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Norm Cribbin57 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

James Jones57 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.

Andrew Reed54 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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