Fly Lines Newsletter
Monthly Newsletter: Our monthly newsletter is packed with exciting updates and insights for our members. From the much-anticipated Liars’ Night, where anglers share their most memorable fishing tales, to an in-depth look at recent fishing trips and successes both locally and abroad, the newsletter celebrates the passion and camaraderie of our community.
With reports on fishing conditions, advocacy efforts regarding carp control and conservation, and an engaging President’s message outlining the year ahead, there’s something for every fly fisher to enjoy. Be sure to mark your calendar for upcoming events and meetings as we continue to make this a fantastic year for the VFFA.
October 6, 2025
Fairlea Road Fly Fishing Precinct: A Legacy in the Making … from Chris Gray For more than seventy years the Fairlea Road casting pool at Yarra […]
October 6, 2025
Winter Swinging on the Middle Rangitikei … Nick Taransky While my fishing passion is, and always will be, dry fly sight fishing for trout, some time […]
September 10, 2025
Montana Fly Fishing Adventure – July 2025 … by Simon Joel After some initial indecision, I joined a guided fly fishing trip to Montana in mid-July. […]
September 10, 2025
The River Mistress … by Alan Pilkington I have a friend, Jack Mauer, a river guide and owner of Wapiti Waters, a guiding service on the […]
September 10, 2025
Karen Brooks – Speaking at our Annual Dinner in August Good evening, and thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. Having recently […]
August 4, 2025
The Way of an Angler … Rodger Muir Nick is very kind in his description of me as one of his ‘star pupils’ of the 2025 […]
August 4, 2025
The Way of an Angler … a brief extract from David Scholes’ fabulous book by that title. This chapter was headed Nights on the Goulburn One […]
August 4, 2025
Instinct – Gone or Just Forgotten … by Philip Weigall The night was cool and dark – not quite “can’t see your hand in front of […]
August 4, 2025
Midge Fishing … from Jim Jackman The Key to successfully target Midge feeders is to have a basic understanding of their life cycle. Once this is […]
August 4, 2025
From the Editor’s Desk “European Plan for Cormorants” … Lyndon Webb I guess like many other members I manage to wade through a pile of fly […]
August 4, 2025
Jim Blakeslee at our July meeting … on fishing Christmas Island (Kiritimati) Kiritimati was first sighted by Spanish mariners in the 1500’s but “discovered” by Captain […]
August 4, 2025
Tasmanian Fly Fishing Museum Part 2 (This document was given to us by Mike Stevens, from Tasmania. In our July issue we gave the history of […]
July 9, 2025
Tasmania Inland Fisheries Electro-fishing Surveys for 2025 During January and February of this year the Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) completed a series of back-pack electro-fishing surveys […]
July 9, 2025
Still Waters in the Dead of Winter … from Tom Sutcliffe’s brilliant book, Yet More Sweet Days – Notes from a fly fisher’s life We left […]
July 9, 2025
Tasmanian Fly Fishing Museum (This is a report from Mike Stevens on the Fly Fishing Museum in Tasmania. The report is long – running to 15 […]
July 9, 2025
From the Editor’s Desk … Lyndon Webb One of the many delightful aspects of fly fishing is the accumulation of memories. And the older you get, […]
July 9, 2025
Scott Xanthoulakis at our VFFA June meeting … a transcript of his presentation First of all I’d like to thank Scott Raggatt and President Simon for […]
June 10, 2025
Bill Jeans welcomed Mike Stevens to the meeting and introduced him by telling us that Mike clearly remembers the first fish he caught on a fly. […]
June 10, 2025
Trevor Hawkins contemplates a state trout fishery for rivers that includes both wild and stocked fish. The bleached river rocks, the colour and texture of weathered […]
June 10, 2025
… from Taylor Hunt VFA (While catfish are not a target for us fly fishers, they are an important species in our Victorian rivers, and as […]
June 10, 2025
From Your Editor … Lyndon Webb I confess to yet again adding to my collection of fly-fishing books. This time Fly-Fish Better – Practical Advice on […]
June 10, 2025
(From Phil Bailey in the UK. This article was originally used in our May 2013 newsletter. It is worth reading again.) As I write this the […]
June 10, 2025
(… from Trout Quest by David Scholes, used with permission) Published on VFFA website June 2025 There is little worse in all this world that anybody […]