Claude enjoys listening to podcasts, particularly anything to do with fly fishing. A favourite is the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast with Tom Rosenbauer. The latest podcast is quite relevant for some of us who try a bit ‘too much’ to cast distance or just have a really big day after a long break and strain our elbows/wrists. The podcast is ‘Avoiding casting pains with Dr. Jason Smith’ .

It talks about exercise to prepare for the fishing season (no needs for weights or going to the gym and spending time in front of the mirror). The main cause, as we would guess, is technique – a statistic Dr Smith mentioned is that we spend 96% of our money on gear and 4% on tuition (if you’re lucky). So if you want to avoid injury do your exercises/stretching, focus on style/technique and ideally see casting instructor to make sure your style is correct and efficient.

Link:

Podcast: https://howtoflyfish.orvis.com/podcasts/general-fly-fishing/1731-avoiding-casting-pains-with-dr-jason-smith
Casting Learning Centre: https://howtoflyfish.orvis.com/video-lessons/fly-casting

Rating out of 5 (by recommender):

• Entertaining [3]
• Educational [5]
• Locality Relevance [N/A]
• Length [~40 min]
• Quality [4]

Mike Kirkpatrick is a Kiwi guide and movie maker. He recently posted a brief video on YouTube on how to handle fish.

https://youtu.be/o8OYvobLiE8

In terms of Claude’s rating scheme

• Entertaining [3]
• Education [4]
• Locality [5]
• Length [4 x ~ 8 min]
• Quality? [4]

Excellent drone footage of fighting the fish. Pretty good demonstrations of best practices. I think the only admission was no mention of the benefits of barbless hooks.

I got this from Claude. Just a little late for the July Burley Line, but will appear in the August version for those who don’t follow CAA Blog News.

He subsequently proposed the idea of a simple rating scheme that CAA could use and suggested these vlogs would rate:

1. Entertaining [3]
2. Education     [5]
3. Locality?       [N/A]
4. Length           [5 x ~40 min]
5. Quality?        [4]

Whilst searching YouTube for fly fishing videos I came across White Dog instructional videos on ‘How to Euro Nymph Series’. The videos are great and I have picked up a number of good tips. I consider the videos of equivalent quality to that of Dynamic Nymphing which you have to pay for. There are about five videos in series…with some additional videos on topics such as ‘5 Biggest Mistakes When Euro Nymphing – Tips to Euro Nymph Effectively’. Start here to increase your knowledge on Euro nymphing => White Dog How to Euro Nymph

From 1 August there will be revised rules. DPI announcement is here. Outcome:

• Rock Lobster combined bag limit to increase from two to three. No change to legal-size range (104mm to 180mm)
• bag limit of Dusky Flathead is reduced from 10 to 5 and a strict ‘slot limit’ of 36 to 70cm. (Currently you can have one over 70cm)

Readers of Newsletter Burley Line would be aware that NSWCFA has been working with NSW DPI Fisheries to improve the DPI Angler Access website. DPI has just formally (re)launched the site.

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/releases/2022/general/online-map-helps-anglers-access-new-fishing-spots

We’d encourage readers to have a look. NSWCFA have asked that some kind of feedback process be available – I don’t see it yet, but feel free to send any you have to Bill.

There is a nifty way to download a portion of the map as a ‘georeferenced’ pdf. You can then view this file in an app like Avenza Maps to see where you are GPS located in relation to the access point marker. Bill might even be able remember how it is done. 😀

Our President is an avid podcast listener. He’s suggested that this series from The Flyfisher team is worthy of a look. According to their note “What we have in the pipeline is informative chats with some big-name characters that we can’t wait to air. If you’re Aussie and you flyfish, you’re going to love this commentary”.

The podcasts are being offered via a number of channels. Their website is only showing Episode 1 but perhaps it will become their main gateway. https://theflyfisher.com.au/blogs/news/the-flyfishers-podcast

I have included this in our “useful links” page.

Freddy von Reibnitz originally published this paper in the Journal of the NSW Rod Fishers’ Society – a very prestigious and exclusive fishing club. The article was subsequently published in the Newsletter of the ACT Fly Fishers where I was able to read and appreciate the significant analytical work therein. It appears here for Canberra Anglers Association through Freddy’s generosity. I hope that others will benefit from the knowledge that has been extracted and presented here.

The analysis provides a mathematical and robust consideration of long term rainfall and air temperature data.  The findings are quite sobering to say the least.

The impact on the trout fishery is a major element of DPI and MAS research.  It is also instructive to consider some of the research into mitigation that the Victorian fisheries authorities are undertaking.

There is much myth and misconception about the legalities of angler access to river banks.

I was recently sent this link to a very interesting discussion on the law. The photos and drawing examples are very informative. Will put it onto CAA website in due course for continued visibility.

https://www.dohertysmith.com.au/blog/river-banks-and-the-10-metre-rule-or-20-metre-rule-do-they-exist-in-nsw/

Some thoughts from Ken on his fly-fishing since returning to Canberra and stream vs lake.

I’ve been following The New Fly Fisher on YouTube for some time. They have a lot of short, sharp videos providing hints that assist not just novices. Here’s one on preparing a new flyline that I’ve not been aware of.

https://youtu.be/XciQkmVEPvY

You may find them as useful as I do.