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THE FLY FISHER
June 2013 VOL 45 No 5
“The Fly Fisher” If undeliverable return to: The Southern Fly Fishers PO Box 388 MOORABBIN VIC 3192
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Issue - June 2013 Southern Fly Fishers, like an express train, has arrived at the beginning
of another month. On another note I seemed to have been able to pump through 62 years at a great rate of knots myself. With plenty of activities coming up and a good number of members putting their names down on the trip sheets it looks like a few months of thrill packed entertainment lie ahead. The first Millbrook trip in Sept is almost full so if you are one of the lucky ones attending, please make sure your $100 deposit is paid to Les Pratt ASAP. Southern has a second Millbrook trip booked for October. We will need to get names on the board ASAP so that we can get deposits away and either secure the booking or cancel the second trip. The mini-mum number for each Millbrook trip is nine and the maximum is twelve. The Casserole & Trivia night on the members’ night this Wed the 12th is shaping up really well. Tables of members will join in to answer questions hammered out by Dave Smith our organiser. Each table will pool their knowledge to answer a range of questions. Good luck to all and do not
have dinner beforehand. Peter Van Oosteram and Scott Dargan while consulting with our long time webmaster Peter Snare, have almost finished putting together a new look website for Southern Fly Fishers with all sorts of additives. The computer jargon bandied around at the committee meeting was way above my un-derstanding but sounded very impressive so it must be good. So stay tuned and look forward to the launch. David Woods’ Christmas Island trip will be, to those who attend, the highlight of your fly fishing life. I was fortunate enough to do the trip run by Pro-Angler last year and was over the moon and it wasn’t even the port. It will be fantastic. Members’ attendance at our meetings over a couple of months this year has been down a little due to a number of regulars being away but has returned to normal over the last month. Bringing to mind if there are any subjects or activities or improvements that any members would like to raise please let a committee member know your thoughts, our club is only as good as its members input in all respects. The Noojee trout farm trip was a massive success so we will be running another ASAP (See arti-cle in this edition). I have just spent the day, Saturday 8th June, at the distance casting day of the Australian Casting Championships held at Southern and was fortunate enough to witness a 51 plus metre beauty bashed out by Alistair O’Connor. Well done my boy. Fees are due by the 1st of July so cough up; however if you are feeling flush with funds you can pay as soon as you like. Southern Fly Fishers AGM will be held on the 24th of July so let’s have ALL members present, about 108 of you. The event will include my end of year speech and should not be missed, I prom-ise an entertaining night. It may be your last chance to experience, as often expressed by members, an awesome elongated waffle as I finalise my Presidential term. Great fishing to you all. Tony Hyett
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Calendar - Coming Events Jun Sun 2nd Brunn Shield, Round 2 at Northern pool, hosted by Northern. Wed 5th Committee Meeting 7.30 pm. Sat/Sun 8/9th Australian Championships at SFFC pool, hosted by Southern. Wed 12th Members’ Night, Casting practice 6.30 pm, meeting 7.30 pm, Casserole & Trivia Night. (Note: no artificial aids allowed). Sat/Sun 15/16th Weekend Trip: Purrumbete, Western District lakes. Leader David Wood. Wed 19th Fly Tying with Max Kepert 7.00- 9.30 pm Wed 26th Casting 6.30 pm, General Meeting, 7.30 pm. Note: Please remember to bring a pencil and paper for the Casserole and Trivia night. Jul Wed 3rd Committee Meeting 7.30 pm. Sun 7th Brunn Shield, Round 3 at Yarra Bend pool, hosted by Red Tag. Wed 10th Members’ Night, Speaker: Jon Clewlow from Millbrook Lakes. Sun 14th Day Trip Wurdiboluc Reservoir (nr Winchelsea). Leader Tony Hyett. Wed 17th Fly Tying with Max Kepert 7.00- 9.30 pm Sun 21st Southern Open Championship at SFFC pool, hosted by Southern. Wed 24th Annual General Meeting Aug Sat 3rd Gerry Bolt/Tri Club Challenge, Newlands/Hepburn. Leader John McIntyre. Wed 7th Committee Meeting 7.30 pm. Wed 14th Members’ Night, Speaker: David Dick (Tyenna Dave). Sun 18th Wundafly Day, Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre. Leader John McDonald. Wed 21st Fly Tying with Max Kepert 7.00- 9.30 pm Fri-Sun 23-25th 4WD & Camping Show (Southern assisting with stand as per last year). Wed 28th Casting 6.30 pm, General Meeting, 7.30 pm. Note: Expressions of interest to assist with promoting the club at the 4WD & Camping Show can be directed to Tony Hyett who will be able to provide you with further information.
General casting practice sessions are held each second and fourth Wednesday from 6.30 to 7.30, under floodlights, (weather permitting). Come learn from the experts, improve your accuracy and methods. Competition casting practice sessions are held every Thursday evening.
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Committee - Officers & Delegates 2012-13
President: Tony Hyett Trips Co-ordinator Combined Clubrooms Representative M 0418 173 869 E [email protected] Vice President Jim Johnston Catering & Fundraising H 9583 3762 E [email protected] Secretary: Ken Moran Public Officer, Combined Clubrooms Rep. M 0439 319 953 E [email protected] Treasurer (Acting) Les Pratt New members Co-ordinator H 9808 6184 E [email protected] Committee Ross Bailey Streamcraft & Tying Co-ordinator M 0417 338 324 E [email protected] Committee Geoff Churcher Librarian, Almoner H 9503 1880 E [email protected] Committee Peter Cairns Assets & Maintenance M 0413 420 044 E [email protected] Committee Scott Dargan Asst Editor/webpage liason M 0420 909 449 E [email protected] Committee John McIntyre Delegates Co-ordinator M 0418 320 173 E [email protected]. Committee: Alistair O’Connor ACF Delegate M 0406 720 843 E [email protected] Committee Chad Sayer M 0428 997 487 E [email protected] Committee: Dave Smith Fly Fisher Editor H 9555 2420 E [email protected] Webmaster: Peter Snare M 0411 130 586 E [email protected]
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Marysville Rivers Trip by Les Pratt
Following a week of rain and despite some doubt about conditions, 16 keen fishers travelled to Buxton on Sunday May 19th for the annual Marysville rivers trip. Although the rivers were up and running strongly, fishing conditions were generally good, weather overcast but the rain held off. Most members fished the various beats along the Steavenson river in the morning, landing some nice fish, while Ken and the boys, Connor & Nicky, went for a look at the Goulburn along Eildon Back Road. Unfortunately the river had virtually no flow and the banks and edges were extremely muddy. They then tried the Breakaway but conditions were the same and water discoloured, even-tually fishing the Rubicon. Connor landed a nice brown to 1lb and Ken a small brown to 200gm, both on nymphs. The morning was to highlight the ingenuity of Southern members when pursing their sport. Scott demonstrated the T&N technique to land a 40cm brown. For the uninitiated T&N is the tickle and net method where the fish is approached with stealth from behind, given a gentle tickle to obtain proof of life then gently netted from the same angle of approach. Rod and reel are not used during the procedure helping to conserve tippet for more aggressive fish. A sequence of photos to demon-strate the technique are included. A variation on Czech nymphing was employed by Alistair for some good takes. This involved replacing the nymph with a Wooly Bugger and bouncing it along the bottom and stream edges. Members returned to the Buxton reserve for lunch and tall tale sharing. One of our newest mem-bers, Majid Horiye, caught his first trout ever fly fishing on this trip using a Pheasant Tail nymph he tied himself. He then caught a further two trout on a black spider fly which he also tied. Another of our new members, John Philp, a resident of Marysville on his first club trip, managed to get through the day without falling in with the help of new waders and boots from Pro-Angler. Following lunch, some more of the Steavenson beats were visited while others travelled on to the Little and Big Rivers. Ken and the boys tried Little River, both boys landed two small fish. Steve Clements on his first trip with the club and new to river fishing landed two nice fish and can con-firm that Tony landed some fish on dries at Big River. He is also a reluctant witness to a larger fish, rumoured to be between 2lb and 200lb, hooked but unfortunately dropped by Tony. Peter Cairns took two on black bead head nymphs and Alistair’s Czech wetting technique was tried successfully in the afternoon by Scott picking up 2 more fish. Alistair and Lee picked up 5 fish between them on wooly buggers which were obviously on the specials menu for the day. Other participants Judy, Shane, Alda, Malcolm and yours truly had mixed results but enjoyed the day.
Majid Horiye and his first trout.
The Tickle - Testing for life. This old, tired and hungry fish was moved to a healthier part of the river. Not sure if he was able to survive.
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The Spectacular Noojee Adventure by Geoff Churcher
Over 500 trout were caught. The biggest three were 9.7lbs (Neil MacDonald), 8.8lbs (Ross Bailey) and 7.7 lbs (Julian Hart). Seven mentors, fourteen anglers and one wife turned up for the trip. One husband got down on his knees to his wife at least twenty times during the day … just to net the fish she was catching … and not a single fish killed. I think that this trip to the Noojee Trout Farm ranks as a truly spectacular success story. The intent of this new trip format was to give new members the chance to catch, play, net and re-lease large fish in a way that maximizes the survival of our speckled friends. Our mentors Pres. Tony, Ross Bailey, Peter Gadd, Peter Golding, John Worrell, Les Pratt and my-self all worked closely with the students demonstrating retrieval techniques, the use of split shot to get down to the larger fish … the importance of strong tippet and de-barbed hooks and just how useful pantyhose gauntlets are to safely control slippery fish. Perhaps the greatest success of the day was the high level of fellowship and camaraderie. A large number of anglers watched as beginners and experts all landed fish within sight of each other. The Committee will definitely consider running a similar event at the start of next season.
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The Spectacular Noojee Adventure by Geoff Churcher
Neil MacDonald - 9.7lbs of fat Rainbow Majid Horiye - Another Fish!
Julian Hart - 7.7lbs of pounding Brown Shane Bennett - Could be a Brook!
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The Australian Fly Fishing Museum by Bill Jeans
On Friday May the 3rd I attended a black-tie grand opening dinner at Clarendon, just outside Launceston, to launch the Australian Fly Fishing Museum, the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The MC was a very entertaining Rex Hunt and the main speaker was Mrs. Tammy Fraser, a very keen fly fisher. The aim of the museum is “to preserve, protect and celebrate the art, the craft and the joy of fly fishing”. Clarendon house is one of the most important properties of the National Trust in Tasmania. It was built in the 1830s in the northern midlands, a few miles from the lovely village of Evandale. Across the South Esk River lived James Youl who was primarily responsible for the introduction of Brown Trout. There are a number of outbuildings at Clarendon and the shepherds’ cottage has become our museum. Being under the umbrella of the National Trust has many advantages includ-ing the museum committee having control with the Trust providing guidance and expertise. The food on the evening was excellent, with plenty of local beer and pinot. A specially engraved Nick Taransky bamboo rod plus reel was auctioned for $7,500. Enough fly fishing memorabilia has been donated to start with a very good display, featuring Dick Wigram and Malcolm Gillies. This has been funded partly by a grant and also with private dona-tions. The plan is to have the exhibits changing regularly. If you have any suggestions or donations that might be suitable, please let me know. This is a fan-tastic initiative and deserves our full support (Some fly fishing clubs have already donated funds). You can become a member a member for $30 per year or at the very least make sure that you visit when next in Tassie. Donations to the National Trust are tax deductible and check out the website at www.affm.net.au.
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Casting About (or about casting) By John McIntyre / Alistair O’Connor Please note the following dates in your diary: 7th July Sun 3rd Brunn Shield at Yarra Bend, registration 9 am, start 9.30 am. 21st July Sun Southern Open at Southern, registration 9 am, start 9.30 am. Southern Members, please support your team. Come along and watch and help Jim Johnson with the BBQ on Sunday 21st. 4th Aug Sun 4th Brunn shield at Southern, registration 9 am, start 9.30 am. Southern Members, please support your team. Come along and watch and help Jim Johnson with the BBQ on Sunday 4th. Report from the 2013 Victorian Fly Casting Championships - Ballarat (Alistair O’Connor) On Saturday the 25th of May we reached master class in the FAD and distance events by John Phelan and John Kruska. John Rumpf was not to be outdone with the double handed cast and shot a big 75 metres. On Sunday, true class really shined through with Teddy and John Kruska shooting possibles on the dry. I didn't see John cast but Teddy didn't look like missing and, to quote Teddy, "a perfect possible", on a day which had extremely difficult conditions. Kenny Lucus shot 93 in the ICF and was looking really good. Southern Members that competed achieved the following results: Bruce Ratcliffe did very well and finished 2nd overall. Alistair O'Connor finished 9th over all and won C grade. John Foy finished 10th overall. John McIntyre finished 3rd in C grade. Everybody struggled in the wet with Andy Scott winning the wet event with 32. He could have scored more but his fly broke off. I saved the best for last. It was so difficult to see the fly hit the water that we had a judge in the water, Mark Cuthbert, to see if any points had been scored. By the time the event was over he stated he was "starting to lose feeling in well.... lets just say his legs". So, to wrap it up, it was a really good weekend a lot of fun and some great results.
Our Team at the Brunn 2 at Northern.
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Casting About (or about casting) By John McIntyre / Alistair O’Connor
The Victorian Fly Casting Cham-pionships underway at Ballarat
Bruce Ratcliffe steps up to receive his trophy and certificate for 2nd overall.
Our Casters and their spoils. Well done John, Bruce and Alistair.
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Wundafly Day 2013 - The tradition continues It’s on again, on Sunday the 18th of August, WUNDAFLY, the premier event on the Southern cal-endar that should be an absolute “can’t miss” day for all Southern members, regardless of experi-ence. As tradition demands Geoff and Dave and Antony at Goulburn Valley will produce another per-fect day, superb lunch and fantastic fishing at the centre. The cost is $50 for what is the best value social and fishing day on the Southern calendar. Great venue, great fun, great lunch, great camaraderie and intense but friendly (sort of) competition. Register now so you don’t miss out on this fantastic event. The trip sheet is on the notice board. Please let the coordinator, John Mc Donald 0408 418 332 know if you need or can assist with trans-port on the day . Further Details and Rules: Date - Sunday the 18th of August 2012, at the Goulburn Valley Flyfishing Centre, Thornton Cost - $50-00 which includes use of the facilities and lunch Time - 9.30 am for drawing of competition flies and briefing. 10.00am Fishing commences 12.15pm Lunch -1.00pm to 3.30 pm Fishing 3.30pm – 4.00pm Announcement of results and presentation of prizes. Rules: Each participant to bring two flies of their own choice for the competition. e.g., One can be a dry or both wet flies, your choice. The flies are numbered and put into a numbered pool, then a draw is held for the flies a participant will use on the day. You get the flies corresponding to the number you draw. Additionally for this years’ event the club will provide each participant with two midge pattern flies as generally midges have been active early in the morning. You then have the midge flies plus the two flies you have drawn as your flies to fish with for the competition. These are the only flies you can use for the actual competition. The flies you draw could be your own or those tied by another participant, so be careful about the choice of flies you bring along. For the first hour and a half’s fishing you can either choose to use the midges or alternatively choose one of the two flies you have drawn as the one you will initially use for the morning session. After lunch you may use the second fly or continue with your first choice. You can interchange the two flies whenever you choose in the afternoon session as well as again use the midge pattern. Should you lose your midge flies or the fly you have chosen for the morning session you can then use the second fly for the rest of the day. Should you be unlucky enough to lose both flies and the midge flies to marauding trees and bushes, you can continue to fish on for the rest of the day and catch as many fish as you can but only those fish caught on your drawn flies or the club issued midge flies count for the competi-tion. You may also continue to fish on at the lakes after the formal competition times should you choose. Prizes are – Heaviest fish (only trout count). Most fish caught. (again only trout). Champion fly tier (of the fly/s that caught the most fish, (midge pattern excluded) It is a great day of fun, competition and fishing. A superb barbecue lunch is included in the entry fee. There are also some very big fish in the lakes, so let’s see what our new members and the la-dies can do this year.
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Obviously, the club needed an amplifier for meetings at the Cheltenham hall so, “After much discussion, it was agreed that the club hire the amplifier & equipment for the sum of $2.00 per night” From committee meeting “Who does anything about inviting new members to go fishing?” This prompted much discussion without any clear resolution. A social report. The Warburton BBQ event was well supported and raised $8.00. New club Rooms. The President reported having attended a meeting at Moorabbin Council. Our club and two others are each required to provide finance of $2000.00 and the Archery Club $700.00 (because the building they have already provided is valued at $1300.00). Each club is to write notifying their agreement with these requirements and to pay the money in April / May 1973. It was agreed we should write indicating our willingness to try to meet our financial obligations The committee is pleased to announce that we have opened a Building Account with an opening balance of $96.00. Moorabbin Council have advised in the local paper, The Standard, that they have committed $5000.00 for the Turner Reserve and $43,000.00 for the new club rooms. (Note; the current refurbishment program is estimated @ $170k) TOPICAL? Reintroduction of closed season. After discussion on a reported proposal it was moved by G Rowney / B Pattinson and carried that “in view of the great benefits derived by thousands of an-glers and the tackle industry, and the lack of evidence of damage to fishing in general as indicated by the Fisheries & Wild Life Department, this club opposes the negative and selfish move to rein-state a closed season, which is perhaps appropriate in other parts of the world. I wonder what this was all about. One for Les Pratt - After a request, the committee agreed that the Secretary be given a $10.00 petty cash float. After 40 years, can you make that $1000.00, thanks Les? Next month let’s see what 1973 was like, regards Ken Moran.
Blasts from the Past - 1972 by Ken Moran
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Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice of Meeting The Annual General Meeting of Southern Flyfishers Aust Inc. will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday the 24th of July. Agenda: Apologies Treasurer’s Report Presentation of Awards President’s Report Election of Office Bearers and Committee Members for 2013-14 As all positions on the Committee become vacant at the conclusion of the AGM, any member wishing to nominate for a position must submit their nomination to Ken Moran no later than 10th July 2013. Retiring members, Tony Hyett, Ken Moran, Ross Bailey, John McIntyre, Jim Johnston, Les Pratt, Chad Sayer & Peter Cairns have all indicated that they will be seeking re-election. Dan Gardam & David Wood and Dave Smith will not be seeking re- election. Any member nominating, can only nominate for one position. All nominations must be on the prescribed form (Below), be nominated and seconded by finan-cial members of the Club and the nominee must sign the form consenting to the nomination. In the event that more than one nomination is received for a position as an Officer of the Club a ballot will be conducted. The Constitution provides for up to 11 members to be elected to the Committee in addition to the Officer positions of President, Vice-president, Treasurer and Secretary Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
SFF COMMITTEE NOMINATION FORM
We, being financial members of Southern Fly Fishers Aust Inc, nominate: ……………………………………………………………………….. for the position of ……………………………………………………. Signature ………………………………... Signature ………………………………….. Name (print) …………………………….. Name (print) ……………………………….. I consent to my nomination, Signature ………………………………... Name (print) …………………………….. Nominations must be received by the Secretary no later than close of Members’ Night, 10th July.
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General Meeting Minutes 22nd May 2013
Meeting Commenced at 7.50pm Committee Present; Tony Hyett, Geoff Churcher, Ken Moran, Les Pratt, John McIntyre, Alistair O’Connor Ross Bailey, Jim Johnston, Peter Cairns Tony Hyett chaired the meeting APOLOGIES, VISITORS / NEW MEMBERS: Scott Dargan, Dave Smith, Jill & Colin McMillan, Ian Sambell, Steven Clement Tony welcomed visitor Laurent Phillipini MINUTES of PREVIOUS MEETING: Tabled as issued Moved Jim Johnston Seconded Kelvin Moore Matters arising from minutes. CORRESPONDENCE IN: Newsletters from VFFA, Ballarat, Bairnsdale, Yarra Valley, DPI re Fishing Forum locations KCC re A/C preferences VR Fish notice of meeting ATF re delegate CORRESPONDENCE OUT: To the KCC request to install A/C Correspondence Moved Kelvin Moore Seconded Julian Hart TREASURERS REPORT: Submitted by Les Pratt for period – May 2013 Operating account is $ Term deposits remain as per statements Income $964 Expenditure $629 Profit / (loss) $335 Sundry accounts presented for payment, PO Box Moved Les Pratt Seconded Alistair O’Connor DELEGATES REPORT: CVFFC: Nil ATF: Nil ACF & CASTING: Reminder re Brunn events COMBINED CLUBS: Full Specifications received, builder has been awarded contract, works to start immediate with scheduled completion set for September FLYFISHER: Nil Library: New DVDs & books purchased Web Site: New Fly Tying link for “Allans” has been added Fly Tying: Members are encouraged to come long and learn GENERAL BUSINESS: David Wood provided details of trip to Christmas Island in June 2014. Cost estimate is $4000 all inclusive except for drinks & tips, only 8 places left so need to book and pay deposit of $500 asap to ensure a spot. Contact David for more details. Bill Jeans provided a summary of the history of Erceldene near Ballarat, the property is up for sale and was the first place to be stocked with rainbows from California Bill also recommended that members visit the Fly Fishing Museum in Tasmania if the chance arises.
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General Meeting Minutes 22nd May 2013 Geoff Churcher outlined the details of the upcoming trip to Noojee and the role of mentors for the day. Complete facts sheets will be send this week. Peter Gadd advised members of a good APP for knots called Pro Knots, available from APP store Tony Hyett advised that the July trip has been moved to Wurdiboluc. MillBrook spots are filling and deposits are required by next member’s night at the latest. Payment is to the Club (via Les Pratt) of see newsletter for direct debit details. Ensure you add your name when paying Various trips on the board have been posted and for those going to Tasmania it is essential to add your name now so that “early bird” savings can be accessed. The Gerry Bolt tri-club event is on the 3rd August at Hepburn / Newlyns area, members are en-couraged to attend and support the day. Contact John McIntyre for more details Early notice that fees are payable NO Later than the 1st of July, notices will be sent next month Trivia night is on the next member’s night, 12th June. Bring your brain in gear but leave home your IPods’. The following members have kindly offered to bring casseroles so a good feed is ensured John McDonald, Bill Jeans, Charles Bradley, Alda Heap, Geoff Churcher, Lee Lord & Ken Moran Fishing Reports Kelvin Moore advised that the roads to Turton Creek have now opened, areas near waterfall best to try. Mark Scheimer reported a “Bourke Street” at the Pondage with 4 clubs scheduling a visit on the same day. Alistair O’Connor gave a brief report on our recent Marysville streams trip ( more in newsletter) . Noted that he & Lee Lord had most success fishing Woolley Buggers bounced along the bottom, those that fished Big River were successful on large dries. Scott Dargan employed his very very special technique that will be revealed, with evidence, in our newsletter. New member Majid Horie caught 3 fish on flies he made himself from the internet. Well done Majid. Ross Bailey fished Tolondo again but not as good as recent Championship event although he landed a rainbow @ 52cm and a brown of 49cm. Wets were most successful. Richard Somerton braved the elements at Eucumbene for some spectacular results, over 100 fish landed over 3 days with all between one & a half and seven lbs. It was so cold his waders froze but with fishing like that who would notice Peter Snare fished the Steavenson for 6 nice fish all taken on the Bella Nymph as featured in last newsletter. Members Draw is $80.00 you must be in attendance to win. We had a winner! Chad Sayer who attended his first meeting after a prolonged overseas visit for work is the lucky member. Next meeting will be back to $20.00. MEETING CLOSED AT 9.00pm. Next General Meeting will be 26th June 2013. After the meeting we were introduced to some new and innovative lines by Jim Baumgartel from FlyFinz. The Club thanks Jim for donating some excellent prizes for our raffle.
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Membership Nomination Form Southern Fly Fishers Aust. Inc.
PO Box 388, Moorabbin Vic 3192 Date: .............................................. Name: (Please print) …....................................................................................................................... Address: .......................................................................................................................................….... Suburb: ..................................................................... State: ...............Postcode: ................…......... Phone: (H)...............................(B)..................................(Mob).......................................................... Email: (Please print) .......................................................................................................................... Occupation: ....................................................................................................................................… Proposer: ..........................................................… Seconder …………………................................. Applicant’s Signature: .................................................................................................................…. Notes 1. Applies to Govt. pension/Seniors Card holders. 2. Residing over 60 Kms from the Club. 3. Immediate family adults and juniors under 18 years. Quarterly Pro-Rata payments apply for new memberships after July
(Membership is subject to confirmation by the Committee of Southern Fly Fishers Aust. Inc.)
Club Use Only: Date presented to Committee: ................................................. Elected: Yes / No Entered in Register: .......….... Treasurer notified:........… Publications notified: ...................... Membership Number: …………. Code: ……….. Membership Fees Paid: Yes / No
Types of Membership Code Annual Subs. + Insurance Member M $80.00 $10.00
Member’s spouse/partner P $40.00 $10.00
Concession (Note 1) C $60.00 $10.00
Junior (under 18 years) J $40.00 $10.00
Full-time student (under 25) S $40.00 $10.00
Country (Note 2) O $50.00 $10.00
Family Special (Note 3) F $120.00 $10.00 pp
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For Your Information
Little River Cottage is located in Maydena, that is situated on the Tyenna River, 12 kilometres from Mount Field National Park. It offers spectacular mountain scenery and is close to the Styx Forest of Big Trees and the Styx River. The famous Tyenna River is just minutes down the road and is one of the top fly fishing rivers in Tasmania. For those keen fisherman we can also arrange a guide who will take you to some hidden fishing spots that contain large brown and rainbow trout. SFF Rate: From $120 per night (Two people). For more information contact Scott Dargan on 0420 909 449.
Little River Cottage Maydena, Tasmania
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Go Tie a Fly Orange Bead Head Tom Jones by Ross Bailey
Materials: Hook Kamasan B175 # 10 ( or similar hook) Tail A few fibres of black squirrel tail Body Olive dubbing - any dubbing which can be finely dubbed (wool, hare, rabbit, seal) Wing Tufts from an olive zonker strip - or tufts of olive dyed wallaby if you have it Rib Fine, flat copper - pot scrubber type but thin. Alternatively - copper wire. Bead Fluoro orange (not tungsten) Thread Black 8/0 or 6/0. Method: Mount the fluorescent orange bead on the hook. The barb may need to be flattened to do this. Start the thread behind the bead and wind to a point above the hook barb catching in the wire rib as you go. Cut a small bunch of fibres from a black squirrel tail and even the tips. Tie the squirrel fibres in to form a tail no longer than the hook shank length. The tail should not be too long or too heavy. Dub a SMALL amount of the olive dubbing on to the thread and wind it from the tail tie in point forward approximately one-third of the shank length. Keep the dubbing as thin as you can and build the required thickness with extra turns - not clumps of dubbing. Cut a small bunch of fibres from an olive rabbit zonker strip, clean out the under fur, level the tips as well as you can and tie in with 2-3 turns of thread where the dubbing finished. The wing should not go beyond the hook bend and should lay back at 45 degrees (or greater). Trim excess fibres in front of the thread. Spin more dubbing on to the thread and wind over the base of the wing covering the cut tips and forward to a point just behind the bead. Cut another bunch of rabbit zonker fibres and form another wing which, when pushed flat, should extend to the base of the rear wing. Trim excess fibres from the base of the wing. Again the wing should sit pointing backwards at 45 degrees (or greater). Wind the rib forward in no more than five turns. There should be one to two turns behind the rear wing and two to three in between the wings. Wind the rib material around the shank at least once before tying off and cutting away the excess. Tie off with a couple of thread turns and whip finish. With the colder weather upon us this fly combines the proven fish catching ability of the Tom Jones with a trigger point of the orange bead. Fished on a sink tip or intermediate line it should prove a useful addition to the selection of flies for lakes.
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Julian Hart 0411 259 157 Alda Heap 0409 550 465 Keith Hook 0422 429 909 Majid Horiye 0412 189 243 Tony Hyett 0418 173 869 Bill Jeans 9596 7192 Jim Johnston 9583 3762 Max Kepert (L) 9543 3730 John Killmister 0419 519 127 Colin Kirkpatrick 0467 894 530 Rodney Knight 0417 035 554 Roman Kostenesky 0425 821 655 Gavin Ladson 0407 808 558 Vince & Linda Lammin 0439 912 544 Phil Langdon 0447 786 821 Lee Lord 0404 702 103 Graham Lucas 9570 2583 Robert Masterman 0412 321 862 Grant Mathews 0414 695 597 John McDonald (L) 0408 418 332 Neil McDonald 0402 402 755 John McIntyre (L) 0418 320 173 Andrew McKie 9587 1180 Colin & Jill McMillan 0407 514 966 Ken McRae 0418 585 411 Ian Melton 0417 361 242 John Mennen 0408 145 463 Karl Meyerheinrich (L) 9729 8517 Brendan Moncrieff 0488 516 177 Duncan Moncrieff 0488 516 177 Jason Moncrieff 0488 516 177 Kelvin Moore 0422 607 760 Ken Moran 0439 319 953 Annemarie Mulder 0459 811 328 Rodrigo/Tomas Mulder 9077 7098 Garry Newton 0412 768 082 Alistair O’Connor 0406 720 846 Chris Owen 0424 054 646 Clive Pankhurst (L) 9579 1975
Membership May 2013 (subject to subscription renewal confirmations)
Ron Penny (L) 9578 7024 John Philp 0409 332 040 Les Pratt 9808 6184 Ken Pridgett 0435 038 520 Gary Rapley 0408 342 132 Bruce Ratcliffe 0425 738 701 Allan Russell 0437 240 323 Bob Rutherford 9580 3350 Ian Sambell 0402 222 000 Russell Saunders 0408 890 228 Chad Sayer 0428 997 487 Mark Scheimer 0488 019 717 Bernard Schindler 9885 4059 Kraig Schultz 0438 750 111 Richard Scrivens 9547 5014 Graham Seeger 0408 380 626 Dave Smith 9555 2420 Peter Snare 0411 130 586 Richard Somerton 0419 788 027 Peter Suzic 0423 503 974 Kazuo Takemura 0412 547 511 Peter te Hennepe 0408 373 263 Derek Thomas 0411 778 409 Patrick Thomas 5977 2030 Bill Tilley 0411 173 614 John Tunbridge 5971 2127 Ian Vanderstoel 9529 3216 Peter van Oosterom 0418 282 441 John Walker 5995 5392 John Warner (L) 0409 383 250 Andrew Wheeler 0418 375 082 David Wood 0412 312 008 John Worrell (L) 9592 1158 Paul Wrigley 0437 982 961 Graeme Yeomans 0412 363 789 (L) = Life Member
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We invite you to join and participate in the Club’s activities. Our aim is to support mem-bers in the enjoyment of the sport of fly fishing, the environment and the social cameraderie.
Meetings are held every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at the Southern Fly Fishing Clubroom and Casting Pool
located in Highett Reserve, Cnr Chesterville and Turner Roads, Highett. Melways 77 J 9
(Look for the “Combined Clubrooms” entrance at Nº 33 Turner Road)
Membership Benefits: Beginners’& advanced casting tuition Competitive casting & fishing events Beginners’ fly tying classes Advanced fly tying group Streamcraft & fly fishing techniques Specialist guest speakers Monthly fly fishing discussion group Regular day & weekend fishing trips Annual interstate & overseas fishing trips Saltwater fly fishing activities Regular newsletter Public liability insurance during club activities Discounts from sponsors’ retail outlets. Membership enquiries: To: [email protected] or phone Tony Hyett on 0418 173 869. Website: southernflyfishers.org.au
SFF Clubroom
