Sydney Fly Rodders' Club Incorporated

29/07/2026

Gone fishing day coming soon.

23/07/2026

Well worth looking in on this online event. I attended this presentation and it highlights the need for much better attention to our waterways.

❗️Attention NSW OzFishers❗️

TONIGHT’s virtual event is your last chance to join the conversation around the future health of NSW’s waterways.

Over the past month, the NSW Community Water Quality Tour has brought together researchers, rec fishers and community groups for lively discussions, fascinating insights and inspiring ideas about how we can work together for healthier waterways and better fishing.

If you couldn't make one of the regional events, you have one final opportunity to be part of the conversation – no matter where in NSW you live, work and fish.

OzFish Unlimited will be hosting the tour’s one and only online session tonight, 23 July, from 7pm to 9pm.

Professor Kirsten Benkendorff of Southern Cross University, marine biologist Dr Ben Diggles, and aquatic veterinary specialist Dr Matt Landos will offer their insight and expertise on some of the biggest challenges facing NSW waterways today.

The session will end with an open discussion – your local knowledge and firsthand observations could play a vital role in turning conversation into community action!

Register for free at ➡ ozfish.org/NswCommunity4cc321.

We can’t wait to see you there!

18/07/2026

We have our usual monthly Fly Tying on Monday night and on the 15 August a tie in day of skill development by tying the life cycle of a mayfly.
I have been thinking of warmer days and the selective beetle eaters of summer.

22/06/2026

The mild winter weather has plenty of members out chasing trout in the regions lakes.

10/06/2026

Dates for the Diary
Casting Practice
14 June 2026 l 9:00 AM l Timbrell Park, Henley Marine Drive, Five Dock

Monthly Meeting
15 June 2026 l 7:00 PM l Freeway Hotel, 115 Reserve Road, Artarmon

Fly Tying
22 June 2026 l 6:30 PM l Freeway Hotel, 115 Reserve Road, Artarmon

03/06/2026

Welcome to winter, a great time to sight fish lake edges. Had the gallows tool out to make some stacked hackle emergers for those glassy days. They sit low in the surface film, and I team them with an unweighted nymph.

30/05/2026

ZONKER / MATUKA!
At the upcoming Sydney Fly Rodders Club Fly Tying night, we will be dubbing, zonkering, and hackling from the same fur patch. This Matuka style pattern is ideal to pull in winter lakes and swing when the rivers are open.
Great for practicing the following skills:
1. Where to place the jam hitch to minimise head crowding. (FFi1)
2. Applying lead wire weighting without giving yourself lead poisoning.
3. Applying the pinch wrap (FFi8)
4. Applying touch / noodle dubbing (FFi29)
5. Applying loop dubbing (FFi30)
6. Applying even ribbing to a Matuka style “wing” (FFi20/21)
7. Forming and applying a hair (crosscut) hackle in a “dubbing” loop (FFi30)
8. Applying a whip finish (FFi12)
Skills are pattern agnostic. Once a core skill is mastered, it can be applied to almost all other patterns - fresh or salt or brackish. Picking up skills haphazardly by tying random patterns takes a lifetime and usually cements bad skill habits into muscle memory. Its best to systematically focus on the essential skills despite the pattern!

23/04/2026

HAIR & FLAIR SKILLS
At the Sydney Fly Rodders Club Monthly Fly-Tying night, participants developed hair management skills needed to tie Clousers, Crazy Charlies, Gotchas, Elk Hair Caddis’s and tails on Royal Wulff’s and Humpies using natural hair.
We tied a Clouser demonstrated by Bob Clouser on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwl9ew6E2Pk
Why use the term “Cris/Cross” wraps instead of “Figure-of-Eight” wraps when attaching dumbbell eyes? Those of us raised on freshwater tying were confined to “figure-of-eight” wraps.
Note how Bob introduces immediate tension by firstly wrapping multiple criss wraps, then secondly, he twists (wrenches) the eyes back into place and then applies multiple cross wraps until the counter forces square up the eyes. Then the usual figure of eight wraps (criss/cross), horizontal “helicopter” wraps and H wraps followed by more criss/cross wraps.
Some tiers file the hook to rough it up! Others (like me) form a thin bed of fine dubbing as a base for the dumbbells.
Superglue helps as does knowing where the best hair is located on a Buck Tail.
Belgian casting is the order of the day when casting heavy lead eye Clousers and Belgian Chocolate while tying also helps!



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11/04/2026

Sydney Fly Rodders Monthly Meeting
When: 13 Apr 2026 7:00 PM
Where: Freeway Hotel, 115 Reserve Road, Artarmon, 2064

EVENT DETAILS:

The Monthly Meeting will be held at our regular venue, The Freeway Hotel, 115 Reserve Road, Artarmon, 2064 (Google maps) commencing at 7:00pm. Members will arrive from around 6pm so feel free to come early and enjoy a drink and some dinner with fellow members.

Our guest speaker will be Steven Gaynor from the Flyboat Fishing Charters. Steven guides on the Sydney Harbour, but also fishes the Snowy Mountains and New Zealand regularly. As always there will be good opportunities to share and engage with other members.