
For more information contact Future Generation Joint Venture on the Snowy 2.0 Community Information Line 1800 766 992 (1800Snowy2) or community@futuregenerationjv.com.au
More info below:
(Photo is a close, not exact representation – thinner ribbing)
Materials:
· Hook: Jig, #14
· Bead: Black, Copper, ~2.5-3 mm*
· Body: Squirrel fur – grey/natural (alternate: Hares Ear..but spikey)
· Tail: Partridge*
· Ribbing: Glo-Brite #1 (pink) thread (alternate: other flouro thread)
· Thorax: #46 or #45 Hends spectra peacock dubbing (alternate: peacock herl)
· Collar: Partridge and CDC (alternate: one of them)
* Alternate: anything you have
You Tube Reference: Martin Droz binder nymfe hos Drammens Sportsfiskere
Nathan gave a great talk at our Oct 2020 meeting about fishing the Eucumbene River (check out the notes in the Nov 2020 Burley Line. His tactics and recommended flies can be used anywhere in our region.
We tied one of Nathan’s favourite flies -> the ‘Droz nymph’ led by Claude. His report follows:
A small group joined me in the tie of Nathan’s favourite ‘Droz Nymph’. We had a good old natter along the way, particularly passing on what knowledge the team had to Ken (one of our new members)….and I also refamiliarized his knowledge on the names of all the fly tying tools…it’s been a while. Thanks Alan, Peter and Lyall for your assistance! The fun part of the evening was discussing dubbing loops, thread splitting and dubbing wax 😊
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Unfortunately only open to NSW residents.
If you follow the link below you will find a petition regarding the release of a feral horse management plan for Kosciuszko National Park. Could you please fill it in and send the link to all your networks and encourage them to fill it in as well.
I understand KNP is currently managing under a decade old plan. Much work has been undertaken to develop a new plan but there has been a lack of transparency.
Please sign on: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePetition-details.aspx?q=bfc6WT+z2vtqZU9GrpxUGQ==
Bookings closed
75 years ago a gathering at the Kingston Hotel was called to determine interest in forming our 1great club. We are ‘re-enacting’ this event on Thu 15 Oct 2020 to celebrate 75 years of connecting anglers here in the region.
With COVID restrictions on numbers, the organisers are calling for registration. For those who have already received the invitation via email from Lyall, please register using the procedure described there. For those of you not in receipt of the email, you can register your interest using the form below – please wait for confirmation from the organisers before putting it into your calendar … as we said, spaces are constrained and not everyone will be able to attend.
The front cover this month is reproduced from the 1950’s version of CAA Newsletter – a special treat given it is our 75th birthday.
This month Burley Line is dominated by images from our annual free Fly Casting Days for the Public. A pleasing turnout was achieved given some shocking weather and the threat of COVID. Everyone conducted themselves in a COVIDSafe fashion and still managed to learn much from our in-house instructors, Mark, Nathan and Lyall plus some valued guests in the form of Peter Morse and Nick Taransky. All the photos submitted to Burley Line (many thanks John and Andrew) are up on the web in an archive folder, protected by a password. CAA members and participants, can contact the editor if you’d like to browse on-line.
Remaining articles this month come courtesy of our two Jasons – many thanks guys … I can trust you to provide contributions. A combination of fishing in warm places, information on native fish stocking opportunity and more reel maintenance (with an appropriate happy ending).
With my other hat on … members are reminded that CAA fees are due from the AGM (ie last month), a number of our long-term members have yet to renew – please do so. Our ‘Join Us’ page has downloadable or on-line web forms to amend any contact information. It has all the information on how to do funds transfer … note that we have a new account number.
In the Sep 2020 Burley Line Jason provided some notes describing his efforts of renovating an old baitcaster reel and the full description was added to the gear blog … I thought the article seemed to end abruptly in a cliff-hanger. Little was I to know that a second part was in the mill.
