At our 24 Aug 2016 session on gurglers Evan placed some emphasis on tying in tails. He has subsequently posted a specific item in his own blog covering “how to tie in tail materials to avoid the dreaded tail wrap”. Much appreciate your tips here mate.
Evan volunteered to host another fantastic fly tying evening for Canberra Anglers’ Association. This month we tied Gurgler flies. The materials list and a few photos are available from the link at bottom. You might need to get to Pratt’s Tackle Box in Belconnen or The Anglers Art in Philip.
Variants seen here
Products from the session here:
Evan has advised that he has uploaded a post to provide extra advice on “how to tie in tail materials to avoid the dreaded tail wrap”. This is really useful stuff and I’ll add it as an individual post too.
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Blast – I seem to have deleted the covering post (again?). Anyway, a record crowd turned up to learn about this buggy Welsh fly from our skillful tier Jason Q. Instructions are available by clicking the link below:
A report was provided in August 2017 Burley Line
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hmm, not sure how this happened but maybe I’ve accidentally deleted the post advising that the June 2016 issue was uploaded? Anyway, it was a bumper issue with a preview of Nathan’s report on pre-spawning browns on the Eucumbene River (eucumbene), report on the 2016 Tumut outing, some humour from Barry, tips on holding a fish for that happy snap without damage and more.
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The depths of Canberra’s winter has seen a number of us head north to warmer climes. Surprisingly some are back in Canberra already, just in time for the snow! In this issue JQ has shown us that we don’t need to go so far away from home to benefit from nice weather – the sky and sea look perfect in the cover photo. Lyall has also provided some enticement for us to pursue local opportunities – nice looking fish is part of the content. Lyall has been very busy with new promotional flyers (preview in in this newsletter) as well as new bumper stickers. First entries in the ‘notable fish list’ have appeared (remember that official recordings are to be made in the little book brought to meetings). Lots of other news items. Click on the link below:
Evan led the team constructing these interesting flies. Apologies for the delay in uploading the recipe.
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JQ has put in a stirling effort in the face of work pressures, regional Internet black spots and a pedantic copy editor (Bill!) to produce this month’s Burley Line. A mammoth 24 page issue includes some great material about recent events provided by Jason M and Lyall. Representing the club in multiple fora. Great to hear from them and we’re always looking for stories from members folks.
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Our ever energetic President has produced a review of his latest new SPOT Connect and compares it with his older Messenger locator beacons.
Most of us are aware of the Personal Locator Beacon revolution that has been going on. Many of us own one in case of emergency when angling in the back country. The SPOT system is slightly different and uses the Globalstar communication satellite system to be able to send pre-determined messages rather than declare an all-out emergency.
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It was autumn 2016 and Nathan, with his CCI under his belt and tuck cast well and truly mastered, was after a double digit fish. You’ll have to click the link below and read the article to learn whether he did or not.
Suffice to say, this article is exciting stuff with lots of good tips on how to go about it – avoiding the shoulder to shoulder crowds we’ve been seeing.
Two Eucumbene Specials
klinkhammer_midge & midge_pupa
Two effective flies for Lake Eucumbene midge feeders.
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