Lachy and Greg W decided to sample some of the Victorian waters and share their experience.
For the card carrying Seniors amongst us, Lachy confirmed that we are exempt Victorian Fishing Licence.
Next Meeting
10 Jun – normal time of 7:30PM at Raiders/Weston club. Subject to unanticipated changes, speaker will be Paul Simmons, current President of the Australian Fly Fishers NSW/ACT Chapter.
Next Activities
Fishing trips are on hold till after winter, unless you’d like to propose one.
24 June – Fly tying – Flexo Crab led by Xenii. Face to face rather than Zoom – Nathan has kindly offered to host our June fly tying session in person at Boss Outdoors. More details will be emailed.
A number of members have noticed the preference of your hard working webmaster for fishing the dry fly. Frankly it is just because I’m getting a bit lazy. Here is a well known YouTube vlogger explaining the attractions and how best to go about it …. helps when you live in a country with lots of bugs and lots of fish – we should all be so lucky
Led by Ryan
You’ll need a size 6 hook, the Gamakatsu B10S works well
Some small or medium dumbbell eyes
Rabbit zonker strips
Some silicone leg strands
Either chenille or dubbing for the body
UV resin/super glue/epoxy
Crystal flash (optional)
Keywords wetfly
This guy is a bit weird, but he clearly has done some serious scientific research into the causes of mortality in trout during handling.
The May 2026 newsletter provided a brief by Guy on progress on the SWIOID review. Here is a very clear presentation, along with slide pack, on the matter.
https://umcn.org.au/resource/review-of-the-snowy-water-deed/
An abbreviated version of this was in the May 2026 newsletter – here is the full report
President Claude found this video – here linked via Youtube. Neat how he lifts the body deer hair to move the thread along. Keeps the body segments ties a true circular wrap. Be a useful technique on other flies.
Keywords dryfly
Jason’s secret recipe suitable for fishing trips
