Calendar of Events

Monthly Luncheon*
NSW Sports Club
Level 4, 10-14 Hunter Street, Sydney
Date: First Thursday of every month
Time: 12.30 pm for 1.00 pm. Cost: $48.00

Thursday 6th November 2008: Members' luncheon
Thursday 4th December 2008: Members' luncheon
Thursday 5th February 2009: Guest speaker Jeff Brown
Thursday 5th March 2009: Guest speaker TBA

*Special note on Monthly Luncheons
Bookings for lunches should be made 3 days prior.
Telephone 02 9233-3899 or Email info@nswsportsclub.com.au

Doors for luncheons will be closed until 12.30 p.m. Members arriving early can meet in the downstairs bar where drinks may be purchased. Cancellations should be received at least twenty-four hours prior to lunch if unable to attend, otherwise the Member will be charged for lunch.

Monthly Council Meeting
Board Room, NSW Sports Club (Take lift to level 2)
10-14 Hunter St, Sydney
Date: First Tuesday of every month
Time: 6.00 pm

Tuesday 4th November 2008
Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Tuesday 3rd March 2009
Tuesday 2nd April 2009

Field Trips and Social Events

Monaro Landowners' Dinner
Cooma Ex-Services Club, 106 Vale St. Cooma, Saturday 15th November 2008. See the flyer.

Oberon Landowners' Dinner
Saturday 15th March 2009.

Field Trip to Jindabyne

Dates: Friday 14th to Saturday 22nd November 2008 (8 nights)

Venue: Platypus Lodge, McClure Crescent, Jindabyne

Cost: About $ 25 per head per night

Max. Number of participants: 6

This trip has been very popular in past years partly because it coincides with the Society's annual Cooma Landholders dinner which this year is scheduled for Saturday 15th November.

Accommodation will be at Platypus Lodge, a 3 bedroom townhouse on the lakefront in Jindabyne. Linen and towels are supplied.

Booking preference will be given to members who can stay for the full term. Shorter stays will be accepted if possible.

For further inquiries and bookings, please ring the organiser, Gerhard Benz, on 9387-6641.

See the photo gallery below for a picture from the last trip. Click on the thumbnail for a full-size picture.

OBERON STREAMSIDE Stays
The Society has secured rights for the exclusive use of a cottage in the Oberon area on a stream and also having access to a stocked farm dam for a weekend each month of the 2008-09 season. The dates of these weekends are:

October 24-26
November 7-9
December 12-14
January 9-11
February 13-15
March 13-15
April 17-19
May 8-10

Anyone interested in joining other Club members and guests for a "weekend away " is invited to call Greg Prowse 0414712501.

The New South Wales Rod Fishers' Society operates a full schedule of events for members throughout the year.

Look Above for the latest calendar of events with dates and booking details.

Council Meetings
Council meetings are held at 6.00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month.

Field program
The major aim of the Society's Field Program is to provide participants with access to decent fishing water. The outings are therefore ideal for new Society members, or more generally, members who wish to expand their knowledge of local trout streams and lakes. At each outing, participants can expect the presence of two or three competent members with local knowledge and/or a wealth of expertise in casting, entomology, streamcraft, fish‑spotting, or telling of fishy stories. These 'legends' are only too happy to share their wisdom with the other participants, and to provide tips and guidance in all piscatorial matters, both practical and theoretical.

A number of venues for these outings have been found particularly suitable because they meet certain 'convenience' criteria:

No more than five hours' drive from the Sydney CBD
Accessibility by normal car
Close proximity to fishing water
Reasonable standard and cost of accommodation
Conditions in the State's trout waters can vary significantly throughout the season. The advantage of using several different venues for the Society outings is that events can be scheduled where and when fishing conditions are considered most promising.

Gerhard Benz, organiser of our Field Program, with a nice brownie from the Central Tablelands

Luncheons
Monthly luncheons, frequently with guest speakers, are held on the first Thursday of every month (except January) at the NSW Sports Club, 10-14 Hunter Street Sydney. They provide an opportunity for members to meet in the city and talk fishing and enjoy an excellent meal. Guests of members and prospective new members are always welcome.

Bookings for lunches should be made as early as possible, but at least three days prior (but in emergencies the club will accept late bookings up to 10AM on the day of the lunch). Telephone 02 9233 3899 or email the NSW Sports Club directly to confirm your booking by clicking info@nswsportsclub.com.au

Cost of $48 includes two-course meal with wine, and coffee.

Members arriving early meet in the downstairs bar where drinks may be purchased. Cancellations must be received at least twenty-four hours prior to lunch if unable to attend, otherwise the Member will be charged for lunch.

Landowners' Dinners
The Society hosts two landowners' dinners annually, the Oberon Landowners' Dinner and the Cooma Landowners' Dinner.

These regional functions serve as an expression of appreciation by the Society and members to the landowners of the locality who, over the years, have kindly granted members access to the rivers and streams on their properties. The dinners provide an excellent opportunity for members and partners to socialise and make or renew the acquaintance of landowners. Of these two important fishing regions there can surely be no richer gathering of local knowledge than that to be enjoyed at a landowners' dinner.

Generally the Society will arrange a field trip in the district to correspond with the landowners' dinner. Refer to the list of Field Trips and Social Events (above) for further details.

Fly Tying and Auction Night
This is a once a year event held around July‑August. Supper and drinks are served. It is a friendly, casual affair where members are free to wander about the four or five fly tiers at their desks and ask questions or just observe. The Auction part of the evening is always entertaining and some very interesting fly fishing equipment changes hands, sometimes at bargain prices.

Annual General Meeting and Casting Day
Some time ago we decided that instead of holding the AGM in an air-conditioned club room, we should instead fill our lungs with fresh air, bring our families, picnic goodies and fly rods to a lake somewhere. After the business of the AGM was over we would have a nice barbecue, talk, tell tall tales and drink refreshing fluid from tall bottles while holding a friendly casting competition. New members can also receive casting instructions from the more advanced casters if they so wish.

A Casting Day at Manly Dam