NSWCFA have recently amended their webpage to include a link to recent correspondence in and out. Makes for interesting reading to get an idea of what the organisation has been up to.
Oops, Event Calendar should show Brogo, 20-22 Nov. Earlier error now fixed
It has been the Annual General Meeting season – CAA, CFA and MAS (delayed from Feb) – even Queanbeyan Angler’s Club. Notes are here from our AGM including new committee, trophies, Life Membership award and the raffle results plus our outgoing President’s Report on 2019/20 (copied here for those who couldn’t make it to the Zoom meeting). Notes later from CFA and MAS AGMs. QAC was very relaxed so nothing significant to report.
Incoming President, Claude, has penned a message sent out by email to all members. An abstract is included here ‘for posterity’.
Peter and I got up to Jindabyne and the outcome is described here. Where are the other reports on trips folks? I had to convince Jason M to take me out on Lake Ginninderra just today to ensure another fishing report. J Jason has also provided a couple of pieces on gear.
Jaime has sent me a link to remind me of the benefits of fishing as a way to help reduce stress during these COVID times. It would appear that the angling community in the US are commencing a campaign to raise the awareness by the non-angling public of these benefits. Read about it here.
Don’t forget, now that the AGM has passed, membership fees are due. Fees remain at General Membership $40.00, Family Membership $50.00, Concession Membership (age pension or concession card) $15.00 and Junior Membership (U18 years) $15.00. Bank transfer to BSB 032-727, A/C 24-0140 would be preferred. Any contact detail changes can be advised via the webform on our ‘join us’ page.
Jason M recently acquired some second hand Abu Garcia level wind baitcaster reels. In Tackling the Trouble he describes some of the maintenance work he did to bring them back to good form. I’ve later discovered this work is actually in two parts. The concluding episode is here.
Jason gets bored when bait fishing, so he took some time out to evaluate some of his rods
The Zoom session on 26 Aug was run by Claude.
our notes:
Hook: #14-10 Kamasan B170
Thread: Black 8/0
Body hackle: Black
Hackle: Black
Tag: Red Float-Vis
Rib: Silver wire or thin tinsel twist
Like the Possum Emerger, it does it all and will catch fish in many circumstances. It’s a great fly to hang a nymph under, such as a 007 for tailing fish and is easy to see in most different types of light.
Don’t be afraid to vary the pattern either, clip the hackle underneath so it sits low, tie it bushy or sparse. Try a hot orange tag or blue wire rib. If you vary it too much you can’t really call it a Zulu anymore but really the basic pattern is all you need.
keyword wetfly
Attached is a notification about geological investigations at Talbingo Reservoir and continuing work to install the underwater communication cable. The work will involve intermittent disruptions to the boat ramp at Talbingo Reservoir from 1 August to 31 October 2020.
Normally I’d keep this for the next Burley Line (there’s a lot of good stuff here), but there is one item promoting an online session tomorrow 30 Jul.
With contributions from over 100 Indigenous individuals and organisations, these Indigenous-led Guidelines support a step-change in learning, by both Indigenous peoples and their partners, about best practice ways of working with Indigenous knowledge to look after land and sea Country. Supported by NAILSMA and CSIRO, and funded by the Northern Australia Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), the Our Knowledge Our Way Guidelines are based on 23 case studies that illustrate the critical principle that Indigenous people must decide what is best practice when working with their knowledge. The launch will be held online between 1-2pm on the 30th July. It features a short film, followed by a Q&A session with indigenous co-authors and partners. Register online here.
Wed 8 Jul 2020 meeting saw Jason speaking about the Bronte Fly Fishing School course he went to in Tasmania – this was part of a recent trip he made to Tassie and JM has provided some insights on travelling to the Apple Isle (if it ever opens up again for business!).
Our angling has slowed down but it was a morale boost to get a number of articles from regular contributors. Thanks Jason and Claude for submitting some interesting articles – even if the results of your expeditions did not include fish (we are an Angling association after all), the information obtained will stand us all in good stead. As ever, I’m impressed by how keen young Luke has become – rewarded here with ‘photo of the month’ plus another photo in his article. Ever vigilant Jaime spotted one item – make sure you click through to the link in respect to the huge cod landed in LBG. There is hope still for all of us to land a lunker locally. Lyall has put in two promotions – for our free casting lessons and for Peter Morse’s classes coming up here in Canberra. Lots of other news from near and far in this edition.
Our new Facebook editor had a reassuring incident this month. I’d put up in the CAA (website) News Blog a promotion for our annual fly casting lessons. Someone following the blog (everyone should think about subscribing) was sufficiently enthused that they then announced the event on the CAA Facebook page just ahead of Shaun doing it himself. We’ve got 47 folk subscribing to the CAA blog for emailed alerts (some are not CAA members). By contrast we have 424 followers on Facebook (almost none are CAA members) and more every day. I wonder if CAA should get onto Instagram and Twitter with the way this newfangled social media is being embraced.
ACT Government website confirms the re-opening.
