Next Meeting
10 Dec – our annual end of year BBQ by the lake. More details soon via email.
Next Activities
26 Nov – Fly tying via Zoom 7:30 – Hares Ear/pheasant tail nymph with Claude
18 Jan 2026 – Carp outing led by Claude. More details via email.
From Lachy:
Below are the recipes and some links for viewing, these are for the fly tying that is being led by Lachy on the 26th of November 2025 starting at 7:30pm via Zoom.
Zoom link will come out the day before – Tuesday 25th November.
Pheasant Tailed Nymph
Unweighted version
Hook: Hanak H 230 or H 280 or sturdy wet fly hook sz 12 (but can go down to sz 20). Tiemco TMC 100SP-BL also works well
Weight: lead wire optional or use unweighted as a dropper with a weighted nymph or split shot
Thread: brown or rusty coloured thread in 70 Denier. I prefer Brown Semperfli nano silk in 50D
Tail, Abdomen, Wingcase and Legs: Natural Pheasant Tail fibres
Thorax: Peacock herl
Rib: Copper wire in size 0.2mm or UTC Brassy size
Video link – can be used as a guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXG_0bcrWBE
Blue Collared Pheasant Tail Nymph (aka The Blue Ninja)
Hook: Dohiku HDJ in size 14, 16 and 18 or your preferred jig nymph hook
Bead: Copper coloured tungsten bead. Normally go 3.5mm on sz 14, 3.0mm on sz 16 and so on. But it also works well sizing up the bead on a smaller hook eg 3.5mm bead on sz 16 hook, 3.0mm bead on sz 18 and so on.
Tail: Coq de Leon (CDL) preferably in Ginger Speckle, but any CDL will do
Rib: Copper wire in size 0.2mm or UTC Brassy size
Collar: Uni mylar 1/32” in Holo lt Blue, alternatives Semperfli Holographic Tinsel 1/32” in Kingfisher colour, or Wapsi/UTC Holo Tinsel medium in blue
Resin: Solarez UV bone dry thin or your preferred thin, clear UV resin
Video link – mine uses slightly different materials and works well in our region but this is a useful guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHu1eTdqeR0&t=104s
Keyword wetfly nymphfly
Ryan is leading and tells me he still has some space in the house. Contact him, or leave a comment here and we can link you up.
Feel free to make your own accommodation arrangements and join in for the fishing.
Remember, this will likely determine the Saltwater Trophy for this season.
Email system restored – thank goodness. Our shift means that emails from @canberra-anglers.asn.au will get through to Hotmail, yahoo and some other systems.
Just a gentle reminder, while we’ve had quite a rush of new members since the casting, plus some suggestion from long ago members enthused by our 80th birthday, there are a few of our ‘regulars’ not paid. That’s ok, situations change etc, but membership is essential for attendance at our outdoor events for insurance reasons.
We’ve had a number of club events which are reported on here – some excellent results early in the season, unfortunately we seem to be getting in hot weather early, please consider the conditions if you are fishing in the streams.
Thanks as always to Greg S for his tips – some very interesting items here this month.
Also thanks to our busy Secretary who has prompted me to include a few items that will be useful, especially for our newly joined members. She and I are trying to think how make our ever growing knowledge base to be more accessible to all – some attempts have been made and discussed later in this edition. I’ve also tweaked our “How to use our Blog” page to reflect the knowledgebase construct.
The lodge has booked us in for Fri 13 to Sun 15 Feb.
For your forward planning at this time. I’ll advise cost and full details closer to the date.
The corn fed caddis was the subject of a previous evening that clashed with a footy match. https://canberra-anglers.asn.au/blog/fly-tying-23-apr-sunken-ant-corn-fed-caddis/
For sparkle gnat, see https://www.flyfishfood.com/blogs/dry-fly-tutorials/sparkle-gnat
Colours for sparkle gnat depends on what material you have and personal preferences.
Some examples from the night
Keyword dryfly wetfly
You can now expect emails from “@canberra-anglers.asn.au” addresses.
Member subscription fees for 2025/26 fell due at the AGM in August – there’s only a few of our ‘regulars’ who haven’t yet paid their subs.
Great to see so many folk attend our Free Fly Casting for the Public sessions. A number of people signed up as members, including the young gun who graces our cover page – proving there are some good trout available in nearby waters that we often ignore.
As always, I can count on Greg S for his snippets, but increasingly there is stuff that pops up on our WhatsApp channels – the highlights are replicated below, but if you join the groups you’ll see them as they arrive. Also popping up, it was brought to my attention that the Victorian Fishing Authority have got a great new newsletter – there are fifteen back editions for your reading pleasure – link below.
People should check the address that their browser is using for our web home page. For some time it seems http://canberra-anglers.asn.au/ would display the correct page, but recently I’ve noticed it doesn’t show our news panel. The correct address is https://canberra-anglers.asn.au/ (the ‘s’ means it is a secure website). Google seems to give the correct address thank goodness.
As the club techo – apologies for some disruptions to our email system. We had been having troubles using our @canberra-anglers.asn.au email accounts to get to some members. We are transitioning to another email service, but there are a few hiccups. I hope normal, indeed better, operation will be commenced soon.
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.
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:
