Water, Weather and Warnings

• Water Quality in ACT Waterways
• NSW Government waterways webcams, including Lake Eucumbene
• Bureau of Meterology Meteye Service
• Reports on some river levels

Reporting Illegal Activities – Fisher’s Watch

On line Portal

Fisheries ask that you record the following information before reporting:

• Type of activity
• Time, date and location of activity
• Number of people and any descriptions
• Registration numbers of cars and boats.

Licences/Regulatory Issues

• NSW Fishing Licence. The new digital licence can be obtained via an app – check here.
• The Recreational Fishing NSW Advisory Council represents anglers and makes recommendations to the Minister on the management of our fisheries
• The NSW Govt management of Crown Roads (specifically calls for submissions on proposed sales) is to be improved. Meantime here is the link to search for forthcoming proposed sales.
• Victorian Fishing Licence (note that ACT Seniors don’t need a licence). Also provides a link to the nifty Victorian Fishing Smartphone App.
• I was aware Gold Cards could get a free Concession Pass to NSW National Parks (including KNP) 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.
  https://account.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/concessionpass

Other Clubs/Organisations

• Monaro Acclimatisation Society While CAA is not a member/sub-branch of the MAS, their activities are of significant interest.
• Darwin Fly Rodders have invited us to share website links. An invitation for our members to engage when they visit is here.
• Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach have established an archive of their newsletters – you can sign up for your own copy here too.
• Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Network – a group of folk interested in improving the Murrumbidgee River environment

Presentations

• CRFA2014 – this is now a defunct organisation that CAA belonged to – had some impressive outcomes during its short life.
• We received a great presentation by the Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach. A number of opportunities for CAA to be involved were discussed. Click here to see the presentation and ways you can help. Their 2015 report is available here. A report on their project with Upper Murrumbidgee Waterwatch “Carp Love 20 Degrees Celsius” – a community engagement initiative is here and a poster on the carp tagging/tracking project is here.
• Jason M spoke at the June 2015 meeting on Remote Area Communications. Check out the summary here to which also has some very useful links.

Other Web Resources

• Council of Freshwater Anglers Newsletter Archive.
• Recreational Fishing Alliance NSW Newsletter Archive.
• Alan Bulmer’s Active Angling New Zealand blog – full of great articles and source of items for our own newsletter The Burley Line
• Ben tells me that “Davie McPhail’s YouTube channel is one of the most extensive fly tying resources on the web. If you need a given fly there is a possibility it will be in here.”
• Claude has provided some interesting e-fishing resources on the web:

Podcasts: search for Orvis Fly Fishing. Heaps and heaps of ‘very relaxed’ podcasts covering a range of topics. Also ABC’s the Big Fish: NSW and Canberra fishing information.

He particularly liked “The Flyfisher’s Podcast”.  They said “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”.https://theflyfisher.com.au/blogs/news/the-flyfishers-podcast

YouTube: Davie McPhail’s 3 killer nymph patterns. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st-f_S-Zwrg)

He and BJ found this useful chart matching bead sizes to hook sizes

• Owen provided a useful catalog of fly images.

•  

• DPIRD now has a very useful page advising on historical fish stocking. Find those sites that MAS and others have put the fish paid for by your fishing licence.
• www.archive.org/ – this is a great resource for accessing old books etc. ACTFF member Brett Leyshon has also provided us with an excellent ‘how-to’.
• “World’s Best Freshwater Fishing Blog”? Claude must have seen this on WIN News. He tells me “Looks pretty good, but I didn’t go past the front page …because I’m still working ☹”. See for yourself here.
• Tiemco Hook Comparison Chart. Readers who live in small towns where the variety of hooks is limited might find it useful.
• FlyLife Archive
• Fly Fishers International Fly of the Month – a huge repository of some classic ties
• Neil Grose Fly Tying Videos