The report was postponed multiple times, in due course to 13 Oct. … no news as at Mon 16 Oct – I’ll keep you updated.
More information on our earlier post here.
The report was postponed multiple times, in due course to 13 Oct. … no news as at Mon 16 Oct – I’ll keep you updated.
More information on our earlier post here.
Our next meeting will be held upstairs in The Loft meeting room at Raiders Weston at 1 Liardet Street in Weston from 7:30.
Our guest speaker will be Fly Fishers International member Freddy von Reibnitz who will give us a presentation on The History of Bamboo Fly Rod Building in Australia. Freddy will also be bringing a couple of Australian-made rods with him for us to look at.
Freddy is the only person Lyall knows of who has passed all levels of the Fly Fishers International Fly Casting Skills Development Program using only bamboo fly rods – a fantastic achievement!!!
The NSW Natural Resources Commission are reviewing the priority risks and impacts of invasive species and the effectiveness of current management strategies.
Your chance to contribute closes 31 Oct.
https://www.nsw.gov.au/have-your-say/nsw-invasive-species-management-review
In an earlier blog post I said that an independent study was to be undertaken. A recent post on Facebook by NSWCFA (reposted on our Facebook) called our attention to its release.
The link is to a covering letter and the Executive Summary so is a relatively short read (5 pages). It is a clear description of what happened and why, as well as things that need to be done.
Amongst others, the issue of carp is raised. The National Carp Control Plan (still under consideration by Federal and state governments and seemingly reliant on the carp herpes virus) is not mentioned by name, but the Chief Scientist’s report does recommend “an integrated national invasive fish species management strategy be finalised and resourced.”
The delay in decision making on the carp virus, the apparent lack of a ‘Plan B’ alternative to the virus, and the absence of any other/complementary carp control activities being currently undertaken, has been the subject of much correspondence by NSWCFA to NSW and Federal governments.
Remember that the final day is on the water – Lake Ginninderra at Nengi Bamir Beach on Diddams Close west. Enter off Ginninderra Drive (near Gundaroo Drive/previously William Slim Drive). At the T Junction turn right and go to the end. Alternatively put -35.225282522740095, 149.06970762152545 into your GPS.
The club is currently planning to provide suitable, barbless, flies (or you can continue to use the ‘fluff’).
Has arrived and can be read here
Top items:
17 and 24 Sep.
Weather was great on Sun 10th. The clash with the Camp Quality charity bash again taking over the entire big carpark nearest our casting area won’t happen on 17 Sep. Hope to see you there.
The Editor, Peter Gibson, does this to me so often 🙂 publishes the Freshwater Fisher immediately after I publish Burley Line.
A very full edition. Top items:
available here
Our entomologist member Jaime brought this new book to our attention.
“An essential reference on Tasmania’s diverse mayflies, ideal for aquatic biologists and flyfishers.”
Jaime tells me:
A new book about Tasmanian Mayflies with biologist and fly-fishing orientation has been just published. I have been waiting for it for about 2 years. I was one of the reviewers when it was in the process of publication so I can testify that it’s a great book. It has very good biology/ecology/behavioural information. On top of that – because the scientist who wrote it has been a fly fisherman for more than 20 years – it includes a good chunk of fishing suggestions, eg. flies to mimic the natural patterns, when and where they occur, regional colour variations, etc. I haven’t seen a book that combines the 2 approaches (taxonomy/ biology and fly-fishing) together so well. Several of the species in the book occur also in VIC and NSW, so the information can be useful for us here.
$59.99. Order it here.