August 2025 Burley Line (Issue 214)

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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.

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Fly Tying: 27th Aug 2025

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Tips and tricks.  The idea here is all our experienced tiers would come prepared to describe and demonstrate a tip or trick that they have learnt over the years.  We’d also demonstrate some of the basic skills of fly tying.  Members who have not participated in fly tying, thinking it is all too advanced, might care to come along and see the principles.

July 2025 Burley Line (Issue 213)

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While there were no formal CAA events, many members headed uphill for the last of the stream trout fishing.  Bucking the trend, Ryan and Tom headed to the coast chasing some willing Australian salmon.  This has enthused him for a mid-winter estuary trip down to Merimbula.  Already I can see much interest evinced on the CAA Whatsapp group.

While BJ wasn’t able to wet a line during a work trip overseas, he provided us with some very attractive Canadian fishing photos.

This month’s fly tying saw a special guest lead, and intriguing material.  The attendees were fascinated and saw multiple opportunities.

As always, many thanks to Greg S for the outcomes from his Facebook trawls.

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Fly Tying 23 Jul 2025

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This month will be more about a technique rather than a particular tie. In the US it seems to be known as ‘hackle stacker’ whereas in UK it is known as ‘paraloop’. We’ll explore the effect together. You can choose to follow one of the patterns offered here, or make something up yourself.

Here are some examples where the central idea is implemented slightly differently:

none of the above use a gallows tool, but I might get lazy and use my dodgy/handmade one a bit like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzZY9v-JzoQ&t=25s

nothing like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmVCRdyDP0g

This fly seems overly complex with the wing and tail, but it shows really clearly the way to hold the loop in the absence of a gallows. https://youtu.be/E9HTjiQBEy8?feature=shared

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Fly Tying 25 June 2025 – Joe’s Saltwater Shrimp

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

See also https://flylife.com.au/flylife_article/joes-shrimp … works best on desktop computer.

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 – Black

We were lucky to have the ‘Joe’ from the fly name come along and show us all the tricks. Fuller report in July 2025 Newsletter, but here are some of the results.

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