North Queensland Flyfishers

Thursday the 9th of May

The second Thursday of the month is here this week, you know what that means. Fly tying is on. This week Jake will be leading the tying with a classic fly the woolly bu**er. Please come along, bring a friend and enjoy the night.

Awesome club casting session working on fishing from a skiff last Sunday. Our CCI Richard led us in working on various aspects of flyfishing with two anglers such as communication, calling ranges and targets and various casting skills to avoid the other angler. All done aboard our "Skiff" mock up

Monthly flycasting session is on again today. Today's topic is casting/fishing from a skiff. Session runs at Cranbrook Park from 4pm - 530pm. Visitors welcome and we would love to see you there!

Fly tying meeting is on again tonight 11/4. Meeting upstairs at the loam island community centre - 730 pm for a 745 start. All welcome!

Thursday 21st

Good afternoon everyone, this week we are lucky enough to have Rhyce Bullimore and Bobby Holman in to discuss the secrets of catching barramundi. They will also discuss stocking in our local Townsville waters and best ways to fish them.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting. As always new fisherman and fisherwoman welcome to see what the club is about.

Happy Saturday everyone, good luck to anyone out there fishing.
Fly casting tuition is on again tomorrow afternoon at Cranbrook Park 4pm. If you are new to fly fishing or just want to brush up on your skills please feel free to come along.

Another great fly tying night this month with club member Norbert leading us in tying the Dobson Cod Fly. Normally tied for the iconic Murray Cod, but a great pattern with high movement which many tropical predators like Barra wouldn't hesitate to inhale. If you want to check out one of our tying nights or other activities, visitors and prospective members are always welcome!

Great start to the year with the NQFF open day on the 28th of January, a lot of fish caught and everyone had a fun afternoon. Our first fly tying night Lead by Dave showing us how to tie the clouser minnow and explaining how to select the deer hair. Looking forward to a great year ahead.

Anyone fly fishing around North Queensland or planning a fishing trip in any northern parts of Australia get in touch with David.

Most of a recent batch of bonefish-sized snacks soon to be headed over to Cocos. Can't wait to see the results of these....

For all you going out to chase jungle perch be sure to have some orange cicada flies in your kit.

Hope everyone has had a safe and wonderful Christmas. Wishing everyone a happy and fruitful new year with lots of tight lines.

Time for another NQFF Casting session
Time: Sunday 12 November 1600 hrs
Venue: Cranbrook Park

*Fast Cast Accuracy Challenge.*
1. Pick up & Lay down to targets within 0.75m.
2. Fly in hand max 2 false cast to targets within 1m accuracy.
Distances: challenge yourself.
Skills development:
*Good Loop formation
*Maintain line tension
*Correct trajectory
*PULD
*Accuracy

Very useful and practical skill to improve your time on the water
All welcome, Visitors and potential new members are all encouraged to come along!

Hope to see you there…

Last tying night of the year tonight. Vice president Jake lead us in tying a nice Leech he likes to chuck at Sooties and JPs. Thanks for leading mate!

Nice little casting session this afternoon working off-side/ upstream reach mend. Can see this one being useful on some of our Sooty and JP water or snag bashing in strong tidal current.

Casting session this afternoon. Meeting 4pm at Cranbrook park - adjacent to the Nathan street bridge.

See you there!

Fly tying is on again Tonight from 7.30pm in the Loam Island Community facility. We will be tying A GT Brush fly. Some members will meet up a little early for a bit of casting and a chat by the river before hand.

As always guests, visitors and new members are welcime

Had the pleasure of having Graham from Knighty's Fishing Adventures join us for our monthly meeting and share some of his knowledge gained from fishing local waters as a guide for many years. A big thankyou to Knighty for joining us and congratulations on your recent retirement - enjoy it!

If you've got a moment check out Knightys page and his new YouTube channel, Hopefully there will be some flyfishing content there too!

Just a reminder to come see us down at Fishing Warehouse in Townsville tommorrow (June 10). We will be down there from 8am casting, tying flies and chatting to visitors about all things flyfishing. We will also have a sausage sizzle and cold drinks.

We will be raffling a lovely TFO 8wt mangrove coast fly rod tommorrow, so pop down and grab some tickets. A big thankyou to EJ TODD, TFO and Townsville Fishing Warehouse for the donation of this prize.

The guys from Townsville Barramundi Restocking Group will also be down for the morning to chat about their awesome efforts stocking the Townsville Weirs for all of us to enjoy, so come down and say hi

Hope to see you there

Monthly meeting time is here again. This month we are looking ahead to plan our next 3 months. Meeting time 7.30 for a 7.45 start, Thursday 25 May, at the Loam Island community facility, upstairs in the scout hall.

Just look for the left turn off Riverway drive heading out towards Kelso. Can't miss signed for Loam Island!

All members and guests are welcome, we would love to see you there!

It's confirmed, North Queensland Flyfishers are hitting the Fishing Warehouse again for another flyfishing mini-expo! Catch up with us out the front of the warehouse on Saturday the 10th of June, we'll be there all day.

Whether you've been wanting to get started or sharpen up your Flycasting skills, have a go at tying a fly or just have a chat to our members about chasing fish on fly in our region, this is your chance.

Looking forward to seeing you there, keep an eye out for more info to come.

Monthly Casting - Sunday 14th 4pm

Roll Casting - location is on the Ross River behind Sherriff park. Access via love lane. Have to walk across the park and the bike/walking track and down the riverbank, you won't see the casters from the road.

All members and visitors welcome

NQ Flyfishers April Club meeting will be at an exciting new venue! We are now meeting upstairs at the Loam Island Rowing/Scout building. Follow Riverway drive and turn left at the "Loam Island" sign and follow the road all the way past the boat ramp until you hit the building and parking area. 7.30pm for 7.45 start - Thursday 27th April

This month we are discussing leaders and leader construction

Visitors and new members welcome, shoot us a message if you have any questions! Hope to see you there!

Quick reminder of our social meeting Thursday night. 7.15 for 7.30 start. Hodgie will be joining us to discuss finding fish in the estuaries, tides etc. The club will be putting on a sausage sizzle and some soft drinks for the night also. Hope to see you all there!

A very big thankyou to EJ TODD for the kind support in supplying a TFO 8 WT Mangrove Coast and TFO NTR III reel to the North Queensland Flyfishers. Also a big thanks to member Brad Morris for his contribution getting this organised for the club. This will be put to use as a quality combo for new members to get out on the water and have a taste of saltwater flyfishing before investing in their own gear. The combo will also be used for members to cast and test at our regular casting sessions.

Next meeting for NQ Flyfishers will be held 30 March at Heatley Secondary College. This month Hodgie from Fishing Warehouse and his "Hodgie the Barefoot Fisherman" youtube channel will be joining us for a social meeting. He will be having a chat to the club about Finding fish, understanding how tides affect fish in estuary systems and general "streamcraft"

We would love for you to come join us, visitors are very welcome. Meeting is at 7.15 for a 7.30 start and the location is indicated on the map below. Hope to see you there!

Our Club sadly lost Harvey Low, a founding member and our first life member on Thursday morning

The NQ Flyfishers remember Harvey as a true gentleman of our sport, always generous with his time and sharing knowledge with other members.

Many of us had the pleasure of tying a Clouser Minnow as our first fly or landing our first fly-caught fish with Harvey's guidance.

The club offers its sincere condolences to all of Harvey's family and friends.

Funeral details for Harvey will be announced via the Townsville Bulletin on the 25th of March

A Classic Barra fly was the tie for this month...Pink things. There was some very nice flies tied on the night

Next club Casting session will be held Sunday 12th March 4pm Start. We love visitors so come down and have a look.

Venue is Cranbrook park., off Nathan St near the river, the Council’s work depot and the Dragon Boat club (map below)

Main activity is: Pick up and lay down non-dominant side. We will practice palm forwards and palm backwards (back hand) delivery and shoot.