We’ve come out of the summer break and dire reports on trout fishing continue – water levels are down and some of the lowland streams have stopped flowing.
This issue has come along really well with multiple reports, including local successes and recent CAA events. Fish stocking (of natives and threatened species) are documented after CAA successfully obtained supplementary funding for cod stocking in the Yass River and members were involved in trout cod research stocking. Talking about research and threatened species, CAA has been invited to be involved in a UNSW research project – more information given in the newsletter, come along to the Feb meeting to hear all about it.
21-23 Mar to Buckenderra Caravan Park. Message from Claude:
Due to the dry conditions and generally challenging river fishing conditions due to the hot / dry summer, I have changed the date and location of the ‘Tantangara Trip’ to ‘Buckenderra – Lake Eucumbene Trip’. The fishing will be primarily lake based unless folk want to travel to the local rivers. There are plenty of shore based fishing opportunities however you will need a 4WD if you want to travel further afield along the lake edge (to the cattle farm area). This trip allows you to engage in all types of fishing in one day…boat fishing if you have one, fly fishing as much as you like, lures when you get tired or frustrated and bait fishing with a rod bell as we sit around the fire on the waters edge at night……or any other combination.
All accommodation options are available. Please express your interest if you want to share a cabin and I will try to coordinate – please note, that if you cancel your shared accommodation at late notice, normal club etiquette is to offer your part of the fee to other members. I will be camping.
Boss Outdoors is a very generous supporter of CAA. I’ve seen the occasional video fishing report by Nathan and I’ve missed a trick in not promoting them. They are quite professional and come out weekly reporting on local conditions. Nathan has brought old Pratty’s reports back to a new channel.
Here is this week’s report on Rainbow Lake and nearby Sponar’s Dam.
CAA normally doesn’t provide advertisements (except for recognising our tackle shop supporters, especially when we get mate’s rates for raffle prize acquisition) but this post is mainly an announcement rather than advertisement. There was some sad news when we heard Tumut River Brewing Company was going out of business. It has often been a Saturday evening option in our annual Tumut event; next year 16-18 May (thanks Stefan).
The saltwater trip to Tuross went off well – thanks Ryan for another well organised event. Reports and lots of photos here.
The Fly Tying on Wed 27th had some technical issues and ended up using WhatsApp video rather than Zoom. Video quality was not up to Zoom standards, but the outcomes still looked pretty good.
Greg S has submitted some gems from the Internet, plus some helpful words from Claude on releasing fish in good condition. I’ve added some stuff on Alan’s favourite Penny Knot and a simplifying graphic on angler rights in respect to the edge of streams (remember that this regulation has never been tested in court, and we should maintain good relations with landowners, it is basically the same as our backyard regardless of the technicalities of the law). All of which prompts me that I really need to get up to date with our Tips collection.
Finally, three CAA members who are also members of the Queanbeyan branch of MAS successfully stocked some streams south of Captain’s Flat. Here’s hoping they do all right.
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It is always wonderful to see someone catch their first trout on fly. New member James gets to be our cover this month. Unfortunately on what looked like a flashback nymph rather than one of the marvellous flies tied by his partner Xenii (also a new member).
Trout stream opening has come with some having success, in spite of the big winds that came on the weekend. Seems the ‘usual suspects’ will be contending for the trophies again this year.
Some excellent fish caught on Paul’s Mayfly Madness trip – unfortunately not by me (or Peter). Maybe next time. Report here from Paul with the appropriate number of fish photos. That weekend also saw a number of us participate in the Gaden Hatchery open day.
Lyle Knowles proved to be a hard day, with Owen the only success reported.
Fly tying was conducted by me – not up to the standards being displayed by Claude and Ryan but I hope attendees found it useful. Remember, this is via Zoom so you can relax at home with your choice of beverage. No need to actually tie as the social interaction is most enjoyable even if you don’t have a flytying bobbin in your hand.
The redfin which have seemed to be absent recently may be back on – see Peter’s catch.
Greg S has regaled us again with some unusual material from social media plus some other interesting stuff sent to me from outside CAA.
Finally, I’ve been inspired to write up an article on fish barriers/fish ladders.
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