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Fly Tying 25 June 2025 – Joe’s Saltwater Shrimp

Featured in issue 117 of Fly Life and can be found on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhGn0Nx3pC0&t=1s

The ingredients are:

Ahrex SA250 Shrimp Hook
Veevus 6/0 Thread – White
Joe’s Stretch Cord
Joe’s Flat Cord
Crystal Flash
Arctic Snow Dubbing  Orange
Loon UV Fly Finish – Thick
Bead Chain Eyes – BlackAhrex SA250 Shrimp Hook
Veevus 6/0 Thread – White
Joe’s Stretch Cord
Joe’s Flat Cord
Crystal Flash
Arctic Snow Dubbing Orange
Loon UV Fly Finish – Thick
Bead Chain Eyes – Black

Keyword wetfly

Coming Events

Next Meeting

9 July – Normal time of 7:30 at Raiders Club Weston. Speaker is to be Greg Bane from Red Baron ALSE – our local Personal Locator Beacon maintenance team. His talk will tell us all about how they operate and how to care for them.

Make sure you return any trophies held so that new awardees can be engraved.

Next Activities

25 June – Fly tying via Zoom 7:30 – Joe’s Saltwater Shrimp. Notes in news blog and email.

New: 11-13 July – Ryan will take us to Merimbula chasing Australian salmon.

13 Aug – Annual General Meeting

A very clear video for overhead casting

Lyall and Nathan have spoken to me often of how to advance beyond the clock face 10-2 using the terms translation before rotation.

Ian tells me Peter Hayes signs off his emails with \\\\\\|/ (representing casting to the right).

This dude from Florida has different language (“isosceles trapezoid”) but it is the same thing. His video with on-screen drawings make the concept very clear.

https://youtu.be/jJHqndYK7Hc?feature=shared

June 2025 Burley Line (Issue 212)

It should be a very informative meeting this month with Jaime giving us the inside word on local insects.

The Tumut trip has come and gone with a number of folk having success, new skills acquired and Stefan (in his swansong as organiser) bringing his culinary skills. We now go into a bit of a winter hibernation in respect to club events, but feel free to propose something to the committee – I have memories of Damian’s ‘Back to Buckenderra’ trips in the depths of winter.

Lachy is showing his worth as delegate to the NSW Council of Freshwater Anglers with a report on the quarterly meeting.  We should not ignore the opportunity to recruit their assistance when we have fishing related issues in our region.

Greg S has come good with some more of his interesting snippets from the web and I’ve had quite a few myself – notably Mark, Guy and Norm reporting on one successful day recently.

Tips Blog

There was quite a quick response to the post about Peachy’s YouTube piece on dry fly selection.

I wonder if our readers are aware of CAA’s Tips blog. Originally this held a yarn by Jason Q about his fly fishing journey, to inspire others to get into the sport. The blog evolved to include a diverse range of topics from the laws of angler access to tips on handling fish and how best to take a photo. I encourage you to browse.

I just added two new ones, on straightening your leader and one on different strike techniques. I’ll promote them in the forthcoming newsletter for those that read it but don’t follow our blog.

A while ago I had a series of tips from members in the newsletter … I should assemble them and add to the blog – a closed season project? 😀