Our annual lessons are on again for three weeks. Mornings of 14, 21, 28 Sep. First two near Questacon and final week on water. All details in the flyer.
Free Fly Casting Lessons to the Public
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September 2025 Burley Line (Issue 215)
Apologies to those who read the September newsletter when first published. I made an error in future events with date of September meeting and Mayfly Madness. Corrected issue here.
A big issue this month. High point is the report on our AGM, with a new committee (welcome Xenii) and all the awards for the club trophies (well done all of you).
After the AGM the meeting had some discussion on matters trout cod and Snowy Hydro 2.0. I’ve pursued some of the matters raised and report back here.
At least we had one member do well on our Black Lake visit (just look at the cover photo) – we others just need to try harder!
Many thanks always to Greg S for his on-line snippets. Always entertaining.
Two final items:
- a reminder that the August meeting is important as we need to consider and vote for some changes to our Constitution.
- Casting to the Public is coming very soon.
2025-2026 Program
The program page https://canberra-anglers.asn.au/blog/program/ has been updated for the forthcoming season. Fly Tying sessions now have their topics and leader provided.
Dates for Feb trip to Jindabyne have been added and Nov saltwater trip amended.
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OzFish Talk on ACT Fishery
11 Sep in Belconnen
An earlier post on Facebook didn’t work properly. Instead you should go to
https://ozfish.org.au/event/canberra-fish-talks-act-september-2025/
ANSA AGM/Dinner
As an affiliate to the NSW branch of the Australian National Sportfishing Association (ANSA NSW) https://www.ansansw.com.au/ CAA delegates have been invited to the Annual General Meeting/Presentation Night hosted by Canberra Fisherman’s Club on 30 August. Dinner will be a roast meet buffet. RSVP by 15 August – CAA members should contact CAA Executive/Membership Officer if you’d like to represent CAA as our delegate.
A Prolific Series of Fly Tying Tips
Initially saw a clip on dubbing loops which popped in my YouTube feed https://youtu.be/1LonbwRq8kM?feature=shared Some good hacks. I couldn’t work out what was happening at 4:00 but it is simply that instead of spinning with loop vertical, he drapes it over his finger so the part of the loop with material comes off the shank horizontal but then turns vertical to the spinner. If you go to https://youtube.com/@flyfishfood?feature=shared and go to playlists you can go through each clip of skill builders.
Here someone has used AI to take the mickey out of Cheech and discuss the reason we fly fish 😊 “the podcast where we pretend standing in freezing water at 5AM makes us outdoorsmen” – out of the mouth of babes it seems. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKaQWvES88w/
Progress on the NSW Recreational Peak Representation Body
More than one year ago Fisheries Minister Moriarty established a working group of recreational anglers to develop a concept for a peak body to represent recreational anglers of NSW (and hopefully interstate anglers who fish in NSW). She has now opened a ‘have your say’ process to engage with the wider recreational angler population.
The working group has reported to the minister, but the report is not actually available at the ‘have your say’ page. Instead, the questionnaire goes through elements of the concept seeking angler comment. Each page seems to have a button for ‘would you like more information on …’ which then describes the concept currently envisaged for that aspect of the peak body operation. There doesn’t seem to be an opportunity to save your contribution and come back later to finish. It could take you a while to consider each stage of your submission and finally complete, but I’d suggest that it is important we all engage.
The press release is here:
https://www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-releases/1-million-to-establish-independent-nsw-recreational-fishing-peak-body
The questionnaire here:
https://www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/peak-body-rec-fishing
Note that the Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW, which was represented on the working group, has been concerned with some aspects of the emerging shape of the peak body. Particular concerns are the funding concept and the body not being recognised as a statutory entity. RFA of NSW has established a separate working group, and I believe intends to independently seek angler comment on an alternative model.
National Park Passes for Defence Veterans
Jason spotted this. I was aware Gold Cards could get a free Concession Pass but now all cards including the DVA Veteran’s White Card can get this concession.
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/passes-and-fees/conditions-of-use?utm_medium=short-url
A simple on-line process, though my validation required sending an image of the card as using the card number didn’t work.
August 2025 Burley Line (Issue 214)
This is a quiet time of the year and reflected in the size of the newsletter. Much appreciate the efforts by the contributors: Greg S has excelled himself, James provided some quite envious images from saltwater in warmer climes and Ryan has reported on a less than stellar club trip to Merimbula. By the way, the ‘Joe’ who Ryan referred to is Joe Manzano, the guy who taught us to tie his shrimp fly back in June https://canberra-anglers.asn.au/blog/fly-tying-25-june-2025-joes-saltwater-shrimp/
My session with fly tying paraloop/hackle stacker only drew two observers so there’s no report here – I encourage everyone to check out the various YouTube links, it is an interesting technique.
Don’t forget to put the AGM and the fly casting into your calendar.