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Norm Cribbin50 viewsJoined the club in 2020

I have interacted with the Fly Tyer's Club over many years' at such events as Liawenee Open Weekend, Great Lake Tie-In and the predecessor event The Bronte Tie-In, Fly Tying sessions at the Lenah Valley RSL and the 2019 WFFC etc. I found the club members to be cordial, helpful and likeminded about fly fishing and fly tying. These were my reasons for joining the club.

I tied first fly when I was aged 15 years. So that makes it 45 years in May 2020.
PS. I still have that first fly and it remains a treasured item.

Favourite fly patterns?
Obviously this has changed over time as the tastes of my quarry (trout) have varied. The list commencing back in Canberra on rivers through to the Lakes of Tasmania's Central highlands is as follows:
• Brown or Black Pot Scrubber Nymph
• Black Yeti (wet)
• Hardy's Favourite (dry)
• March Brown (dry)
• Pine Squirrel (wet)
• Haystack (dry)
• Dun Know (dry)
• Possum Emerger in Natural and Claret (surface film)
• Possum Shaving Brush (surface film)
• Amber Parachute Spinner (dry)
• Stick Caddis (wet).

Favourite type of fly fishing?
• Dry fly fishing to rising fish.
• Wind lane fishing to smutting Rainbows at Lake Burbury.

I have a collection of Step-by-Step instructions for various fly patterns at
http://www.issuu.com/tasflyfisher

Peter Rasmussen49 views1. When did you join the club?

I joined the club in August 2020

2. What is your reason for joining, and what do you hope to gain from the club?

I have been fly fishing. for many years & the passion is such that over the years I have built a shack at Arthurs lake, purchased the fly fishing platform, a 4.6 meter Edgetracker & spent too much money on fly rods! Over the years I have dabbled in fly tying & had some limited success. Now is the time for me to really embrace fly tying at a more consistent level. To do this, well I am a keen learner & what better way to improve than to join like minded competent fly tyers. I had very positive feedback about the club & it made sense to approach the club re membership.

3. How long have you been a fly tyer?

I began my fly tying journey as a 22 year old beginning teacher at a school called Flagstaff Primary. Teaching at the school was a wonderful lady, Enid Sloane. Her husband was Tony Sloane ("The Truth About Trout Flies") & he was kind enough to spend many hours with me tying fur flies & the like. Over the years I have dabbled on & off with limited success. Of recent times YouTube got me going again, it was wonderful & my enthusiasm returned.

4. What are your favourite fly patterns

Like most fly fishermen I have a few go to patterns.
-I have a floating nymph that I just love in Arthurs close to shore among the trees on evening.
-A CDC hopper pattern along with a possum emerger variant are my go to sight fishing options. These two flies account for a fair bit of my sight fishing success.
-I really enjoy fishing the Sloane fur fly particularly over flooded margins.
-The claret dabbler, bobs bits & carrot fly are my preferred team surface flies.
-Like most I do use shreks, woolly burgers & the like early in the season, usually on a glass intermediate sink line.

5. What is your favourite type of fly fishing

Sight fishing is the preferred option for me, we often say "let's go hunting" when searching for trout with their heads up. I also quite enjoy nymph fishing amongst the structure, or "prospecting" as good friend Tony Ritchie describes it.

6. Anything else you would like to add

I have really appreciated the warm welcome club members have always given me through the early zoom fly tying sessions. The willingness of members to accept this new chum, the fun banter between members & their willingness to share information assured me the applying to join was a wise choice.

James Jones48 viewsJoined February 2010

Reason for joining

The Club is well organised, has a great set of diverse events and the knowledge, skill and generosity of the Club's members, across all facets of fly fishing, is extraordinary.

Favourite fly pattern

I will always be learning the relation between the most appropriate fly pattern, different waters, weather conditions, trout behaviour and where and how to fish - in the moment. Noel Jetson convinced me to take up fly fishing at Cressy 30 years ago. He introduced me to some of the traditional fly patterns and gave me a little box of his flies to get me going - some are included below.

Royal Wulff, Highland Dun, Parachute Dunn, Possum Emerger, Matcham's Rosella on lakes

Black Spinner, Orange Spinner, Royal Coachman, Red Tag, Grasshopper, Small Brown or Black Nymph on streams.

Favourite type of fly fishing:

More recently I have come to appreciate the subtlety and delight of fishing with bamboo, including repairing and recycling vintage split cane rods and building new bamboo fly rods from blanks.

Dry fly fishing on mountain streams, flat rivers and small lakes is the classic, however having boat fished with some of our members, I have great respect for intelligent wet fly fishing on lakes.

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