In windy but otherwise pleasant conditions fourteen members attended our first casting day at Devilbend Reserve. All members assisted in providing tuition to approximately 15 people including a number of juniors. Sam set up a casting area with hoops to cast at and was particularly patient with a number of juniors who were present at […]
An enthusiastic team of nine members assembled on the “Spirit of Tasmania” for the annual club trip to the Central Highlands Lakes in Tasmania. Spirits were as usual high in anticipation of the week ahead and after a smooth crossing the team rendezvoused in Deloraine for the purchase of fresh supplies. Weather was warm, sunny […]
Greetings fellow fly flickers. Well Christmas has been and gone. I hope Santa was kind to you and filled your fishing bag with all the goodies that make a fly fisher happy. Just back form a week in Tassie where a group of members had a great time even if the weather put a dampener […]
T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CADDIS T’was the night before Christmas when down by the stream The full moon looked out on a chill river scene. A lone trout was sipping a midge in his brook, Untroubled by worries of fishers with hooks. Then from above a small sleigh did appear Pulled by a brace of […]
Greetings fellow fly flickers, I’m told to get a buzz out of life take a kid fishing. So I asked the kid would he like to go to Merrijig with the club for a weekend of fly fishing. Well the kid is 28 but he agreed, so a crash course of approximately 1 hour of […]
Whilst members attended the Club Trip to Merrijig, Bruce and Bob were in Jindabyne with a boat they towed up for a spot of lake fishing. The report is that the weather was great but the fishing was crap! I understand that the salmon that Bruce is holding was devoured by the pair of them […]
Eleven members attended the annual Merrijig weekend fishing the Delatite and Howqua Rivers – with some venturing further afield. Friday night saw some venture down to the Delatite around the vicinity of the bridge where a couple landed fish, before returning to the accommodation at Victoria Police Ski Club. After dinner members engaged in the […]
The Ballarat Fly Fishers Club is hosting an evening with April Vokey on Monday 10th of March, 2014. April will be doing a presentation on swinging flies and talking about her Steelhead experiences in their Club Rooms on the banks of Lake Wendouree in Ballarat. Tickets are only $20 per person, however bookings are essential […]
Gavin is hosting movie nights at his Bentleigh Shop. These are great nights with lots of food, drink and gifts. See the attached flyer -  Pro-Angler_2013_Movie_nights
Greetings fellow fly fishers. Well it’s been a busy month with the Fly-In at Lake Fyans followed by the Wastell Trophy at Cairn Curran the weekend after that. After all that fishing and no fish, but I can say I had a lot of good company, all in the same boat!! To finish the month […]
