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Northern Flyline April 2010

Northern Suburbs Flyfishing Club

Committee Members

Glen Cox, President

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Bill Ogilvie, Vice President

0415327307

Jeremy Skuse, Secretary

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Peter Young, Treasurer

0417116192

Cain Polidano, Editor

0404703296

cainp@unimelb.edu.au

Greg Roberts, Social Secretary 0448040400

Peter Watson, New Member

Contact 0412545216

Jason Cooney, Flytying Coach

0418915279

Paul Milcev, Webmaster

0404818648

Daryl Wallis, Casting Coach

0407822258

John Smith

0437713419

John Kruska

0428531811

Editorial

Over the last few years footy fans will have noticed an amazing

explosion in the number of performance indicators flashing on

and off the bottom of the screen. Forget the scoreboard, to win,

your team has to have more contested possessions, more tack-

les and a higher efficiency (fewer turnovers). Although the game

has changed, I don‘t think that there is anything new in these

stats. My under 16s coach‘s half-time address always ended with,

―Go in hard (win the contested footy), chase hard (tackle) and

don‘t waste the footy (use it efficiently)‖.

While these stats don‘t necessary give us new insights into the

game, I think they are useful in breaking the game down into

small pieces that can be used to identify where games are being

won and what teams need to work on. So here‘s something to

think about in the car on the way to you next fishing trip. If you

were in charge of inventing flyfishing performance indicators,

what would they be?

If flyfishing was a spectator sport to rival Friday night footy,

these would be my performance indicators — percentage of

time the fly is in/on the water, percentage of time the fly is in

the ‗strike zone‘, kilometers of water covered, percentage of flies

refused, number of fish overlooked and number of fish

spooked. To collect this information, channel 7 would have to

do better than ‗roof cam‘ (remote controlled camera suspended

on wires from the roof of Docklands). That‘s the thing about

fishing, what we can‘t see matters. Cain

In this edition

President’s page 1 Postcard from New Zealand 8

Member profile 4 Bass are back in Gippsland 9

Upper-Goulburn trip report 5 Flytying 10

Timber-lake take 2 7 Member details 16

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President’s Page Glen Cox

Mount Beauty Trip (the big soak)

Six members, two with their wives ventured up to Mt Beauty on the Labour Day weekend and what a wet trip this turned out to be. When we arrived on Friday afternoon the river was clear and at a perfect height. I travelled up with Ian Lowe and after setting up camp was joined by Russ Henry. We headed up to the diver-sion tunnel where we found the river running well and the rocks very slippery. In fact all three of us took a dive at some stage in the afternoon. Ian easily won the diving competition with 4. This included a spectacu-lar effort off a log, (sort of a backflip with a couple of twists but no pike or even trout for that matter) on the return to the car. Russ and I really thought he‘d hurt himself but he bounced back up pretty well. We all managed to catch several fish which was a good start to the trip.

That night it rained steadily but had cleared by morning. The river was still flowing clear as the rain had been nice and steady rather than a torrent so the ground had time to soak it up. That morning we caught up with Bill and Margaret Ogilvie and John Kruska. We all fished down behind the race course, with John and Bill heading up stream, and Russ, Ian and myself going for a walk downstream to fish our way back to the car. Bill managed a nice fish and I was lucky enough to catch a well conditioned brown of 42cm on a sunken willow grub pattern. The Kiewa is such a fantastic looking bit of water but should hold a much big-ger head of fish.

On Saturday afternoon we all (wives included) went for a drive up to Rocky Valley Dam at Fall‘s Creek. John Kruska had his port-a-boat and I had my float tube. John gave Peter and Marg Cogdon a run down on the port-a-boat as they were interested in possibly taking one on their big trip up north. John towed me in the float tube across the other side of the lake which saved my legs but just about pulled my arms off. The sky was clear but there were threatening clouds on the horizon. We later learned that parts of Melbourne had been hit by a severe storm with hail stones up to the size of cricket balls, which caused a lot of damage. The fishing was tough, but I did manage to catch a 35cm brown just before knock-off time.

That night we were just settling down with a glass of red outside Pete and Marg‘s camper when the rain came back with a vengeance, and persisted all night. It had eased off a bit by morning so we decided to take 3 vehicles into PSS (Pete‘s secret spot). This entailed an hours 4WD trip, with increasingly heavy rain once more. By the time we got in there it was really pouring and the river was unfishable for fly anglers. It did not stop a couple of young guys spin fishing in their shorts and tee shirts however. After a 10 min stay we made the drive out.

At a fork in the track John K informed us he was heading back to Melb. as the weather was looking

ordinary. Sunday afternoon Ian and I fished the lower Kiewa again. The river was starting to rise and

although still clear was taking on a decidedly grey look. It was not until Ian tried to make his first cast

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that he realised that his rod was broken. We worked out that the fall off the log as described earlier

was when it was broken, as this had been the first time since then he had used that rod.

The rain continued for the rest of the day and all night. That night, Local Mount Beauty resident and former member Doug Braidwood visited us and it was great to catch-up with him for an hour or so. Although the weather had cleared, leaving for home was not too traumatic this time as by now the river was a raging tor-rent of dirty water and totally unfishable.

Driving home, it was amazing to see so much water in the paddocks with many farmer‘s dams full or over-flowing. Put this one on your calendar for next year. The weather couldn‘t be that bad 2 years running!

Casting Scene

The Cock of the Walk casting comp was held on a warm but windy Sunday the 28th March. After a long day it was Ken Lucas from Sunshine taking out the trophy in a cast off with John Kruska after the final was ini-tially drawn between the two of them. The Northern contingent looked the goods in our new casting team shirts.

2010 President’s Shield

This event was run in conjunction with the Cock of the Walk tournament. It was great to see a few of our newer members and juniors having a go and all gave a good account of themselves. The scores from the first round of the Cock of the Walk counted as the score for the President‘s Shield. Congratulations to John Kruska on winning the President‘s Shield this year by 2 points from Leff Andropof.

Northern Open

We are hosting our own casting competition on Sunday the 18th April. The Northern Open is open to all casters and is held over 4 events. The dry fly, A.C.F skish, I.C.F. skish and the wet fly.

A feature of all the Opens is that as well as having a Champion for each event there is also a handicap win-ner. Just put down what score you think you will cast for each event. A formula is then applied to adjust your score and you‘re in with a chance. Anybody, including first-timers can be a winner. There is no doubt in my mind that casting in competitions does help you when you go fishing. Give it a go. We will be holding a BBQ at this event. Please let me know if you can help with manning the BBQ.

April Trips

We have 3 trips in April on our syllabus this year which is full on. April is a great time to go fishing as the weather is cooler and the fish are looking at putting on as much condition pre-spawning.

Weekend Trip to the Otways, April 10-11

The Otways trip fishing the Aire River and surrounds for trout… the best option for camping is the Bimbi Park, 90 Manna Gum Drive, Cape Otway Victoria 3233 Telephone: (03) 5237 9246 Fax: (03) 5237 9242. Trip Captain – T.B.A.

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Day Trip on the Maribrynong River, April 17

The destination is Jensen reserve off Farnsworth Ave. The meeting time is in the reserve car park is 7 am onwards and it might be an idea to bring some bread and bread flies if the Bream are not on the job. Trip Captain: Jason Cooney 0418 915 279.

Long Weekend Trip to Barwon Heads, April 24-26:

Most Barwon Heads camp sites are booked out but there are plenty of sites still available at the Ocean Grove holiday park (PH: 5256 2233). We have booked a cabin and there are still over 30 available (they don't realise that we now get the long weekend) Get in now before everyone else clues on! Salmon and bream are on the hit list for this destination with orange and/or chartreuse clousers are handy.

Film Night

It seems like we have been advertising this night for a long time but we will be holding another film night on Thursday the 29th April starting at 7.30pm sharp. The program is being kept under wraps at the moment but will feature a couple of good films. The movies will be shown on the big screen (wall of the archery range). Entry is free.

Supper will be available at intermission for a small cost. Chris Baty of Compleat Angler has kindly donated a fly line to raffle on the night Tickets are $5 each. Promises to be another great night.

Member Profile Asita (AJ)

Occupation: Polymer Chemist

Year joined the club: 2009

What music do you listen to/favourite artist/

album: Pop and R & B

Favourite movie: Predator

Favourite book/ DVD: Victorian Flywates

Other hobbies/interests/sports besides flyfishing: Swimming, guitar and AFL (go Bombers)

Favourite saying: Never eat yellow snow

Where you learnt to fish: Goulburn and Yarra Rivers

Fondest or most forgettable fishing experience: Hopper fishing on the Rubicon

Where you’ve always wanted to fish: New Zealand

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Upper-Goulburn trip report

Asitha (AJ)

When the much anticipated upper king river 4WD trip was cancelled in the last minutes due to so

many unforseen reasons it was time to head up to the upper Goulburn for the weekend. As a novice

fly fishermen and a virgin camper, I didn‘t know what to take with me or how many flies I would

need. Nonetheless I got my self a 4Wt 8‘ rod the day before in addition to my 6Wt rod and hoped that

I would be set for the big weekend. Glen and I left Melbourne at 3pm on Friday and met up with Ian

and Phillip who had camped in the Skipworth reserve just before Kevington.

When we arrived at the camp site Ian and Phillip had set up their camp and gone to the river for an

afternoon fishing session close to the camp site. As we pulled in Phillip was returning from the river

looking disappointed. ―The river is very dirty‖, he said. Phillip hadn‘t caught any fish, but had seen

some following his fly. Ian returned soon after and he and Philip went for a drive further up the river

to assess the conditions.

After setting up Glen‘s camper it was time to get a bit of

fishing done for ourselves. We headed up the river pass-

ing Ian‘s car which was parked next to a part of a river

that receives gin clean water. When I saw that, I said to

myself, ‗bugger‘, they got into a great place of the river. I

strongly believed the expression on Glen‘s face most

probably echoed the same thoughts. We pulled in a

place where Glen had fished before Christmas. After a

bit of advice from Glen on what flies to use and how it

should be used, it was time for me to christen my new

rod, reel, line and some horrible looking flies I tied some

time back. It was easy to get into the river and started

our own thing fishing parallel to each other covering the

whole river. Glen over took me when I tangled my line.

It was getting pretty dark at the time and visibility was

really bad. To my surprise I hooked up a little rainbow,

in my 3rd cast right next to a log in the river and even

more surprised when I saw the fish has taken my horri-

ble looking dry fly. It was nothing fancy, size 16 Para

Adams with a grey body and brown hackle on it. I struggled so bad to remove the hook off that fish.

After about half and hour it started bucketing down, and the rain saw us return to the camp site. It

was a quiet night at the camp site. Only a few bottles of beer and couple of bottles of wine were con-

sumed.

Just after midnight on the Friday night I was awoken by a commotion in the camp. The music was

pumping from an old Ford divivan that saw the arrival of a new group of guests to the site. Our new

arrivals were screeching in colourful language, arguing and threatening each other. I realized we were

going to have some interesting neighbours for the weekend. They were obviously intoxicated when

they rocked-up, and it didn‘t take much to prove my hypothesis when I saw the man with a beer in his

hand at dawn. Ian had been listening to their conversations and thanked god that no body was

stabbed in the chest with a knife during the night, after his Mrs. had threatened to kill the beer drink-

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ing group. We had better things to do on Saturday morning, so we headed-out after brekky. I again

paired up with Glen; Ian and Phillip went their own way passing us upstream. Glen got the first fish

soon after we jumped in the river and it was quiet until the sun came out. We then fished a nice

stretch of water and ended-up catching 10 between us, (I only got 4, most on nymphs). There was a

double hook up at one stage, when I was working my butt off for a fish that I saw behind a rock. I

ended up getting him after 2 attempts as Glen hooked up a little further upstream from me. As we

planned to get back to the camp around6 1pm for lunch we jumped back in the car. In that afternoon,

we were on a bit of an exploration and headed into the woods, following the army trek just after

Knockwood. After driving for a bit we couldn‘t decide what to do because even though we headed up

-stream, the river was still dirty. Our other option was to go down and fish the Jamieson, which was

very clear. In the end, since we were already there, me and Ian grouped-up and started fishing the river

from downstream. The plan was to catch-up at the point where Glen parked his car. Glen and Phillip

started fishing up from there. The river wasn‘t any better, but I managed to hook two rainbows on my

dry again. One pool was too deep and big for us to wade through, so we had to leave the river and

walk-up the track back to the car. When we met up with Glen and Phillip, only Glen had two fish for

the arvo on the nymph and Phillip and Ian were fishless.

Saturday night was very fresh, so Phillip got the fire going. Again we sunk a few vino‘s and had a chat

around the fire. Sunday morning came and we were all hoping the fishing would improve. As the river

showed no signs of clearing-up, Ian and Phillip headed to Gaffneys creek where the water was clear.

Glen and I went back to the same place we fished on Friday. In that session, after the sun came-up,

Glen got the biggest trout for the weekend and I ended up with two and dropped two as I decided to

fish barbless. I lost my favourite nymph to a tree, adding more frustration to my bag. At around 1pm,

A small Brownie that took my favourite nymph

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we called it a day and headed back to the camp to have some lunch and pack-up. Glen and I said our

good-byes, leaving good old Skipworth reserve behind.

Here is what I really thought about it: I enjoyed every single minute of it, even though the fishing was

a little tough. It was a privilege to head out with these great fly fishermen. Thank you to all for their

advice, hospitality, and encouragement. And what did I really learn? How much Glen hates the Euro-

pean wasps and how good a dancer Ian is at dancing! Until next time tight lines gentlemen!

Timber-lake take 2

Jason Cooney

Once again back in February there was a trip organised through Northern and the Fly Life forum to fish for Murray Cod at Timberlake. I had been looking forward to this trip all year, but was getting a little disheartened by the weatherman as the weekend crept closer. Although it looked like Mother Na-ture was stacking it against us with forecasts of rain and low pressure systems, the Cod did not seem to care and were definitely on the job all weekend. It was great to be able to get up into the timber this year with the higher water levels allowing access to the snag riddled ―scary‖ water. Often it was down to hand-to-hand combat to try and stop these brutes from busting us off - and they often did in the sunken timber. Everybody got a fish (I think) and we estimate there were around 100 Cod caught throughout the weekend. They were taking on top and down deep, in the timber and in the open wa-ter with a few landed up around the 80cm mark. There seemed to be fish anywhere! The high lights for me were watching Warrnambool local, Hafey Rock do battle with his 76cm "tour guide" that took

Glen with the biggest fish of the weekend

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him all around his haunts. Alex "landing" his first (he got cleaned up a few times before that) and get-ting the chance to cast to a large cod polaroided from the dam wall that was laying right at the banks edge. I ended up spooking it but what a thrill just to be able to sight cast to a Murray cod in water just deep enough to cover its back. Catching Cod here has given me the confidence and knowledge to chase Goodoo elsewhere. Well done to Rob Meade and Andrew Connell for organising this trip once again. I can‘t wait till next year.

Postcard from New Zealand

Jeremy Skues and Matt Cole

Jeremy and Matt made a backpacking trip to New Zealand‘s South Island at the beginning of March. Rivers fished included the Mataura, Oreti, Whitestone, Mararoa, Eglington, Aparima, Waiau, Pomahaka and Mary Burn. The fishing was pretty slow with river levels low, hot temperatures and easily spooked fish feeding sub-surface. The boys made a good fist of it and in between feeding and drinking sessions managed to come up with some good fish.

Alex with his first Cod An average Timberlake Cod

Photo by Matt, fish by Jeremy Matt showing-off a Mataura Brown

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Bass are back in Gippsland

FISH-E-FAX Issue 263, 18 February 2010

Fisheries Victoria is pleased to announce the return

of Australian bass stocking to Blue Rock Dam and

Lake Glenmaggie. The elusive bass were once

stocked extensively throughout the area, however in

recent years numbers have begun to drop away as

r e l i a b l e s u p p l i e s b e c a m e s c a r c e .

The release of 50,000 Australian bass into the two

waters signals the successful return of the stocking

program to Gippsland and a return to full scale

stocking in the not too distant future.

Once the broodstock were collected in the wild, a

genetic study was conducted to determine if the

broodstock were of Gippsland bass genetic strain

and not hybrid fish with estuary perch. This will en-

sure that the stocked fish will not impact upon local

wild populations. Australian bass were last stocked

into Lake Glenmaggie and Blue Rock Dam in the

summer of 2002-03. Issues associated with produc-

ing pure strain Gippsland Australian bass, fish health

incidents and production problems limited further

stocking in recent years. Stocking fish into these wa-

ters has been highly successful in the past with an-

glers recording catches of legal sized fish. Last year staff from Fisheries Victoria worked with the De-

partment of Sustainability and Environment and a number of expert local anglers to capture mature

Australian bass to restart the breeding program and its success has been marked by the release of the

50,000 bass. These waters were

given a priority listing for stocking

following consultation with anglers

at regional consultation meetings.

The bass stocking is expected to

directly improve local recreational

fishing opportunities and provide

an economic and tourism boost to

local economies and the surround-

ing communities. The program

forms part of the Victorian Gov-

ernment‘s $13.5 million commit-

ment to improve fishing opportu-

nities across Victoria through the Enhanced Recreational Fishing Program.

For more information please contact the Department of Primary Industries‘ Customer Service Centre

on 136 186 or visit www.dpi.vic.gov.au/enhancedfishing.

What’s on in April Thurs 1 General meeting

Thurs 8 Flyting

Sat-Sun 10-11 Trip to the Otways

Thurs 15 Committee meeting

Sat 17 Day trip to Maribyrnong

Sun 18 Northern Open - Clubrooms

Thurs 22 Flytying

Sat-Mon 24-26 Long-weekend trip to Barwon Heads

Thurs 29 Film night - Clubrooms

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Flytying Jason Cooney

The Baited Breath is a simple yet effective fly that is a proven taker in estuaries and on the flats and can be tied in any colour. The Black Boss is a steel head fly that can be deadly on rainbows when fished deep. The inch worm can be used as a willow grub imitation or fished like a nymph to good effect. The Golden Shiner is part of the Thunder Creek series of Buck tail lures, a style of tying rather than a specific colour or pattern. They can catch a range of fish in both fresh and salt water.

Baited Breath

Hook: Various size- Mustad 34007 or similar Thread: To match the body colour Tail: Marabou and a few strands of crystal flash.

Body: Chenille

Eyes: Bead chain or dumbbell eyes

Black Boss

Hook: Size 2-10 streamer Thread: Red 6/0 Tail: Black calf tail Body: Black Chenille

Rib: Silver wire Hackle: Red or orange hackle

Eyes: Bead chain or dumbbell eyes

Inch Worm

Hook: Size 10-16 down eye streamer Thread: Green 6/0 Body: Green deer hair Rib: Green floss

Golden Shiner

Hook: Size 6-10 streamer Thread: Red 6/0 Under wing: White Buck tail Over wing: Brown Buck tail

Head: Formed by reversed Buck tail Eyes: Stickers or painted then varnished

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Club merchandise

Subject to stock availability, contact Peter Young, 0417 116 192, peter@young123.net

Frill Neck Cap $20 Tie $10

Wide-brimmed hat $20 Cap $15

Columbia fishing shirt $70 Polo shirt $20

Stubby holder $5 Boat sticker $5, Yellow sticker $2

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Minutes of the General Meeting, 4/3/2010,8.00pm – 9.00pm

Apologies:

Jeremy Skuse, Matt Cole, Greg Roberts, Ray Cresp, Cain Polidano, Trif Tzaros

Visitors:

Darren from Canada. Found us on the web

Nominations:

Wayne Flakemore, Alex Illievski, Mick Milic, Albert Moshi, Paul Payne and Tony Lipareta

Committee Meeting:

Minutes were read

Business Arising:

Casting team shirts have arrived.

Shirts will be presented at the 5wt comp on the 13th of March.

New reels for beginner‘s rigs have ar-rived.

General Meeting Minutes:

The minutes of last month‘s general

meeting were accepted on a motion

from John Kingsford and seconded by

Bill Ogilvie

Business Arising:

NIL

Treasurers Report:

Balance cheque account $7,054.00

Cheques made for Casting team Shirts and Beginners fly reelsCorrespondence In:

Red Tag News letter, Greenwell‘s News Letter, Bendigo bank Cheque account statement, Confir-mation of grant application for Fly casting uniforms from the Dept of planning and commu-nity development, Grant approval from DPI for the Kids come and try day, Pamphlets form Croydon Camera House, The latest edition of Freshwater fishing and the Banyule Business news letter.

Correspondence Out:

NIL

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Fishing reports:

Boyd went to North Island of NZ and fished around Rotarua. Heaps caught and his best was a 9 ½ lb lake trout. Lumos worked well at night too.

Peter Cogdon fished around Miena in Tasmania with a few others. Fishing was not very good until the last day when they finally fired up.

Glen spoke to Trif who fished lake Augusta in Tasmania and said that the fishing was good with 15-20 caught per day around 3-4 lb on dry flies. Glen also said that his boss‘s brother was in Pata-gonia last month taking 20 trout per day on fly from murky water. The best caught was a 20 lb rainbow.

Alex went with Ross and fished the upper Goulburn. They fished the edges as the water was a bit muddy and landed 4 trout.

General business:

Bunning‘s BBQ result was around $1000 Nett. With very special thanks to Greg Roberts for organis-ing it all and the others who volunteered on the day.

Aerial for TV? John Kruska will bring a pair of Bunny ears to try out.

Club Logo was discussed and some very good points were raised for changing it as well as keeping it the same. A motion was moved to investigate our options further.

―That the Committee pursue a course of looking at options for a new Club logo design by vari-ous means, the final acceptance of which will be voted on by members in due course‖

Moved by Glen Cox Seconded by David Jenkins

Passed / Lost

Australian Casting Championships update.

Casting team shirts ready.

Fishing trip for bushfire affected youth need volunteers to help on Saturday 27th March. Glen is still awaiting a reply from the organiser.

Upcoming events

March 6th, 7th and 8th – Mount Beauty Family Trip

March 13th – Night casting competition

March 19th, 20th and 21st – 4WD drive trip to upper King Valley

March 27th – Fishing trip for bush fire affected youth. Tranquil waters.

March 28th – President‘s Shield casting competition

Any other business?

NIL

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Minutes of the Committee Meeting, 18/3/2010, 8.00 –9.55 pm

Present:

Peter Young, Jason Cooney, Glen Cox, Cain Polidano, Greg Roberts, Bill Ogilvie, John Kruska, Jeremy

Skuse, Peter Watson.

Apologies:

John Smith.

Minutes:

Minutes of last committee meeting accepted on a motion proposed by Jeremy and seconded by Greg.

Business Arising:

Shirts have been paid for.

Reels have been paid for and arrived.

Rat proof tubs have been purchased.

Correspondence In:

FRDC Magazine, Invite to Ballarat Flyfishers Dinner, Bendigo Bank Term Deposit Advice, newsletters from Southern and Yarra Valley.

Invoice from Nillumbik for Food safety course. Peter not to pay until certificates have arrived. JS to advise.

Correspondence Out:

Greg sent letter to Spotters re sponsorship for Australian casting champs raffle.

Issues discussed:

Fire affected youth fishing day - on hold for the moment.

Updated membership list – Peter will circulate to committee. Also should go in newsletter 2 times per year.

Northern Open Trophies required – John will arrange.

Aust Casting Fed are organising the shirts.

Syllabus 2011 – Dargo Landcare are holding a Carpathon at Wonangatta on Feb 26 & 27th 2011, would be a good idea to incorporate into our syllabus.

Member rewards badges – 2 companies are providing ideas (Stokes and Lega). Peter to

report at next meeting.

Objectives for rest of term

Business plan updated – last one was from ‘05.

Australian casting championships.

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Badges.

Pursue grants.

Annual dinner.

Sponsors.

Long term objectives

Increase membership.

Clubroom extensions – continue dialog with the Archers.

Best Club website.

Best casting team.

Best equipped Club. Improve / make better use of the lake.

Logo - Jason has started work on the brief.

Succession planning - President, Editor, New Member contact, Vice President and Social Secre-tary.

Come and Try day: Banners, show bags, etc. – Do proper show bags this year, DPI have sent regulation booklets, ―go fishing‖ booklets. Aussie Disposals may donate the bags. Andrew will approach Rays Outdoors. Think about other items, maybe flies? Peter can supply tubes. Glen thinks we should get some direction signs done properly – A1 size in vinyl, approx $500 for 12 signs. Glen will pursue. Maybe purchase a cheap shade shelter for use as a separate bait station. (Will get $1725 from DPI to run the day).

Fundraising letters to sponsors – Jeremy to put together a list of potential sponsors and circulate to committee.

Grants Volunteer grant – Cain will put application together for a good video camera., (filter ca-pable, external mike etc).

Committee Minutes – should they be included in the newsletter?

Bill Would like a ―for sale – wanted‖ section in the newsletter.

Term Deposit of $5K matures on 21st March – will be rolled over for 6 months.

Approx $3k in free cash, Peter would like to term invest $1k – agreed.

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Member details

Surname First name Home Mobile Email

Anastasoglou Michael 9886 3331 0410 474 550 mpanastas@iprimus.com.au

Andropof Leff 9465 4212 0431 598 161 andropof@optusnet.com.au

Angwin Noel 0419 507 730 noel.angwin6@bigpond.com

Balachandra Asitha 0412 756 992 asitha.balachandra@gmail.com

Barton Richard rj_barton@hotmail.com

Beck Ian 9437 6159 0411 051 992 iana@bigblue.net.au

Boadle Frank 9846 1945 fjboadle@bigpond.com

Bowman Daniel 9718 0459 0409 078 157 bowmanelectrical@bigpond.com.au

Brizzi Damian 401519114 damian.brizzi@ghd.com.au

Bulot Jacques 9401 3115 0418 546 880

Chan Des 9432 4501 0434 078 887 desmond.chan@csl.com.au

Chapman Joy joy_72@bigpond.com

Chapman Matthew matthewh@live.com.au

Cogdon Peter 9457 3881 0418 360 757 pcogdon@bigpond.net.au

Cole Mathew 9818 7012

Connell Andrew 9717 4040 0418 530 073 aconnell@netcall.com.au

Cooney Jason 9717 1952 0418 915 279 towball40@hotmail.com

Cox Glen 9458 3838 0438 807 296 glenc@bpd.com.au

Cresp Ray 9457 2067

Cunningham John 0413 348 208

Dabal Chris 9459 3990 0421 056 376 dabs01@optusnet.com.au

D‘Abate Frankie 9436 7288 0402 987 557 frankiedabate@hotmail.com

D‘Abate John 9436 7288 0402 987 557 frankiedabate@hotmail.com

Davies Dave 9309 2017 0419 998 781 daffyd53@hotmail.com

Dickens Mark 8400 2019 mark_fisho4life@hotmail.com

Farmer Noel noelfarmer@hotmail.com

Flakemore Wayne 9455 2479 0413 134 213 flakemores@iprimus.com.au

Flower Rob 9459 5424 0408 387 527 rob@flyfish.com.au

Gavric Alex 9302 3846 0402 830 022 agavric@gmail.com

Garwood Ross 5783 2301 0404 039 011 rossandgrace@aapt.net.au

Goslin Philip 9890 2990 prbydesign@optusnet.com.au

Henderson Stan 9438 1731 old-fart1931@hotmail.co.uk

Henry Russ 9439 4479 401947437 russellhenry1@bigpond.com

Holland Laurie 9434 1359

Humphreys Rod 9434 6094

Ilievski Alex 9437 7903 0432 715 598 ilievski.alex@gmail.com

Isaac Malcolm 9786 1741 409804877 mali@melbpc.org.au

Johnson Dale 9432 1170 0402 857 435 johnsondr@optusnet.com.au

Jovevski Nick 9436 6341 0438317413 nikola.jovevski@au.bosch.com

Jenkins David 9431 2036 0408312742 dkjen@optusnet.com.au

King Neville 9460 6916

King Norm 5774 2265 normking@melbpc.org.au

Kingsford John 9435 5426 412724118 kingsfordonline@optusnet.com.au

Kromek Paul 9489 9570 0400 980 625 mkromek@landers.com.au

Kruska John 9432 1753 0428 531 811 jkruska@mac.com

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Surname First name Home Mobile Email

Kyriacou Gary 5781 0058 0419354303 caddishomes@hotmail.com

Le Vagueresse Ben 9740 4784 406385156 ben.helen@clearmail.com.au

Liparota Tony 0407 486 358 tonylip@netspace.net.au

Lowe Ian 9458 1612 0409 868 315 lowefi@melbpc.org.au

Maloney Peter ppcmaloney@hotmail.com

Milcev Paul 9457 6708 0404 818 648 paul.milcev@gmail.com

Milic Mick 0415 507 438

Mitchell Ian 9388 8474 0404 883 497 ff_mitch@hotmail.com

Molent Mark 5255 5315

Moshi Albert 9357 1365 0413 633 355 australkc@optusnet.com.au

Munro Bob 9439 9431 bobmunro1@optusnet.com.au

Murie Graeme 9438 1752 0407 467 509

O'Brien David 9439 9672 422612990 dnobrien@optusnet.com.au

Ogilvie William 9718 1120 0415 327 307 ogilvie1120@bigpond.com

Peitcheff John 9715 1254 jcpeitcheff@iprimus.com.au

Polidano Cain 9444 0134 0409 703 296 cainp@unimelb.edu.au

Portmann Fred 9499 2163 419644699 fridoli@bigpond.net.au

Priest George 9434 5140 0448 589 599 georgepriest@bigpond.com

Ramadge Ron (jnr) 9436 4856

Ramadge Ron (snr) 8746 9847

Roberts Greg 9439 6409 0448 040 400 gregrob@bigpond.net.au

Ruban Carl 9375 1680 0418 562 214 action_man42@hotmail.com

Rumpf John 0417 352 004

Sadler Barry 9712 0788 0419 947 672 barry.sadler@bigpond.com.au

Seah Matthew 0402 441 189 mattseah@hotmail.com

Shea Kieran 9314 7286 407550155

Shearn Ian 5772 3161

Sheridan Pat 9717 3245 0419 515 950 pat.sheridan@aanet.com.au

Sheridan Val 9717 3245 0419 515 950 pat.sheridan@aanet.com.au

Skuse Jeremy 9718 2178 0402 091 685 skuse_j@aapt.net.au

Smith Eric 9718 1138 0438 444 888 eric@swingshift.com.au

Smith John 9438 3057 0437 713 419 smudga_donna@hotmail.com

Smith Ted 9434 1336 teddys@rabbit.com.au

Staton Alan 9467 7521 0418 885 553 alan.staton@bigpond.com.au

Taylor Bruce 9432 4353 0439 039 609 brucetay@bigpond.net.au

Tedjosiswoyo Bintoro 9466 2053 0407 834 338 bintoro@optusnet.com.au

Thomson Patrick 0420 670 284 patrickethomson@gmail.com

Toohey Ray 9435 9721 0419 042 749 raytoohey@hotmail.com

Tzaros Trifona 02 4965 5187 trift@hotmail.com

Vasic Zoran 9440 9692 0411 770 028 shirleyvasic@hotmail.com

Vippond Warren 9434 5291 warrengv@yahoo.com

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Surname First name Home Mobile Email

Wallis Daryl 9435 1658 0407 822 258

Waters John 5428 3420 0417 589 167 castclin@bigpond.com

Watson Peter 9370 5582 0412 545 216 pnwatson@optusnet.com.au

Whittam Ted 5428 3648 ted.whittam@hotkey.net.au

Wilson Boyd 9444 6752 425806007 boydwilson@hotmail.com

Wilson Leon leonw@bpd.com.au

Yates Peter 9714 8697 0417 421 610 pmyates@internode.on.net

Young Peter 9857 9622 0417 116 192 peter@young123.net