Next Meeting
11 Mar – normal time of 7:30PM at Raiders/Weston club. Nathan Walker will be giving a presentation on ‘Fly Fishing for Natives in the local area’. Nathan’s talks are always excellent so we hope to see you there.
Next Activities
20-22 Mar – Tantangara – has been cancelled due to organiser no longer being available.
25 Mar – Fly tying – scheduled to be mudeye led by Joe. Advice including the materials will be emailed likely with Zoom invite.
Well done Hector – photo of the month captures his joy.
Apologies from me for leaving off the promotion of Feb Fly tying in last newsletter edition.
A very full edition this month, with some generous submissions from those who went on the Jindabyne trip – many thanks folks, especially Bob’s record of interview (reproduced here with acknowledgement). I think everyone shared with me an impression of “fishing was hard but a most enjoyable trip”.
I report on a trip to NZ that I missed (drat). Inspires me to try to go again – others of you may be interested in our connections with Hastings Fly Fishing Club for access to their lodge.
We have more from our WhatsApp channels – contact Claude to join up.
Some good news from Peter for local fishing, and Gaden Hatchery expansions.
As always – some interesting snippets from Greg S.
Please join John who will be hosting the tying of the GFA Foam Hopper. This is a great all-around attractor pattern in late summer when larger terrestrials are out. This is a great searching pattern with a dropper underneath. It’s also very buoyant allowing for heavier droppers to be used.
Ingredients:
Hook: 2 or 3 X-long hopper hook – Sizes 6-14
Thread: UTC 140 Denier – Tan (or equivalent to suit the foam colour)
Underbody: Dubbing
Body: Craft Foam, 2-3mm – Tan/Yellow
Wing: Elk hair, cleaned and stacked
Hot Spot: Bright Craft Foam or other indicator material – 2mm
Legs: Striped round-rubber legs – Medium
References if you wish:
How to Tie a GFA Hopper (Step-By-Step With Video) – Into Fly Fishing
For any of our subscribers who had contemplated getting engaged with the Monaro Acclimatisation Society (the guys who stock our regional streams) there will soon be a way to join as an individual, complementing the traditional approach of joining a branch (club).
https://www.facebook.com/share/1G6m274193/
Mitch and the team at Gaden have provided their latest report. Disappointing rainbow run this year … even more sad news is that Mitch looks to be moving on. He has been major player in upgrading the hatchery and will be missed.
the constitution was amended via a Special General Meeting conducted in conjunction with a normal meeting. Changes were principally related to our non-profit status, amending the facility to appoint temporary honorary membership for visitors and some minor clarifications. Has been fully processed through the ACT authorities
available here
https://canberra-anglers.asn.au/club_process/club_process.html
Jason spotted this. I was aware Gold Cards could get a free Concession Pass but now all cards including the DVA Veteran’s White Card can get this concession.
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/passes-and-fees/conditions-of-use?utm_medium=short-url
A simple on-line process, though my validation required sending an image of the card as using the card number didn’t work.