(Bill plus Peter’s finger 😁)
In my absence JQ and Luke have done a great job. Many thanks to Lyall for his contribution from his recent USA trip. I’m embarrassed to grace the front page – more photos needed folk!
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An evening that you can’t afford to miss… Evan of Createafly fly tying has agreed to host fly tying next week on Wednesday evening from 7:30 at Raiders Weston at 1 Liardet Street in Weston.
The theme will be “all those fly tying questions you were too embarrassed to ask” so it will be a question and answer and demonstration session. Please send your questions through to Evan so that he can prepare his answers and demonstrations.
My question is “Who was Mrs Simpson anyway and why is she known as a killer???”
Bring your usual fly tying equipment.
See you all there for an out-of-the-ordinary night!!!
Well, it has been a busy month, what with trout stream opening, Lyle Knowles (back to the Cotter), Nathan doing well with the recent Fly Fishing Australia competition and some of us travelling. All this and more coming up here. A huge issue this month – principally due to the contributions from Jason M, many thanks.
Not sure how I missed this one. Our mates at Canberra Fisho’s have been running this tournament since I was a callow youth.
More information at http://canberrafishos.com/
Nathan led the team tying the bibio. He remarked that he did quite well with it at Tantangara Dam for the recent FFA event.
Black and red seals fur, silver wire and hen hackle. More details via email.
keyword wetfly
Steve Samuels has passed the latest minutes (less trust fund considerations – don’t worry when it stops abruptly on page 10.)
Seems to have spent a balance towards salt water.
Apologies, I’ve just been reminded that our Events page (and our membership card) is showing the incorrect date for Lyle Knowles. Subsequent to the printing a decision was taken to shift from the one day event on Saturday and instead the event will be held Sun 22 Oct.
There was also some discussion about the determination of the winner given that in the past it was ‘best bag’. Committee has confirmed that the winner will be the longest (nose to tail) individual fish.
We had earlier posted much of this information but now here is the official report.
Gaden Trout Hatchery Report June-oct 2017
For those unaware, Gaden Hatchery is generally the single source for DPI and MAS stocking of trout in this region. The situation last year was pretty parlous with few fishing running up from Lake Jindabyne. Gaden used to provide monthly reports, but to reduce administrative workload, they are now less frequent. The latest report passed to us by Steve Samuels is very positive. Not only were the runs, especially the browns, larger (Gaden was able to remove the fish trap much earlier allowing fish to run up the river and spawn naturally), but the number of stocked fish detected was very low meaning the ‘naturally bred’ fish were very much in the preponderance. The inclusion of Eucumbene fish into the Gaden stock sounds like a good idea for genetic diversity. Keep your eye out for the tagged ex-brood stock fish in Jindabyne.
All unwanted 2+ 3+ rainbow trout broodstock (230 individuals) have been released into Lake Jindabyne with an elastomer implant (pink) inserted near the left eye.
A big issue this month – many thanks to those who have contributed words and photos. Reports include the casting weekends, including our time on water, Lake Eucumbene continues to produce good fish, Thompsons Creek Dam continues to prove hard to crack. CAA activities in Switzerland and Malaysia grace our pages this month. Gaden Hatchery reports a very successful spawning run. Finally, the RecFish NSW newsletter has brought to our attention a very useful information source on stocking sites.
Hope you enjoy it and again many thanks to contributors.
Apologies, the ‘Coming Events’ in this issue has the incorrect date for the Lyle Knowles. A decision was taken after the membership card was printed to shift from the one day event on Saturday and instead the event was held Sun 22 Oct.
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.