Diary Dates: Bendigo. &district fly fishers inc.

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1 Bendigo &district fly fishers inc. Inc. No. A B June Diary Dates: 2 nd July Committee Meeting 4 th July Fly Casting 7 th Annual Dinner 9 th July Fly Tying 11 th July Fly Casting 16 th July Fly Tying 18th July Fly Casting 23rd July Fly Tying 25 th July Fly casting 30 th July AGM A Native Fly fishing weekend Trip is planned for the 29 th & 30 th of August 2015 staying at the Cohuna caravan park. For further details speak to a Committee member. Annual Dinner Our 2015 Annual Dinner is to be held at the Kangaroo Flat Sports Club on Tuesday 7 th July. 6.30pm for 7.00pm start. Numbers: to Jeff Willey ASAP.... August General Meeting (27 th August) Pie night With Gavin Hurley showing all new products 2015 Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Bendigo District Fly Fishers Inc. is to be held at the clubrooms Brennan Park Pool Thursday 30 th July 2015 at 7.30pm Nomination forms are attached to this newsletter. PRESIDENT: Damian Keegan Phone SECRETARY: Jeff Willey Phone TREASURER: Tom Charles Phone NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Joe Singe Phone: jsinge@bigpond.com Bob Garlick Phone: BENDIGO & DISTRICT FLY FISHERS INC PO BOX 2282 BENDIGO MAIL CENTRE VICTORIA 3554

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3 Bendigo & District Flyfishers Inc. Minutes of Committee Meeting Thursday 4 th June 2015 At Brennan Park Clubrooms The President opened the meeting at 7:40 pm. Present: Apologies: D. Keegan, T. Jacobs, R. Booth, T. Charles, A. Chisholm, R. Garlick, G. Hellsten, S. Charles L. Crimeen, J. Willey, J. Singe Minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed a true and accurate record. Treasures Report: To be presented next month at end of June Correspondance: Moved: R. Booth 2 nd : T. Charles Carried Moved: T. Charles 2 nd : T. Jacobs Carried 1. Letter of appreciation from Jim Baumgurtel of Flyfinz Fishing Tackle & Books General Business: 1. Goldfields Shield is on 27 th /28 th June at Lake Fyans. Fishing times 10 am to 6pm on 27 th and 6am to 12 pm on 28 th. BBQ and weigh in on Saturday night with Ballarat members. Accommodation has been booked for Fri and Sat night at Holiday park. 2. A motion was moved that the Treasurer has permission of the club to set up a direct debit account. Moved: D. Keegan 2 nd : R. Garlick Carried 3. A dozen people attended the day at Goulburn Valley Fly fishing Centre. Was a successful day with all but one catching fish. 4. The First Aid course may have a change of dates due to insufficient numbers to make course viable. Further details will be supplied to those who have indicated completing course as they come to hand. 5. Native Fly Fishing weekend is planned for the 29 th /30 th of August. To stay at Cohuna Caravan park fishing Gunbower Creek/Kow Swamp and Murray River. If natives aren t on there s always good size carp. 6. The AGM is on the 30 th of July. 7. The Annual Dinner is on Tuesday 7 th July. Numbers to Jeff Willey 8. Club has purchased 2 x pairs of UHF radios. These are available for use by club members. They were recently used on the club trip to the Goulburn Valley and greatly assisted members to discuss what was occurring in their area that they were fishing. It is also a great safety option should one get into trouble. 9. Steve Charles presented an over view of recent trips to the streams of North East Victoria. Full presentation to be given to members at the June general meeting. A club trip is planned for early November There being no further business the President closed the meeting at 8:47 PM. Damian Keegan Pres

4 PRESIDENTS REPORT Well the colder weather is definitely upon us. With the streams now official closed we begin to look back around our local waters being the lakes. It has been good to see and hear of various reports coming from Barkers with some members including myself picking up the odd fish here and there. The fish being landed are from the stocking last year and are easily distinguished with double fin clip. The fish are in good condition and what is also worth noting is the clarity of the water as it continues to rise up over the weed and grasses around the edge. In particular with Barkers don t forget that if you do fish it, regardless of catch or time spent there that a report is sent thru to Steve Charles via the club . This is to enable us to keep records of what is actually happening with the stocking/ fishing which enables us to further talk with the powers to be to ensure a sustainable fishery going into the future. Without this evidence it makes it harder for us as a club to justify what we see as how the fishery is actually fishing. This coming weekend sees a group of members heading over to Lake Fyans for the Goldfields Shield against Ballarat. I wish all those travelling over the best of luck and tight lines. Let s see if we can t bring the shield back to Bendigo. We are also currently trying to work on a couple of additional trips. One we are looking at is a native weekend around Gunbower Creek based at Cohuna. This is looking at being in late August. Another trip which would back on the streams is late October early November is up at Eskdale. This trip plans to be a real good opportunity for those who haven t fished or wish to learn more about fishing streams. The area has a number of streams that are suitable to varying levels of ability, both fishing and physical. Don t forget the Annual Dinner to be held at the Kangaroo Flat Sports Club on Tuesday the 7 th of July at 6.30 pm for a & pm start. If you haven t already let Jeff know please do to ensure sufficient bookings. Damian June 15

5 Fishing Report Barkers Creek Res Finally it seems like Barkers is on the improve! The last month has seen trout moving from mid to late afternoon and taking wets fished close to the surface. Tony and Al had a good session a couple of weeks back, catching multiple fish, Bob Roberts caught a couple of beauties around the 2 lb mark, Damian and I caught a couple around the 1 lb mark and just last weekend Tony caught a lovely brown that would have been 3 lb! All members should get down there and give it a go; catch some fish locally! Successful flies include the Shrek, Alexandra, and Pink Woolly Bugger. If I ve forgotten anyone that also had catches at Barkers, my apologies. However it speaks to the importance of recording your catches. Report in when you fish Barkers, please! Eskdale Leon and I spent a long weekend fishing around Eskdale just before season close. We again had a great trip with loads of laughs, plenty of fish caught and some new territory explored in that area. Knowledge of different streams and access points can be a big advantage which I hope to put to good use in Spring with a club trip back to this region more details to follow! Friday we fished the Little Snowy Creek, Saturday local guide Scottie tagged along with us to the Little Scrubby Creek, and Sunday we fished the Snowy Creek and Lightning Creek. Four streams in three days great fun!!

6 Scottie with a Beautiful brown on the Little Scrubby Creek Working a bubble line on the Little Scrubby Creek

7 Leon on the Snowy Creek Leon on the Lightning Creek

8 Scottie on the Little Scrubby Creek Steve Charles

9 STREAM FISHING NEAR BENDIGO During a recent (infrequent) tidy up of my fly-fishing stuff. I came across a book A guide to The Inland Angling Waters of Victoria. By B.R.Tunbridge and P.L.Rogan, Scientists, at Fisheries and Wildlife Victoria. The book is a comprehensive guide to what to expect to catch in Victorian waterways. My copy was published in I m sure many changes, droughts, subdivisions etc. have occurred since But trout are great survivors! 1976 was about the time I first discovered fly-fishing. So it became, somewhat of a bible for me. I grew up fishing the mid-lower sections of the Campaspe and Loddon rivers for redfin. This book listed the mid upper sections of these rivers and recorded that they held trout. In the main, small brown trout but also rainbows. I spent lots of time searching out new water on the Coliban and Campaspe rivers above lake Eppalock,near Malmsbury and Kyneton. I m not sure if these streams were stocked with trout, but do remember that Lake Eppalock was stocked when it was first filling. I assume that some of the trout in the Coliban and Campaspe came from Eppalock. Also from direct stocking and escapees from the Coliban lakes. The book lists some of the best fishing as being below waterfalls. In the Tyrone Thomas book 100Walks in Victoria he describes a walk to Mitchell s Falls on the Campaspe river at Barfold. The walk commences at a bridge on the Redesdale Kyneton road. The falls are downstream of the bridge. It is a spectacular walk, there are many geological features. Tessellated pavement, a deep gorge, and in winter a spectacular waterfall. Downstream of the falls a small creek Pipers Creek joins the Campaspe River. Pipers Creek was known to hold a good population of rainbow trout. Another waterfall, Turpins Falls is closer to Kyneton Another of my favourite haunts was the Coliban River, upstream of Lyles Bridge on the Eppalock-Redesdale road. I caught my first trout on a fly here. There is another bridge access on the Redesdale-Sutton Grange road. Then there are a few access points near Metcalfe and Taradale. I remember many years ago, some BDFFC members walked along this section of the Coliban spotting trout. We were surprised at the numbers of small trout in the river. Over on the Upper Loddon, the section of the river at Glenluce held trout. From there to Cairn Curran Reservoir, especially near Newstead was trout water, where the wonderful Jim Crow Creek joined the Loddon R. There were usually trout to be found. I assume there is still a population of brown trout in Jim Crow Ck. Droughts and pollution may have taken their toll. It is worthwhile exploring the small streams. Most are overgrown in parts, but if you adopt the Rob Roles flick technique, opportunities will open up. Please remember to ask landowners permission to cross their land. There are many more creeks to explore. My favourites were Jim Crow Creek and the Coliban R.. REMEMBER The Season is closed Good Luck, Joe Singe

10 For Sale. Hardy Superlite Net, Fibreglass so light it floats, best boat net you can own. $100. Contact Roger Casting Encounters. At the pool Saturday July 5 th. 1.30pm. come learn the Peter Hayes Roll Cast, a great technique to have. This cast will allow you to cast into very tight places with accuracy, speed and power. This cast overcomes the dreded wind problems with the standard roll cast. A must cast for shallow water fishing. Peter regards this as his best cast. Saturday July 12 th. The Single and double haul. These techniques will allow you to cast further with greater control, speed, power and accuracy in all your casts. The answer to removing the slack from all our casts. Roger June15.

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