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Lachy is the lead and suggested two flies as he feels they are pretty quick. Various reasons led to cancellation and may come back another time.
His notes:
Sunken Ant
Hook: Dohiku 644 / Hanak 300 series / or Hanak 450 in size 14 and 16
Bead: Black nickel tungsten 2.5mm (for sz 14 hook) and 2.0mm (for sz 16)
Thread: Black 70 Denier 8/0 and Rusty Brown Uni-thread (for the brown ant version)
CDC: Brown or natural
UV Resin – thin
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Lhjg_Lw9U
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Corn Fed Caddis
Hook: Tiemco TMC 100/103 BL or Hanak H130 in size 12 or 14
Thread: Brown or olive 70 Denier 8/0
Shuck: Antron yarn/thread in olive or brown
Body: Tan dubbing – preferably dry fly / fine synthetic type dubbing
Wing: CDC in natural or slate dun
Post: Antron in white or preferred hi-viz colour
See https://www.flyfishfood.com/blogs/dry-fly-tutorials/corn-fed-caddis
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Folks will probably have most materials, apart from maybe the Olive Antron yarn. I have plenty and am happy to bring it along to the next meeting if folks need some, just ask them to drop me a line via the tying WhatsApp group if anyone needs any of the materials.
Fair bit of news here. Stefan’s Tumut trip postponed by a week, our trip to Buckenderra had limited success – maybe better success beckons with our next two trout trips, those tieflyers have been at it again this time with a dry fly – whoohoo, more Internet items of interest from Greg S and finally some images from two of our members jetting about and a full report from Greg W from when he was living in UK. The last item is in our ‘Places to Visit’ blog. If you haven’t already explored the full extent of our blog please do. Contributions are always welcome, and it has been a while since our fishing trip chefs provided a new recipe for our cookbook segment.
Lachy and Neil, who recently volunteered as Delegates to NSWCFA, are showing their energy with a report on the recent NSWCFA mini-conference on ‘the Future of Fishing’. Lots to think about here. Any thoughts can be passed to those two for carriage to the next General Meeting in May.
We’ve had a counter on our website for just short over 25 years – how time flies – and we’ve just passed 30,000 clicks … I think a pretty impressive milestone.
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NCA has engaged ACT team to do a fish survey of Lake Burley Griffin. Makes for interesting reading and might change your favourite fishing location. Some very familiar names in the list of authors.
https://www.nca.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-02/2023-24%20Fisheries%20Survey%20for%20Lake%20Burley%20Griffin.pdf
When Greg W was posted to UK he organised two group fishing trips to the far North of Scotland. He has previously provided a brief for the 2019 trip for our ‘Places to Go’ blog
https://canberra-anglers.asn.au/blog/an-angling-opportunity-in-scotland/
Greg spoke at our 12 Mar 2025 meeting and provided additional detail including the 2021 return trip. An infrequently caught Arctic Charr was a reward for him.
The Rusty Dun is your classic parachute mayfly profile in the colour of our darker Australian mayfly and terrestrial insects. This is a perfect generalist fly for searching up a river. The slim profile and natural colour of the fly can represent a wide range of insects on our rivers. It has the added benefit of a hi-vis orange post to help you see your fly in even the most turbulent water. This fly is particularly successful late afternoon before and during an evening rise to mayfly. It can even double as an orange spinner pattern if needed and is also an option for lakes.
We tied the CDC version mainly but also the parachute version.
size 14 Dry Fly hook
Black (any colour) thread
Coq de Leon tail (substitute – any hackle)
Any sort of Rusty Dubbing
Glow bright for indicator
CDC – Natural or Brown (or any other colour)
From Tom Jarman’s excellent new series of “Tying and Fishing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g48v_RDAau8&t=7s
Some examples from the night.
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There’s been a post on the Canberra Fishing Network Facebook page that this has been cancelled and has been confirmed. Circumstances beyond OzFish control has resulted in the event being cancelled.
OzFish Unlimited, in partnership with Reflections Holidays, is hosting their Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series event at Burrinjuck Waters from March 21 @ 3:00 pm to March 23 @ 1:30 pm AEDT.
More information:
https://ozfish.org.au/event/reflections-sustainable-fishing-series-burrinjuck-waters/
Amongst a lot of other interesting stuff at https://www.nca.gov.au/environment/lake-burley-griffin there is the latest report on fish management.
The native fish population in Lake Burley Griffin is enhanced through the regular seeding of fingerlings. Species such as Murray Cod and Golden Perch are released on an alternate basis to maintain a mixed recreational fishery. Read all about it in The Lake Burley Griffin Fish Survey 2023-24. https://www.nca.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-02/2023-24%20Fisheries%20Survey%20for%20Lake%20Burley%20Griffin.pdf
Come along and join fellow club members for a great weekend fishing at Lake Eucumbene on 21-23 March. We will be basing ourselves out of Buckenderra Village which has a number of accommodation options from cabins to camping out.. All types of fishing are available – bait, lure and fly.
With the tough summer and small amount of rain, the rivers have been particularly tough, so a number of us have taken the opportunity to focus on lake fishing……and it’s been pretty productive if you happen to there at the right time and employing the right techniques, even for the shore-based angler.
One location which boasts terrific opportunities for the shore based angler is Buckenderra Holiday Village. Buckenderra is roughly 30 minutes’ drive from Cooma NSW. The shoreline at Buckenderra has all the right stuff to attract feeding trout: If you are not into fly fishing, you can certainly do bait or lure fishing in the lakes and rivers. Kayak and boating are also available on the lake.
Please join us for a weekend of socialising. It’s up to you if you come for two or one night or a day trip. Claude is organising and the CAA trip registration address will be emailed to members.
Cancellation considerations: If the weather is crappy Claude said he won’t be going. He will make the call for himself on Wednesday prior to the trip. As this is largely an independent activity, you are most welcome to continue your trip!