VOLUME 32, ISSUE 9. April 2026

"One thing becomes clearer as one gets older and one's fishing experience increases, and that is the paramount importance of one's fishing companions." John Ashley-Cooper

President's Report

Dear {Contact_First_Name},

I am suffering from two things at the moment – firstly a fly-fishing drought (I haven’t cast a fly rod on water since early December) and writer’s block.

I am hoping to resolve the first issue in the next couple of weeks and sneak away for a couple of days to Barrington Tops.

The second I will attempt to do now.

Last year the club agreed to sponsor the Women’s Recreational Fishing League Learn to Fly Fish Enclave. This activity is being conducted in August at Dunmore Trout Waters (between Guyra and Glen Innes), and an email has been sent out to members asking for volunteers to assist participants with casting tuition, still water fishing and fly tying. This will be a great opportunity for select club members to impart their knowledge to some new fly anglers.

You would also have received an email regarding a planned trip to Twizel in December. This is a new trip for us and David Blackwell has spent a lot of time putting this together. There is a limit of 6 anglers and it is a case of first in – best dressed.

Reports from the recent club trip to Jindabyne is that the fishing is a whole lot better than last year which is always great to hear. What was also great to read on WhatsApp was that Rick Allen-Jordan caught a brownie on the Tabanas that he learnt to tie two days prior at fly tying. Well done Rick!

As always, we have our standard monthly activities coming up – casting practice, fly tying and our club meeting. I look forward to seeing you at one of these in the coming month.

Tight lines

David

President

From the Editor

Fellow Flyrodders,

Steve Peach let me know that we had five Sydney Flyrodders competing (out of 28 total anglers) in the latest Fly Fish Australia state round in Tumut, which we are sure is a record for the club.

Peachy, Jared Klein, Glenn Short and Robert Louis all competed, and Lachlan Maple tried to enter but missed out, and then ended up fishing and controlling as a compliance angler anyway - so although he didn’t appear on the score sheet he still participated.

All the members had fun and learned a lot, and were a credit to the club both in their results and their attitude and participation.

If anyone is interested to check out the results including numbers of fish caught and which beats produced fish, the details can be found here:

https://flycomps.com/events/ffa-nsw-act-rd-3-tumut-river-6979b2d5d9e84/results

If any other club members are interested to try competition fly fishing, or just want to find out more, they should feel free to approach any of the five Sydney Flyrodders who competed and they will be more than happy to help.

As for your hapless editor, I'm still struggling with the basics of fly fishing, which is something I tried to reflect in the article below:

Trip Report: The Land of the Long Brown Trout

By Rob Cummins

With fishing in Oz so disappointing, our Gang of Four (Denis Hill, Steve Higgins, Brian Horton and myself) made the trek across the ditch in March for our annual two-week pilgrimage to try to annoy some of NZ’s finest.

We firstly spent a week around Riversdale in Southland where we were ably hosted and guided by Dean Whaanga and Daryl Paskell. Our gastronomic needs were more than managed by Dean’s partner, Fiona Turnbull, the lodge manager.

Dean and Fiona’s lodge in Riversdale

In Southland we fished an impressive variety of tiny twig waters, gorgeous small streams, the blissful Mataura and the mighty Waiau. Most fish caught were browns, but the Waiau, originating from Lake Te Anau, holds mostly rainbows. The local saying goes that Southland trout are born weighing 2lb and only get bigger. The biggest fish on this trip was 7lb – a personal best brown trout for Denis. The best daily tally was 9 for Brian - a great effort. The most impressive tangles were a toss-up between Steve and me, but despite our best/worst efforts, we still managed to land plenty of lovely fish.

Steve and Daryl (guide) with a stunning brown

These fish are brutes - big, beautiful, fast and supremely powerful - and are frequently positioned deep under low-hanging branches. With the inevitable afternoon wind gales, every ounce of our casting skill and line handling was tested and frequently dashed. Weed beds, bank overhangs, and the occasional log are some of the additional challenges if you lose concentration for two seconds. But if and when you get it right, holy moley, it’s a rush, the likes of which you’ll rarely, if ever, experience in Oz. Even with their impressive size and the stunning clarity of the water, these fish are almost always impossible to spot without a guide’s x-ray vision.

A nice brown for Rob

My personal highlight was not my biggest fish, but a “little” 3lb brown, located about 30cm from the bank. It annihilated my blowfly two seconds after it landed, then almost jumped onto the bank. A good cast rewarded with an amazing eat, then a fabulous fight in a beautiful location. What more could one want?

Another fish tight under a tree took me about 20 minutes of waiting for lulls in the gale and numerous attempted casts. I had almost given up but eventually nailed a cast and the brown smashed my dry, followed by an epic fight. Joy and great relief!

Not huge, but those colours!

An unexpected highlight was being shown Daryl’s not-quite-finished museum of NZ fishing, located in a shed beside his house just outside of Lumsden. Displaying an incredible collection of original paintings, photos, NZ-made rods and reels, other memorabilia and a well-stocked bar in the corner, it is the ultimate man-trout-cave, though ladies are also welcome! He hopes to open it soon for the public with restricted hours.

Daryl, Scruff, Dean, Denis, Steve and Brian at Daryl’s brilliant man-cave museum

As one week is never enough in NZ, we then drove to an AirBnB in Wanaka for a further week, with 2 initial days of guiding with Paul Macandrew (Aspiring Flyfishing) and Greg Dougherty (Alpine Flyfishing), including a day of drift boating with Greg. We then had 4 days of self-guided “spot-‘em-if-you-can” fishing.

Both our guides commented that the streams close to Wanaka are generally disappointing in March, due to low flows.

Steve and a lovely rainbow hen

The drifting was 2 hours from Wanaka but was absolutely worth the effort. We fished a big, fast, clear and stunning river, but with lots of calmer corners, drop offs and edges all holding good numbers of great fish. We mostly fished from the shore in otherwise inaccessible spots, with occasional casts from the raft along slower edges or seams. We also had fun throwing streamers along fast runs, getting some massive hits and landing the occasional fish!

When on our own, we fished without luck on the edge of Lake Wanaka, but then caught good numbers (especially Denis) fishing the lower sections of the Makarora River. Denis caught his PB 7lb brown here and lost a fish that he estimates was a metre long - probably around 20lb. Sometimes 4X tippet just ain’t enough! 3X was then standard equipment for us all at this location!

A PB 7lb brown for Denis. A great catch!

Denis with one of his many Makarora rainbow monsters

While stunning in appearance, further up the Makarora was mostly a fish-free zone, at least to our eyes, with only a few good fish taken upstream by Brian. Even blind fishing the most promising runs was largely fruitless. Added challenges here are the jet boats which charge past at mind-numbing speeds and brain-crushing noise!

Brian with a Makarora torpedo

We’ll be back to NZ again next year, current events allowing, but are considering some new locations further afield that we haven’t fished before.

Don’t hesitate to put NZ on your bucket list. It never disappoints. Just be sure to practise your accuracy and casting in the wind beforehand! Take your 5 or 6wt rod, a good, soft-landing natural-coloured line, lots of tippet (including 3X!), some cicadas, blowflies, a range of other smallish dries, and lots of tiny (16 and smaller) natural nymphs and emergers. A NZ-style indicator is worthwhile in some locations, and colourful posts or wings on your dries will definitely help as the water is often foamy or bubbly. Always expect rain and cold changes, although we really lucked out with only about 15 minutes of rain on the whole trip.

These truly are memories of a lifetime.

Harrington Fly Festival

Harrington Fly Festival participants

By Craig Symonds

Photography with thanks to Vaughn Hagelstein of Coffs Coast Fly Fishing Club

A couple of club casting sessions back, this event was being discussed, and David Caddies recommended that I should attend.

So, I duly booked a cabin and paid my $25 registration fee. Time moved quickly, and the event was upon us.

On Friday the 20th, I travelled to Harrington, a new experience for me as I hadn’t been there before. I met up with David, Gavin, and George for a picnic lunch in a park by the water, where we discussed the weekend's upcoming events while waiting to check in.

On reviewing the event program, there were sessions to fit the requirements and desires of any fly fisher. From setting up your gear, casting from beginners to advanced, and, not to be forgotten, fly-tying sessions.

For my first session on Friday, I decided to have my cast analysed by Allan Ekert’s Sage Casting Analyser – quite an intriguing device that compares your casting stroke to that of industry experts. I need some work...

As my first session finished early, I headed back to Chalet 84 to set up camp and get the beer pouring. Not wanting to drink alone, I wandered up to where the Gaining More Distance session was being conducted. Peter Henderson and David Caddies were imparting their wisdom to a large group of enthusiastic casters, hoping to gain a few extra yards. Watching Peter cast it becomes obvious why he is an MCI aerialising 80 feet of line with textbook perfect loops.

I headed back to Chalet 84 and decided it was hot, a man is not a camel, so I poured a brown ale to quench the thirst. Gavin soon returned, and I was able to convince him he needed an ale also. Soon after David was heading back, he also looked very parched and was able to be convinced his thirst needed quenching before we headed for dinner.

Saturday began with breakfast supplied by the Coffs Coast Fly Fishers.

My Plan for the day was to get some on-water practice and guidance so my selection was as follows:

1. Session 2 - Advanced roll casting with Peter Henderson and David.

2. Session 3 - Spey Casting with Single and double-handed rods again with Peter and David (got out the double hander).

3. Session 4 -S pey Casting with Single and double-handed rods 2 again with Peter and David.

4. Session 5 - Various Saltwater Cast with Brian Henderson.

Meanwhile, Gavin van der Wagen, Dave Wilson, Paul Fedeles and gurus from other clubs spent the day sharing their wisdom with attendees.

We had dinner and got eaten by sandflies (I'm still scratching like a dog with the mange).

Back to Chalet 84 for a beer, wine and to watch the Tilly’s put in a valiant effort.

Sunday bought breakfast in the shape of bacon and egg rolls, and an initial onset of inclement weather. With a break in the rain, a hurried pack up and check out and return for the final session – Casting more Efficiently led by Barry Gentle and Brian.

This event was a fantastic weekend getaway. It was great to meet members of other clubs and share stories and knowledge. We were fortunate to have a large proportion of the top instructors in the country, backed up by a large contingent from our club who are in that top spectrum, sharing their knowledge and giving us their time to help the minions like me.

I had a most enjoyable and enlightening weekend and would not hesitate to return next year if it is conducted again.

Harrington Fly Festival group instructors

Event briefing

George Nolevski teaching

Gavin van der Wagen sharing his knowledge

Dave Wilson fly tying session

Fly tying can get animated - we're lucky to have you Dave!

Flats fishing

Trip Report: Jindabyne Weekend

By Tony Layton

OK! I’ve been with David, Gavin and George on some Sunday casting sessions. I’ve used my shoulder muscles to power/control my “cast”. I’ve practised with a stick while going for walks to improve my muscle memory. I’ve stopped and lowered, following the “Fly”/wool, been advised/chastised (ha, ha) for having too much line out. I’ve bought/invested In some basic gear, been to a few fly tying sessions with David, and been to Wallerwang (the “Wang”) on my first trip with a group of like minded devotees. Now to Jindabyne. For me the home of fly fishing because it was my first venture with rod in hand, solo, and where I had no luck at all. I can put this down to one thing. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing.

So … to Jindabyne. I signed up as “Tiny” with Peachy, drove the whole day, got lost, recovered, and met up with the group right on 6pm for our “dinner date” and groupings for the weekend. Another David this time, along with Vorn and Trevor took off to the Thredbo River below the trout hatchery to teach me a few pointers to get me started.

This was so that I could be confident in the future to get in my car, travel to the water, pick a likely spot cast a line with more than the illusion that I knew something about what I was doing or at least what I should be trying to do. “Streamcraft” being a very appropriate term for what I was learning.

The wonderful David Blackwell took me on as apprentice. If David ever needs a reference he will surely get a high recommendation from me. So, as I was rigging up with a Parachute Adams (orange indicator so I could see it on the water – for colour blind me), Vorn ambles back and informs us she has caught and released one or two and that there is activity on this stretch.

We are still at the car park seats rigging up! David and I walk the bank and are picking out likely spots to cast. A plan emerges, I travel over the bridge and to the other bank (cross country hiking in long pants and waders was not on MY agenda. Hot!) I try to remember and apply all/some of David’s teachings, but the imagined stealth approach eludes me as I trip into the river and sink. It was reminiscent of the “bombing” competitions when I was a kid.

I DON’T look over to David. I attain a starting position and begin my much-anticipated fishing weekend. Cast (must do better!) retrieve, line management, cast, strip, retrieve…. I’m hooked! I’ve got one! Bloody hell .. it’s coming toward … small - but MY first one … now what…lift?, reel?, strip?, lift and reel? we didn’t cover actually catching a fish! I released the fish and away it swam to enjoy the rest of its day. Boy, have I got a LOT to learn. Happily.

I move upriver to join David at the bottom of a pool and we go through our plan. I say “our plan” because unbeknownst to me, the very near future is about to reveal the enormous gap between my casting that is in my mind compared to the casting that actually eventuates. We spend about an hour in this pool. Boulders, wakes, depths, shade, conserve energy, ripples, bubble lines, to the left, to the right, line management, logs, overhangs, sunny spots etc. Wonderful stuff! I loved it!

Lunch is called.

After lunch we head to a spot that has a very slow stretch, much like fishing a lake. It is very exposed to the elements and a light breeze plays maelstrom with my casting, but I enjoyed another fishing environment, learning new techniques and strategies.

The end of the first day. Didn’t seem like much but with all that learning I was dog tired. To bed at the predicted 8.30pm.

Sunday’s fish was at Paddy’s Corner, and under David’s divine tutelage I caught AND landed my first, second and third fish. Three different browns. And one tree that took a particular liking to my Parachute Adams. Wow! Elation. Exhilaration.. and they were only small …. What if …

Vorn and Trevor had moved further downstream and had been having mixed success. I too ventured downstream and was given a great casting lesson watching Trevor easily playing his line to wherever he wished. It was wonderful to watch. I passed Vorn casting effortlessly to the far bank and to whichever spot she chose, and with trees close behind.

I chose a spot but forgot one of the rules. Change it up. David found me and we determined to catch that good sized one on the other side. But … my casting.

I treasure that weekend and the lovely people that I spent it with. Thank you so much to all those involved and especially the organisers.

One of several browns landed

A selection of the trees I caught (otherwise known as greenies, to go with the brownies)

Last Monthly Club Meeting

The monthly meeting in March was dedicated to selling Mark Bransgrove's fishing gear. A lot was sold but there are still a number of quality items available for purchase.

If you are interested please text Liz on 0409 123 528 or email her on mark.bransgrove@bigpond.com to express your interest.

You will need to collect the item/s from Earlwood (or as arranged) as Liz won’t be mailing them.

Payment will ideally be made in cash or transfer into her nominated bank account.

See below for the list of items still available for purchase.

Next Monthly Club Meeting

Our next Monthly Meeting will be held at our regular venue, The Freeway Hotel (15 Reserve Road, Artarmon) commencing at 7:00pm on Monday 13 April. Members will arrive from around 6pm so feel free to come early and enjoy a drink and some dinner with fellow members.

Our guest speaker will be Steven Gaynor from the Flyboat Fishing Charters. Steven guides on the Sydney Harbour, but also fishes the Snowy Mountains and New Zealand regularly. As always there will be good opportunities to share and engage with other members.

So come along and enjoy another great night out with fellow members.

For those that cannot attend we will upload a video recording of the meeting to our YouTube channel, which members can access via the menu option below:

Casting Practice Report (8 and 14/15 March)

A great turnout considering the threatening weather

By David Caddies

In spite of the rainy forecast, 19 of us turned out to have a cast on our regular Sunday casting practice day. Three new members came along, including one prodigal who was last a Flyrodder member about 15 years ago. Another one of these three was new to flycasting and proved to be casting a short line quite well before the session was over. I’ll put that down to Gavin’s close attention and the newbie’s good hand/eye coordination.

So, once again I am reminded how comparatively quick it is to get somebody into the swing of it – if only they have never touched a flyrod before. That is not most of us, of course, and progress can become a battle against ingrained faults. But, progress we certainly can. And we do.

Most activity on the day was around accuracy casting by short-line false casting to targets requiring lengthening and shortening line while doing so. These skills will be used in each of the Bronze, Silver and Gold levels of casting. And while fishing of course.

Of special interest this month were the 2 days of tuition conducted by Brian Henderson a week later. Each day of the weekend of 14 and 15 March was attended by 10 members (and me, pretending to be organising things). By the time that weekend came around, there were still half a dozen on the waiting list and unfortunately they missed out this time. The venue was at Narrabeen Lake on the South side, with plenty of interest shown by from the walkers and picnickers passing by. You know: “Is that flyfishing?”

I am sure all those who attended felt that the day was well worth the time and money. Some members made very big steps forward, whether generally or in specific casts. Some members reported having their eyes opened about ‘little things’ they’ve been lacking in particular casts. The ‘aha’ moment. Brian’s methods in groups also have the effect of opening your mind to the uses of casts, by focussing on how to make a basic cast and then extend it by adding some other move to help change direction or length or just cope with fishing conditions more effectively. The outcome is to develop more confidence about not only using casts effectively but by learning successful extension into new areas of casting and fishing technique.

Anne Henderson cooked up a bbq lunch and we did very nicely with home-made morning and afternoon teas. By 4 o’clock, many members were worn out and heading for the shade to finish for the day. It was very hot both days and the workload was pretty intense. So many techniques and tips to remember!

The third and final weekend of casting teaching in March began for Brian, Gavin, George and myself at Harrington on the mid-north coast for the 2026 FFI Flyfest. This annual tuition-focussed event was also attended by Dave Wilson as a fly tying instructor and Paul Fedeles, a long-term regional member of this club. So, the instructor element of Flyfest was well-weighted with Flyrodder members. The Flyfest will be written up elsewhere in this month’s Flyrodder. Well worth your visit next year.

Have I had enough of casting and teaching for one month? No.

See you in the park.

David

Some heavy hitters: John Baricevic, Peter Wyborn and Peachy

Sometimes you have to unravel “wind knots”, but are they really wind knots?

New Member Robert Scott working on his newly acquired skills and doing a great job! A wonderful start to his fly casting journey.

Peter Wyborn, George Nolevski and David Caddies discussing the intricacies of fly casting.

Brian Henderson tuition at Narrabeen Lake

Club Monthly Casting Practice - Details and Event Schedule.

SFRC MONTHLY CASTING PRACTICE 9am Sunday 12 April 2025

Reminder: Leave your 9 – 10’ trout leader with the 5X tippet at home. Bring one which is 8’ – 8’6” and terminating in 8 or 10 lb tippet. This session will suit DT or WF floating lines, for the single-handers. Two-handers, bring what you got.

Start time is 9am:

HOWEVER: If you wish to have a go at being evaluated for any one or more of the casts in the Bronze Skills Development Program and you would like to come earlier than 9, send me a text message to that effect on 0434 671 085 and I’ll be there to set it up, from 8am. Coaching and demonstrations will be going on after 9, but with not much opportunity for individual evaluations. Early notice would be appreciated, but don’t let that stop you from a late practice on Saturday to see if you’re ready!

All members are welcome to join in the club’s usual monthly practice session. If you want to know everything about the club’s casting practice sessions, read the whole blurb in the Flyrodder magazine.

WHERE: Timbrell Park, Henley Marine Drive, Five Dock. Go to the western end of Henley Marine Drive, past the cricket pitches, baseball nets and just past LIvvi’s coffee kiosk and kids’ playground area. There is an open area opposite where Ingham Avenue intersects with Henley Marine Drive which we usually use. It is not part of the sports fields. If conditions there are not suitable on the day, we will be just opposite, across the canal, or anywhere within sight that I can find.

So come and give it a try, as there is so much to be gained by attending these sessions. And they are Free!!!

If you can’t make it this time and want some good practical instruction to guide you, check out this site: https://www.flyfishersinternational.org/Learn/Learning-Center-Resources/Fly-Casting/Casting-Instruction

I don’t know if that link works for you. Google FFI flyfishing and delve around. Most stuff is open to non-members.

2026 dates for fly casting practice

12 April I 17 May I 14 June I 12 July I 9 August I

13 September I 11 October I 8 November I 13 December

Last Fly Tying Night

By Dave Wilson

Skill Drill Time - The Chubby Chernobyl

At the March fly tying night, we choose the Chubby Chernobyl to teach and practice two core skills. Core skills apply to most other patterns. Thread Trapping and Looping / Sliding Long materials on the thread were the two skills to master. Following the FFi Fly-Tying Group announcement of 53 fundamental skills, we now use FFi numbering in support.

The Chubby Chernobyl and Fat Albert use the same skill set, however, in the case of the Chubby Chernobyl, the skills are performed twice. While there are still hoppers around, the Chernobyl makes a great imitation and can also be used as a floater to hold up any sub surface flies.

Next Fly Tying Night

By Dave Wilson

The core hair skills required to tie Bob Clouser’s Minnow apply to many other saltwater hair flies including Crazy Charlies and Gotchas. We will be tying the natural buck tail version Bob demonstrates on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwl9ew6E2Pk

The tricky part is cutting the clump at an angle and wrapping the cut so as not to flair or crowd the head.

Interesting to note that the FFi Thread Control Skills Manual does not include the skill of firmly attaching Dumbbell Eyes. Note how Bob does it while introducing immediate tension. An extra “trick” is to mount the eyes on a sparce dubbing bed. Some tiers file the hook to rough it up! Knowing where the best hair is found on a Buck Tail helps.

Having been hit by a Clouser at full speed (not to mention breaking a boat window), continuous casts with open loops (Belgian casts) go well with this popular weighted fly! Belgian Chocolate while tying also helps.

Want to tie your own flies?

You don’t have to tie to tie the Fly-of-the-Month! You are welcome to come and tie socially with your own materials. We are still able to offer advice and help with your own flies.

So come along to learn these skills at the next fly tying night on 20 April 2026 at 6:30 PM at the Freeway Hotel.

Sunday Morning Saltwater Social

When: 3 May 2026 9:00 AM

Where: Banjo Paterson Reserve, 38 Punt Rd, Gladesville, NSW

By Gavin van der Wagen

Come and join other members of the club for a Saltwater Session at Banjo Paterson Park. The day is primarily aimed at luderick but you can try for any other fish as well.

Register:

Please register for the event as we need to know numbers for catering purposes. If you register, then can’t attend; please deregister or let me know.

What to bring:

Your own drinks.

Wet wade or bring waders.

A 6# or 8# rod, DH or whatever you fancy.

Target Fish Species:

Luderick is the focus species, but there will also be bream, flathead and other possible fish like whiting and other cruisers.

These flies in your saltwater fly box will cater for all your saltwater social day needs:

Weed fly: cabbage and weed patterns for luderick

Shrimp pattern: (Tan pattern, pink & white yabbie fly)

Clousers: chartreuse/white, pink/white, brown/white

Small poppers: like the Disco Shrimp popper

Surf candy’s: Olive on white, grey on white

Eye flies: small clear glassies

Bread flies: when berlying for mullet

On the day a high tide of 1.27m will be at 09:04am at Fort Denison (about 30 minutes later here), so we will fish some incoming tide, then outgoing tide.

The front break wall can be fished without getting wet as it will be high tide. Bring a net to make it easy to land the fish. Opportunity to roll cast or overhead cast.

The northern end has nice flats near mangroves; western side can be fished in front of houses and jetties.

Our club casting instructor, David Caddies, will be present to demonstrate and provide tuition for single handed and double handed rods. On the water tuition is great as you can load the rod perfectly to learn the skill. “On the Job Training”. Then go off and catch a fish or at least improve your casting!!

This is a very flexible event; you don’t have to be there sharp at start time, and can leave at any time, but the BBQ will be worth the stay and a great opportunity to chat with fellow members and to exchange ideas. We will have experienced fly anglers who are always willing to share their knowledge and take you under their wing; so the event is for fly fishers of all abilities. It’s a social outing foremost, catch a fish and have a snag (bbq type!)

Please register on the website and come along.

If you have any questions, then please contact Gavin van der Wagen on gavin@vit.com.au.

New Members

We extend a warm welcome to new members Eddie Bachalani, Joshua Cowan, Jeremy Farr, Williand Saxton, Zak Warden and Maria Whipp.

We encourage new members to join in on the many activities that we run as this is a good way to meet other club members and also to improve your fly fishing skills and most importantly to have a great time.

Looking forward to meeting you at our Monthly Members Meetings and at events throughout the coming year.

Sydney Fly Rodders Facebook Pages

We run two SFRC pages, one is our public page and it posts events and activities of the club. It also shares posts from other pages like CAS, DPI on things relevant to the places and areas that we fish.

I post some fly tying every now and then and share links to events I find that might be of interest to followers. This page is a little like our Web page, it showcases the club to attract members and provides details of club events. At last count it has more than one thousand followers.

We added another page. This is reserved for members only and cannot be seen by anyone outside of the group. You will need to send a request to join. Any member can post on this page and it is a great opportunity for members to put up a post or two about anything fly fishing. I would like to encourage members to use this page to post fishing reports or photos of flies that you tied. Being connected to other members you can ask for some casting or gear advice, or organise a short trip when you suddenly have some spare time.

There are also hundreds of other groups; bream on fly, carp on fly, bass, trout....areas like alpine trout, Sydney Kayak Fishing....fly tying groups, buy sell swap fly gear pages and individuals like Aussie Flyfisher, Sydney Flyfishing to check out.

Phil Burton
philipburton@bigpond.com

Sydney Flyrodders Instagram Page

The Sydney Fly Rodders are now on Instagram. Many thanks to our Member Maddie Chew Lee, who offered to set us up and apply her significant experience with marketing and communications in particular within the social media space.

Please follow the site and add your comments, and lets grow this platform for the club. It will also attract new members to the club.

Below is a snapshot of the site. We aim to sync (in particular look and feel) the Instagram account with our Facebook account and also our new Website, which I talk more about in the preceding section.

Sydney Fly Rodders WhatsApp Group

We have an Exclusive Group on WhatsApp for our Members, which is a great way to communicate informally and to share ideas, seek advice and also to plan and seek interest for impromptu/planned fishing trips.

I can highly recommend this to members. We have arranged a number of trips now from a weekends bass fishing through to a casual and social Sunday morning or afternoons fishing at Narrabeen Lake or Hen & Chickens Bay etc. And there could even be a BBQ thrown in for a social get together afterwards. This will happen on most if not all occasions.

Should you wish to be included in this group, then please email me to request your inclusion, quoting your mobile number which is required to link you into the Group. You will need to download the WhatsApp first if you haven't already done so.

Please contact me for inclusion.

Jason Hemens

Editor, Flyrodder

jasondh1972@gmail.com

Piste Haus Ski Lodge - Jindabyne

The Fly Rodders have access to the Piste Haus Ski lodge in Jindabyne during the off season at an affordable rate:

Positioned in Jindabyne village walking distance to Banjo Patterson Pub and short drive to shops/restaurants/etc.
8 bedrooms, mix of doubles, twins, triples and bunks
Sleeps 14 all up and 10 comfortably
$75/room/night
SFRC get access from October to end May (off-season for skiing)
Large open plan and well-appointed shared kitchen, dining and relaxation area with log stove
Bring your own linen, towels, pillow, sleeping bag, blanket
Parking for up to 4 or 5 cars on site and others on the street

The syndicate that owns Piste Haus has been very generous in allowing the Sydney Flyrodders access to this excellent facility at such a low price. Therefore, we encourage members to feel free to make use of this offer (either in groups or as individuals – it does not have to be an official club trip), as long as we always remember to follow the house rules and leave the place clean and tidy.

If you are interested in booking please reach out to James Webber (treasurer@sydneyflyrodders.com.au

https://pistehaus.com.au