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AUCKLAND FRESHWATER ANGLERS CLUB INCPO Box 63016, Manukau City 2241http://www.aucklandfreshwateranglers.org.nz/ September 2011
THE FIRST CAST
Hello and welcome. Firstly on behalf of the members I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Doug Snell, Brian Jones, Chris Young and Rob Theron, and those staying on as committee members for your contribution to the club over the last year. Brian and Doug deserve a special mention, thanks guys. Also thanks to those who attended the AGM - I’d like to introduce to you the incoming committee. Bruce Willingale, Ger De Pater, Ian Rodgers, Sam Bourne, Roan Brooks, Dave Charteris, Paul Sharp, David Smith and myself. For those of you who don’t know me my name is Brian Young, I am the incoming President. I joined AFAC in November 2008 with my brother Chris Young. People say that they can easily tell Chris and I apart as I am the good looking one. Chris and I have both been on the committee, and I was acting Club Captain in 2010/2011. I have been a keen freshwater fisherman since the age of 9. In South Africa Chris and I fished for Bass, and caught Blue Gill on the fly, and very rarely the occasional Trout. That all changed when we hit NZ. Land of the long white cloud… this is trout heaven. I’ve been in New Zealand for 8 years now, and started fly-fishing seriously 4 years ago. Since then I’ve introduced the sport to my son and he’s hooked as well. Our favourite water is the Waipa and my favourite fly is a Black gnat - as a Dry and also with a 2mm tungsten bead. So as you can tell, I like to keep it simple. I hope my enthusiasm is of assistance to the club and I look forward to the good times ahead. To the incoming committee, congratulations, I look forward to all the challenges, your valuable input, commitment & support for the continued success of our club. This year (2011-2012) is a historic year for our organisation being 40 years in the making. The club history which Derek Eustace presented at the Club AGM will be an invaluable reference for all members and I’d encourage everyone to secure a copy from Derek at the upcoming club night on the 12th of September. The September club night will feature Belinda Thomas as our speaker. Belinda is one of AFAC’s most accomplished fly fishers both recreationally and in competitive angling. I’ve heard that if it lives in water and swims than in all likelihood Belinda’s hooked it on a fly. From stingrays to squid, trout to kingfish Belinda has some stories to tell about her exploits and experience gained along the way. A regular
contributor to fly fishing magazines here and across the Tasman, Belinda’s presentation will look at fly fishing techniques for this time of year. I hope to see you there for what is sure to be an interesting presentation.
See you at the next club night.
Tight lines Brian Young
cover:Brian’s son Devon showing his dad how it’s done
This month: First CastSeptember club night talkflytying challengeflytying trophyExtract from Exmouth fishing report
• The club meets on the second Monday of every month (except January) at 7.30pm at Panmure Yacht & Boating Club, Kings Road, Panmure.
• Turangi Club Lodge: 3 Te Hei Place, Turangi. Bookings & enquiries: Doug Snell
• Puniu Club Hut: Newman Road, off Bayley Road, south of Te Awamutu Bookings & enquiries: Doug Snell
• Dinghy at Thomson's Lake: contact Frank Ciochetto (278 9425) or Derek Eustace (278 6262)
• General inquiries to: The Secretary, Auckland
Classified AdsMembers who wish to buy or sell any fi shing-related equipment can place an ad in Riffl es. There will be no charge for members provided it is limited to 25 words or less. All ads should be placed in electronic form and forwarded by email to the Editor on or before the 25th of the month.
ARTICLES FOR THE NEWSLETTER
The Editor would love to have members’ input into the magazine.
Have you been fi shing lately in an interesting spot, had a funny experience, learnt a new technique or
just have a good story to share?
Please email any contributions to [email protected] or post them to the club mail
box, P.O.Box 63 016, Manukau City 2241.
All opinions expressed by contributors to this newsletter are solely the opinion of the contributor concerned and do not necessarily represent the views of AFAC or its other members
Hon Solicitor: Alan Jenkinson Past Patron: Michael Beddek 1972-96Hon Auditor: Past Presidents:Hon Life Members: Robert Hunter 1972-74 Brian Roland 1974-75David Lyon 1990 Brian Frankpitt 1975-78Dan Hartley 1997 Colin Kennedy 1978-81Derek Carter 2002 Ron Walters 1981-82Derek Eustace 2002 Colin Kennedy 1982-85Frank Ciochetto 2002 Alan Peak 1985-89Neil Hirtzel 2002 Scott Murray 1989-92Noel Osborne 2002 David McLellan 1992-93Chris Christianson 2003 Doug Rankin 1993-94George Lammie 2003 Brian Hetherington 1994-97Brian Hetherington 2004 Mike Batty 1997-2000Arthur Golding 2006 Virginia Duncum 2000-2002 Ian Gibbs 2002-2005
COMMITTEE CONTACT DETAILS 2010-2011NAME E-mail PhoneBrian YoungPresident, Assets
09 829 0880021 255 8859
Bruce WillingaleSecretary, Vice President, membership
[email protected] 09 620 9098027 289 2066
Ger De PaterTreasurer
[email protected] 09 2992 8316021 237 9441
Dave Charteris
[email protected] 09 536 6390021 237 9441
Ian RodgerEnvironmental
[email protected] 09 534 7104027 499 6000
Roan BrooksPR, mentorship
09 962 7133021 276 7332
Paul Sharp [email protected] 09 920 2050029 236 0360
David Smith [email protected] 021 907 268
Sam BourneLibrary, Sub-editor Riffl es
027 242 4396
September Club Night Talk
With the winter runs of spawning fish somewhat sporadic and our time more than a little precious its best if we can make the most of our fishing at this time of year. 'Fishing to the conditions' is a phase that rolls off the tongue, but not always out of the casting arm. To that end I'll be covering a few techniques and the tackle and flies that I use to target fish in the colder months. While some of it might sound familiar I'd like to challenge you to mix it up a little and try some new methods like 'Nui' nymphing. I'll also talk about the individual rivers and how I approach each and bring along my fly boxes for a peak. Picking up winter fish is a passion of mine and I am looking forward to sharing a few tricks with you. __Belinda [email protected]
A F A C ~ ROD & REEL --- 2011 Fly Tying ChallengeJuly 2011 Rob’s Redhead Bloodworm (nymph)
RESULTS points total points to dateExperienced 1st Chris Young 4 112nd Doug Snell 3 14 3rd Bruce Willingale 2 6Brad Pepping - 5 Novice 1st Dave Smith 4 8 Trevor Harris - 11
Judge’s general comments: Congratulations to the place-winners. A very good standard of entries but, as yet, none of them has been productive in ‘on-the-water’ tests.!!!??? A common fault with most entries was not achieving the correct proportions of the abdomen and the thorax as shown in the illustration.
Derek Eustace
AFAC ~ ROD & REEL FLY TYING CHALLENGE sponsored by
480D Broadway NewmarketSeptember 2011 Fly Tying Challenge pattern
entries due October club night
Thin Mint (lure)Hook: # 6Head: gold beadTail: 3 small bunches of marabou – black
over brown over green – with several strands of narrow chartreuse mylar flashBody: peacock herlRibbing: narrow chartreuse mylar flashHackle: brown, ginger, or natural-red, hackle feather ‘Palmer’ wrappedNotes: 1: note carefully the fly proportions in the illustration 2: view this fly on the AFAC or ROD & REEL web-sites
August pattern, Humpy (dry), entries due September club night
or posted or delivered to me to 20 Fraser Rd Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025, the next day.
Don’t-be-slow --- Have-a-goDerek Eustace
A F A C 2011 FLY TYING TROPHY
COMPETITION FLIES & RULES
Flies:
GREEN ORBIT (lure) # 6CZECH NYMPH, GREEN (nymph) # 10 caddisYELLOW PARTRIDGE SPIDER (wet) # 12BROWN CDC (dry) # 12
Rules:
1: There is one category only2: You must enter 1 fly only of each pattern, tied by yourself3: Entries will be numbered & judged anonymously by a panel of 2 judges4: Entries will be displayed, & returned to the entrants, on December prize-giving night
Notes:
1: Artistic presentation will not be a factor, fly tying skill & accuracy only will be judged2: The materials specifications for the flies, with colour illustrations, will be available from me at the Sept & Oct club nights and on the Club web-site.
Entries:
Entries are to be handed to me not later than the November club night or may be posted, or delivered, to me to 20 Fraser Rd Papatoetoe, Auckland, 2025 the next day.
Derek Eustace
Extract from Exmouth Fishing Report
Hi Everyone,The fishing is great at Exmouth for 12 months of the year, but from a guiding perspective I prefer the warmer months. You will see from the fishing report below that there is nothing wrong with the fishing over the cooler months , I just like it better when there are less tourists around (except my clients of course).
The tourists disappear as the temperature climbs and the fish appear in greater numbers. There is no lining up at the boat ramps at the start or end of the day. Permit are more abundant and more aggressive on the shallow flats. There are still plenty of big bonefish to be caught. The marlin and sailfish fire up and increase in numbers, and most other fish you see on my website, or below, are begging to have a suitable fly or lure cast in front of them.
Our warmer months are hot but not humid, just a dry heat. It is always safe to swim here to cool off as we have no box jellyfish or crocodiles, and the snorkelling is incredible.
I caught this sailfish on fly a few days ago, on a friend’s boat. Although my friends were not fly fishers they insisted we try to catch a billfish on
fly. Ten minutes of teasing and I had this sailfish on!! That is me on the right and my mate (another) Brett holding the sailfish.
LOST AND FOUNDBelieve it or not I recently cleaned my car to take it to Perth to trade it for a new 4wd. In the process of scratching around in the beach sand under the passenger seat I found a pair of black rimmed Ray Ban prescription glasses (not polaroid sunglasses). I have a recollection of someone losing some glasses some time ago, but cannot remember who it was, as most of my clients wear polaroids? Send me an email if they belong to you and I’ll post them back.
BOOKINGSWe have plenty of space in September, which is unusual as it is a good time to fish here with the water starting to warm up. You will see below that we have been catching some great fish lately. There are still a few days available in October. The second week of November is available. We have plenty of space through December and January.
We are also taking bookings well into next year. Please also remember that although we specialise in sight fly fishing we do cater for lure fishers as well.
To the many of you who in the past have enquired about group bookings, our second boat is getting closer. These things do not happen quickly especially when dealing with government. Hopefully by early next year we will have a second boat in service and we will be able to look after the group bookings. Ben Knight, who most of you already know, is organising and will be operating the second boat. Ben is one of Exmouth’s best anglers of any persuasion, including fly, he was part of our winning team for the fly section in the recent Australian International Billfish Tournament.
For those of you that missed the Fishing Australia episode, that was a whole show about permit fishing in Exmouth with True Blue Bonefish, I
have arranged for a small number of dvds to be available. If you would like a dvd, send me an email, the cost including postage is $22.
We hope to see you here soon for some great fishing. Enjoy the fishing report below, it starts from our most recent fishing and goes back in time to early May.
CheersBrett and Simone Wolf
Marco Guarisco, all the way from Italy, had fished for bonefish in other locations, but could not believe how big our Exmouth bonefish are! This one was 83cm- about 12 pound!
John Lewis and Dave Moxon returned for some great fly fishing. John caught this beautiful bonefish on the morning of the first day to set the trend for a great trip.
John with a nice spangled emperor.
This bonefish was 83cm long- about 12 pounds!
The next day we fished a flat where during the warmer months (and on different tides) we normally see a lot of permit. The tide was running
out so we found a gutter that looked ideal for retreating fish. We immediately started seeing permit and big queenfish, so I loaded a crab fly onto John’s rod while Dave stuck with a clouser to intercept any big queenfish. John had a few reasonable shots at permit but did not get a bite. Then there was a permit coming head on and John could not get a shot. Dave dropped his clouser in front of it, gave it a few twitches, the permit was all over it, tilted, Dave gave it a big strip, the permit wanted the fly even more, chased it and ate it.
After lunch we enjoyed a fun session chasing big queenfish in very shallow water. There were plenty there but they were fussy.
Another big queenfish in less than a metre of water.
Dave shows off a quality queenfish.
There were plenty of these around but they were tricky to fool.
After seeing Dave land his permit, John was desperate to get one, so we returned to the same flat the next day. It wasn’t long before John cast
his crab fly at a hungry permit, it jumped straight on the fly and took off! Unfortunately a big tangle in the fly line jammed in the rod guides and the hook pulled! Soon after I spotted another permit, John made a perfect cast, the permit came straight over to the crab fly and tilted, I told John, to give it one big strip as I thought the permit had it, he did, the line came up very tight and the permit shot of so fast that there was a big roostertail coming off the fly line. This permit took a lot of backing because instead of heading for deep water it stayed on the shallow flat.
We berleyed up for big Spanish mackerel and had them buzzing around the boat but could not get them to bite. This coral trout was a tasty bycatch!
I had a few days off so I took my mate Steve Michaels out to berley up some mackerel on his second day ever of fly fishing. I got this 13 kg broad-barred mackerel first up. Then I packed my
rod up and started really pumping the berley into the water.
Then Steve got this 18+kg Spanish mackerel on his fly rod that would have been an Australian record on fly if I had not slit its throat! Sorry Steve, I had no idea it was an OZ record! After the big Spaniards first run, Steve had no skin left on his knuckles, blood was pouring out of his hand, and his new fly reel was making funny noises! It was a great effort by a novice fly fisher to land this magnificent fish.
Andy Vockler and Geoff Volter joined me for an unusually cloud interrupted week of fishing. These guys can fly fish but we had tough conditions to deal with. On the first morning Geoff landed a thumper of a bonefish, which got the boys both very interested in catching more big bonefish.
Voltzy with a world class bonefish!
On the second day we skipped the bonefish option as there was cloud forecast. We waited for the right tide and hit a barramundi hot spot. An exciting session followed where the 2 V boys landed at least 6 barramundi, all sight cast in less than a few feet of water. Several others were hooked and dropped.
Voltzy hooked up to a jumping barramundi.
Accurate casting and a deadly fly was the undoing of many a barramundi for Andy.
A big flathead that ate Voltzy’s fly while he was clearing a tangle in his fly line during the barra session.
Happy guide and angler after a hot barra session.
The third day for the V boys offered the best bonefishing conditions for the trip. Five big bonefish were solidly hooked and most ran well into the backing (including this double hookup), but all 5 fell off. It rocked all of our confidence!
As you can see, the cloud moved in so after looking hard for bonefish we tried some other stuff. Voltzy caught this nice spangled emperor and got reefed by a big one.
We moved outside the reef and I started berleying up. Almost immediately Andy hooked a monster reef fish that he couldn’t stop on 50 pound tippet. After rebuilding his leader he hooked up this tuna.
While Andy was hooked up to the tuna, Voltzy hooked up and landed this rankin cod. It tasted beautiful thanks Voltzy!
On the way back to the boat ramp we found this tuna mayhem.
A bit of spangled emperor action and more cloud.
We stopped on a small flat on our way south, as the best bonefishing areas were again covered in cloud, and Voltzy pinned this nice little bonefish.
Phil Tracy joined me to learn to fly fish and caught some fish on fly within the first few minutes of learning to cast. Later we picked up his kids from a nearby beach and caught a bunch of trevally and spangled emperor. The gang kept me so busy that this was the only photo I got of the whole families catch – well done Lucinda.
Charles Burrus and his mate Scott came all of the way from Texas to catch big bonefish. This was the first one that Charles landed.
Unfortunately Scott missed out on a bonefish as we were again plagued by cloud cover.
Charles with a golden trevally.
The sun popped out from behind the clouds for a moment and Charles nailed this big bonefish.
A big blue bastard with a storm brewing behind us.
Double hookup to golden trevally for the Gillies father and son combo.
Alec with his goldy and Sandy still hooked up in the background.
Then Alec got this blue bastard.
We spotted another for Sandy, he dropped the fly in front of it and was on- despite the red
camouflaged jacket!
Alec finished off with this hard fighting goldspot trevally.
Former Australian fly casting champion, Peter Wilson, wanted to catch a big Aussie bonefish and got his wish!
Ed Gardner with a nice golden trevally.
James Spicer’s first bonefish ever.
Nemo Neiss with a big golden trevally.
Cloud and rain again! So we berleyed up, this Spanish mackerel took a lot of backing, which isn’t
surprising as it was being pursued by sharks!
Some big golden trevally appeared in the berley trail. This is Jon Neiss putting some hurt on one.
Jon’s goldy.
Another goldy followed up Jon’s fish so Nemo
dropped his fly over and hooked it up.
Craig Covich with a spangled emperor for dinner.
Mark Lee with a mack tuna.
Scott Chesterton with a big golden trevally.
Neil Thomas with a quality bonefish.
Ken Browning with a small bonefish.
When I met Martin Walters at the boat ramp, his wife put a lot of pressure on me to make sure he caught bonefish. I have got to say I was feeling the pressure! He caught bonefish, but they weren’t
monsters.
Rob Watt hooked up to his first Aussie bonefish.
Rob with one of two Aussie bonefish he landed.
Golden trevally are a prized capture back on Rob’s home waters!
Brett and Simone WolfPO Box 1118Exmouth WA 6707AustraliaPhone (08) 9949 4881Mobile 0417 360 [email protected]
