Waterwatch and the Invasive Animals Co-operative Research Centre are trying to enlist the public to locate carp breeding grounds now that spring has warmed up the water. You can then log your sightings at the Feral Fish Scan website
More info in the Canberra Times article here.
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| Item | Notes |
| Hook | Tiemco 900 BL #16 – 18
Or 102Y #19 |
| Thread | 8/0 Uni thread – wine |
| Body | Hare’s Ear |
| Emergent Wing | Tiemco Aero Dry yarn (black or grey) |
In Australia’s Best Trout Flies Revisited Pat Kennedy writes that David’s Aero Emerger has become his go-to fly whenever a hatch begins on the Mataura or its tributaries. He notes that it rarely lets him down. Suprisingly the black wing usually has excellent visibility, and seems to present a credible profile of an emerger dun. When tying the wing, leave a small shoulder to suggest the wing-case of an emerging mayfly. Dub the body very sparsely so that it sinks when wet. Prior to fishing, apply a small amount of floatant to the wing and shoulder only.
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The AGM in August discussed the anomaly that fish caught on an official CAA event held outside the defined trophy regions (NSW CFA Regions 3 and 4) could not be considered for trophies under the extant rules. This was further discussed at the Bondi Forest executive ‘retreat’ and revised rules were developed. These were endorsed at the September CAA meeting. Also endorsed was an expansion of the number of trophies to include trophies for cod, golden perch (named the Charlie Diedo trophy), bass and English Perch (redfin).
The revised rules (including, in due course, a ‘worked example’ of the slightly complicated trout trophies) are now on the web.
Wow! Luke C has revamped Burley Line to make it a much more polished newsletter – many thanks for your expertise mate. He has has also taken on the job of assisting Nathan with our Facebook page and social media in general – please assist with being active in both the blog and Facebook spaces.
This month is a packed issue with AGM results (new committee – again, well done folks – and trophy awards), lots of fishing reports (thanks again Lyall and Ash – inspiration for many of us and topics for interrogation 🙂 plus the report on our recent event at Bondi Forest Lodge. I hope you enjoy the material and the new format. Please reply to this post with your comments and suggestions.
Our jetsetting Secretary has achieved another first. His recent love affair with two handed rods led him to explore the Skagit River. Lyall is sure other Australians have been there, it is just that he doesn’t know any of them!
Lyall has suggested that anyone intrigued by this whole two handed caper ask Peter Morse for a try of his during the 3 Sep casting days.
Another place on my bucket list.
This month Nathan will be showing us how to tie chironomids also known as buzzers or midge larvae. They come in a huge array of colours and can be tied to float head up, tied bead head as a point fly, tied with or without gills or oxygen bubbles.
The materials you will need are:
– hook – pupa or caddis curved hooks #14, 16 or 18 or as small as you dare
– thread – black, olive or red
– silver ultra wire
– peacock hurl
– white poly yarn or similar
For those interested in entomology, take a look at http://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/display.asp?type=5&class=17&subclass=&Order=7&family=252&couplet=0 which will tell you why red buzzers are red (red pigment haemoglobin to help them absorb oxygen), where they live and life cycle.
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The 2017 MEJ BIG Burley Bash is being held at Lake Burley Griffin over 10 weeks, every Thursday evening starting 5th October. This event will see anglers target the yellow belly species – the BIGGER the better. Fishing will take place from 6:30pm to 9:30pm each Thursday, and points will be accumulated over the 8 weeks, with one week of finals.
Planning is underway getting flyers and registration forms organised. Once completed they should be available from Burley Line or direct from fishing@my2hooks.net
Those who read the August newsletter will be aware, but there is some more information here.
Late in Jul an alarm was raised that the ACT Govt was looking to lock permanently the southern gate to the Googong foreshores (down near London Bridge and Burra). There was a quick response from the angling community, especially ACTFF, and through them the Environment Department was called to explain the situation on the ABC Local Radio (666) Drive program on Wed 26 Jul. Go to:
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/drive/drive/8725826
The interview with Matt Kendall was at 4:07PM but the recording starts at 3:00PM. If you fast forward about a third of the way through you’ll hear it. The key outcome is that the Department is looking to install an automatically locking gate in lieu of sending rangers down to lock the gate each evening
The key complaint is the opaque manner that this had been considered by the Environment Department. From here on our energies should be focussed on ensuring the Govt consults with the public as the performance of the gate is examined – probably through their Recreational User Group. Also to ensure irresponsible damage to the gate doesn’t give the Govt an excuse to take the option to permanently lock the gate in the future.
Readers might consider signing a petition started by Andrew Wall MLA.
Received this encouraging message from the ever energetic Steve Samuels. Members might wish to be a part of this experiment – it involves catching trout folks!
We’ve now learnt that fish were over 20cm when stocked. The tag is the same as the yellow tags we’ve seen on ex-brood stock released into Jindabyne so will be easy to identify. Don’t forget to phone in the number to receive the promised lure. Hopefully anglers will carefully release any caught to continue the experiment. While they are under legal size, they ought to be big enough to compete against redfin predation.
This is shaping up to be a very useful experiment. I will keenly await advice on the results if I can’t get up there myself. (Shame that Oberon is outside NSW CFA Region 3 and 4 so any trout we caught would be ineligible for a CAA trophy … unless we have an official event there – now that’s an idea we can discuss 😁).
Dear Supporters
As you may know, as President of the Monaro Acclimatisation Society Inc, I have been campaigning for a better approach to fixing our problems with many of our trout dams in NSW. Most of you will be aware that redfin have become a serious pest, and where they have colonised in trout waters, the rainbow trout have virtually disappeared. Earlier this year I was successful in gaining support for the development of a NSW Trout Strategy to try and get better trout fishing in the dams that now have redfin.
Yesterday (Monday 17th July) a small but significant experiment was launched at Oberon Dam. NSW Fisheries have released 500 tagged yearling trout into the dam and the hope is that anglers will fish for them over the next season and report their captures. One of the significant approaches will be to see that if stocking bigger rainbows will allow them to survive the redfin.
Below is a short statement from Cameron Westaway on this stocking and I hope that all of you who fish here will support the experiment as it will inform us for future stockings.
We have a long way to go to bring back many of our once famous trout lakes, but it seems that this first small step signals a new approach to support our trout fisheries.
Regards
Steve Samuels
President
Monaro Acclimatisation Society Inc
Dear Trout strategy working group members.
As a dummy run for a possible trout strategy action we are stocking 500 tagged yearling rainbow trout from the Dutton Trout Hatchery at the “reef” in Oberon dam (which has been the subject of redfin degradation) next Monday at 11:30am with the Member for Bathurst and Minister for Lands & Forestry the Hon. Paul Toole.
People who ring in details of recaptured tagged fish will be sent a free little ripper oar gee lure.
Cameron Westaway,
Senior Fisheries Manager Inland
Thanks go to Jason Q for filling in for me last month. Much appreciate his help here, especially given he’s now a very busy father. I’ll be taking another sabbatical later this year and am looking for a volunteer to try their hand for one edition. It is a lot of fun (especially with generous members providing material) so jump in.
A huge issue this month, especially thanks to the efforts of our members. Take a bow folks. Great to see that, even with the closure of stream fishing for trout, CAA can find excuses to get out and about:
This issue will be a hard act to follow.