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Chris Hilton50 viewsPlease provide brief answers to the following questions:
1. When did you join the club?
March 2018
2. What is your reason for joining, and what do you hope to gain from the club?
I have been travelling to Tasmania from the UK for holidays for many years and have
at times struggled to catch the wonderful wild fish here after being ‘trained’ on UK
rainbows. However each one I caught [ of the few ] has been a treasure so kept me
coming back. Occasionally I met local anglers who were always kind and helped me to
slowly gain more understanding of the fishery. Then I moved here two yrs ago and met
Malcolm Crosse who kindly invited me to attend as a guest and now I am a member ! I
hope to improve my fishing and flytying and enjoy good company of fellow anglers.
3. How long have you been a fly tyer?
on and off for about forty years
4. What are your favourite fly patterns?
damsel fly nymphs
black and peacock spider
Red Tag
5. What is your favourite type of fly fishing?
After the initial shock of seeing the fish running away at my first visit to the Blue Peaks Lakes
when trying standard UK reservoir tactics, I now enjoy spotting, casting to and occasionally
catching wild brown trout. I also enjoy small stream fishing with grasshopper patterns or red
tags.
6. Any thing else you would like to add?
Thanks for allowing me to join

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Norm Cribbin16 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 Rasmussen13 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.

Andrew Reed9 viewsJoined February 2015
I met Malcolm Crosse in 1985 when he taught me to fly fish at Penstock Lagoon. We spent time at Arthurs and Sorell. He would often ask me to join the club and I attended club events including an opening weekend at Sorell and a spit roast and port bottling in Bothwell.
30 years later when my children had grown up, I decided to jump in. I still fish Penstock with Malcolm and spend time in the Central Highlands and southern rivers. I enjoy the club events, both fishing and non-fishing. I like fishing with different people on the field weekends, especially the Farm Dams, and more recently on the Bream Day.
I get inspiration from the Zoom and physical tying days. I love the free flow of information and fly-tying materials between members. I think this is a great activity to be involved in.
I like fishing to rising fish in either lake or river. I also enjoy wet fly when nothing is moving. My favourite flies are pretty much whatever is working. I do like rabbit fur Zonker flies and have tied one for the Zoom sessions. I fish sparce Spiders on ghost tip and sinking lines and will also chase the occasional bream.
I have also been involved with the WFFC 2019 on the Organising Committee as Controller Coordinator. The high point of my time in the Club so far is being involved in the successful nomination of Malcolm for the Tasmanian Anglers Hall of Fame. I am very happy the club is currently fully subscribed and we have people on our waiting list!

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