24/09/2018
Hi all,
So far 2018 has been a busy year for the Orange Trout Acclimatisation Society, with a great attendance at our monthly meetings, a number of successful fly tying nights and four fly casting mornings already hosted. With the 2018/2019 trout season just about to kick off we’ve still got lots in the works.
This Saturday morning (29th of September 2018) marks the opening of the new trout season. As we have for many years, we will be welcoming in the new season with our customary breakfast at the Lake. We’d like to welcome all members (both past and present) and their guests to join us for the opening breakfast starting from 7:30am at the BBQs on the Western side of Lake Canobolas. If you’re interested in attending please let me know so we can cater accordingly. A gold coin donation would be greatly appreciated to go towards catering costs.
One of our long standing members, Rodney Tonkin, has kindly donated a bunch of fly fishing gear, including fly rods and books that will be auctioned at the breakfast with funds going to the club. I will shortly send out a summary of some of the gear that will be available.
Annual Membership Fee ($30) will be due from the beginning of October, this can be paid at the opening breakfast, via direct deposit or at other club functions. A separate reminder email will be sent out on the 1st of October 2018.
The 16th of October 2018 will see us hosting our monthly from 7:00pm at the Gladstone Hotel.
On the 21st October 2018 we will be hosting another fly tying evening. This will be hosted at Legacy House and commence at 7:00pm. All members and guests are invited to attend.
Over the weekend of 16-18 November 2018, we will be hosting a club fishing/camping trip on the banks of the Macquarie River. This will be hosted on a private property that has 4km of Macquarie River frontage. All members and their guests are invited to attend however we ask that you register your interest via return email.
On the 20th of November 2018 will host our Annual General Meeting and monthly catch-up at the Gladstone Hotel from 7:00pm. We’d appreciate members joining us for the AGM.
Members Directory – At the last two meetings members have put forward a request to create a members directory to be shared within the club that will have the contact telephone number and email address of members. The idea behind this directory is to provide members with an avenue to contact other members should they wish to invite each other on fishing trips, have a chat about fishing or simply ask a question. We respect the privacy of all members so will only add your details to the directory with your express permission. Likewise, the directory will only be made available to those that have agreed to share their contact details. All the members that have attended the last two meetings have agreed to be added to the directory. Should you wish to be added to the directory, please let me know via return email.
Finally, a big thank you to all the members that have put a lot of effort in across the year to organise and facilitate our events and just for sharing their knowledge with other members.
Any questions or comments please don’t hesitate in contacting me. Also if you know of members that are not on facebook, please don’t hesitate in sharing this information with them.
Kind Regards,
Nik Todorovski
Honorary Secretary
