Latest edition available here. Much was previously published in NSWCFA May newsletter but these were not:
Sydney Water fined for 2021 Parramatta River fish kill
Research into alternative crab trap designs – looking for recreational fishers who are able to do a survey over the phone, or via email.
Rec fishing in NSW needs independent managers – John Newbery’s article ‘Environment: Here we go again…’ in Fishing World makes interesting reading. Argues DPI prioritises commercial interests over recreational.
You may have recently heard about the passing of Shaun Gambrill. Shaun was a super keen fly fisherman and has always been keen to share his knowledge with all – starters to experienced folk – from the casting days to presenting to the club on loch style techniques. One of my earliest memories of Shaun was on a trip to Bondi Forest for some early season fishing. Part of the activity included fly tying where Shaun introduced us to the ‘Gambugger’…which is a Woolly Bugger with Shaun’s secret sauce body dubbing. Not only did he share the tie with us, but he also caught a swag of fish on it.
I will be leading the tie of the Gambugger on Wednesday evening. Please come along to have a chator do the tying – whether you knew Shaun or not.
If you are interested in participating let me know and we will explore how we can share around enough ‘secret sauce’ to allow you to tie two buggers. The ingredients you will need to get are:
Bugger wet fly hook – #14 to 10 (can be any wet fly or jig hook)
Bead – 2-3.5, or no bead at all
Marabou – black or olive
Secret sauce – can be sourced from Claude (substitute – rubber leggy dubbing)
Thread to suit your colour – or just black 6/0 to 8/0
Our colleagues at the Monaro Acclimatisation Society have been successful in seeking a grant to repair road damage near Snowy Lakes. More here including photos.
Our annual Tumut trip was a big success with everyone onto fish and looking good. The river was well up again. We need to recruit someone into CAA who has the decision making on the timing of flows . I had some success on the Thredbo after I couldn’t get to Tumut.
A report from a local river by Ryan is here. He’s been exploring locally, though a little bird tells me that Greg W and Lachlan have also been scampering around checking out trout waters on most Mondays. I look forward to a private briefing.
We have an update from our North American correspondent Jason M. He’s settling into the DC area trying to find good shops and good fishing. No doubts we’ll here more.
Some news snippets – eg that Monaro Acclimatisation Society has joined the 21st Century and established a Facebook page. You might want to monitor it for news about the Snowies.
While talking Facebook – many thanks to Ryan for signing up to join Shaun and Bill as our Facebook page administrator. No doubt he will bring a ‘younger’ perspective to what might be uploaded. We have over 600 followers of our page – almost exclusively local and it seems few CAA members. Recently our stats are showing a large number of visits to our website/news blog/newsletter etc have come via Facebook – well done Shaun. I have asked the Committee whether we should establish an Instagram presence (to appeal to an even younger audience). Any thoughts to Claude please.
Our club logo embroiderer has moved away from Canberra. We have identified a replacement so those who would like to have the CAA logo on their own shirts have the opportunity to do so, in advance of any bulk purchases of shirts by the club.
As always, any and all submissions from members for future newsletters will be appreciated anytime. I’m aware two members are off to fish the Mataura and hope we might get some photos/stories.
