Welcome to the newly designed website for The Council of Victorian Fly Fishing Clubs (CVFFC), an association of fly fishing clubs in Victoria, Australia.
The aim of the council is to promote fly fishing and advocate on behalf of member clubs and fly fishers in general and in conjunction with the clubs throughout Victoria.
Regards
Peter, Vice President
Trout cod fisheries notice – Lake Kerferd and Lake Sambell
Yarra Valley Fly Fishing Club
Lillydale Lake, Lilydale
Doug Braham welcomed delegates to the CVFFC AGM and opened the meeting at 10:10am
Present:
Doug Braham (Yarra Valley), Christopher Collins (The Red Tag), John Hotchin (Geelong), Mark Thomas & Asitha Balachandra (Northern), Peter Cairns & Peter te Hennepe (Southern), Chris Doody (Ballarat)
Apologies:
Mike Nolan (The Red Tag), Ray Beavis (Wangaratta), Jeff Walton (South Gippsland), Travis Fischer (Calder), Anthony McGrath (Ballarat), Graham Godber (Mansfield & District), James Hearne (Latrobe Valley), Greg Hellsten (Bendigo & District)
Noted that:
Doug Braham held a proxy on behalf of Ray Beavis
Minutes of AGM 2013: The minutes from the previous AGM (Nov 2012) were noted, and it was agreed that they were true and correct.
MOTION:
Moved to accept: Christopher Collins; seconded by Mark Thomas. Carried.
Business Arising:
Nil
President’s Report:
This year it gave much pleasure to welcome Calder Fly Fishers to the Council.
Attendance at meetings has increased and it is pleasing to see the renewed involvement of many clubs and the effort by delegates to attend meetings whenever possible. Unfortunately the April meeting, Presidents weekend, did not have a quorum and did not go ahead but other meetings during the year have generally had better participation then previous years. For some club delegates distance and travel time makes attending meetings difficult or almost impossible. Recognising this we introduced telephone conferencing for members who find it too difficult to attend in person. Delegates joined the meetings by conference call in March, July and August and all said the experience was different but worthwhile..
I wish to thank Chris Doody for arranging the conference facility and encourage all delegates to take advantage of it when attendance in person is not possible for any meeting.
The Web site still need some work and updating mainly due to my lack of expertise with Wordpress and posting notices and articles in the right areas. Any offers of assistance in will be gratefully accepted.
We also have a CVFFC Facebook page thanks to Anthony McGrath.
In particular I wish to acknowledge the work by Graham Godber in reviewing our Constitution and proposing an amended version. This was an extremely challenging and we are all grateful to Graham for this.
Once again the 4X4 & Fishing show demonstrated that a combined effort produces much better results than an individual one. Yarra Valley expresses appreciation to all clubs that helped with the event and hope each club found it a worthwhile experience. This year the set-up of the casting lane and information and fly tying stand was much better than previous years, the location was ideal, right at the main entry. We attracted much more interest than any other time, especially with kids, thanks to the innovative “marketing” by the guys from Ballarat with casting for “Freddos”. Show organisers were so impressed with our efforts that they immediately booked us in for 2015 show.
Feedback to Yarra Valley is most welcome as improvements can always be made. Use CVFFC meetings and communications to put forward suggestions. The aim is to make this event stand truly representative of all fly fishing clubs across Victoria. Overall we need ideas for promoting fly fishing, improving habitat & access, and encouraging children & teenagers, families and those sections of the community not traditionally involved in recreational fishing to become passionate as we are for fly fishing. Share you club’s initiatives with all the clubs so we can grow the fly fishing fraternity.
Peter Te Hennepe and I represented the Council as delegates to VRFish meetings for the year and I continued as CVFFC representative at The Round Table Forum. I also represented the Council at the Trout Reference Group meetings held at Snobs Creek hatchery.
It is important that we retain these representations as they provide direct avenues for fly fishers to the decision and policy makers that impact on recreational angling.
I encourage all member clubs and delegates to raise your local issues at Council meetings, or at any other time. CVFFC support for projects or funding or direct lobbying through VRFish and Roundtable can lend more weight than clubs acting individually.
Thank you to our Secretary/Treasurer Christopher Collins, City Vice President Mark Thomas and Country Vice President Chris Doody for the assistance and efforts during the past year. Especially, thank you to all delegates who have given their time and effort to attend meetings either in person on by conference call.
Thank you all for attending today.
Treasurer’s Report
Club Name
Membership with PLI
Membership without PLI
Alpine Fly Fishing Club
#
Bairnsdale Fly Fishers Club
#
Ballarat Fly Fishers
#
Bellarine Fly Fishing Association
#
Bendigo & District Fly Fishers Inc
#
Calder Fly Fishers
#
Corryong Angling Club
#
Geelong Fly Fishing Club Inc
#
Goulburn Murray Flyfishers
#
Greenhill Fly Fishers Club
#
Greenwell’s Fly Fishing Club Inc
#
Latrobe Valley Fly Fishers
#
Mansfield & District Flyfishers Inc
#
Mornington Peninsula Fly Fishers
#
Northern Suburbs Fly Fishing Club Inc
#
Sale Fly Fishing Club Inc
#
South Gippsland Fly Fishers Inc
#
South Western Fly Fishers
#
Stawell & District Fly Fishers Club Inc
#
The Red Tag Fly Fishers Club Inc
#
The Southern Fly Fishers Aust Inc
#
Wangaratta Fly Fishing Club
#
Yarra Valley Fly Fishers
#
23 Financial Members
Assets
Statement Account
$2,312.45
Term Deposit
$2,791.14
Stock on hand
Nil
MOTION:
Moved to accept: Christopher Collins; seconded by Chris Doody. Carried.
Doug Braham declared all positions vacant and handed over to John Hotchin to act as Returning Officer
Election of Office Bearers
Doug Braham welcomed the new Council Executive and thanked the outgoing members for their service
General Business:
It was proposed that the CVFFC create a “virtual” Honour Board on our website to recognise significant contributors to the organisation. A sub-committee was formed comprising of Doug Braham, Chris Doody & Peter te Hennepe to present a proposal to the committee at the December 2014 meeting.
Meeting close 10:55am
Mansfield and District Fly Fishers Venue will be the Mansfield RSL Hall, 30 Highett Street Mansfield.
Mins.
1. Open Meeting & Welcome
2. Apologies (as per AGM)
3. Minutes previous meeting
4. Business arising from previous meeting ( for General business if possible unless urgent)
5. Correspondence
6. President’s Report as AGM
7. Treasurer’s Report as AGM
8. General Business
i) CVFFC website update and quotations. Presentation & Discussion
ii) N.E. Trout recovery update Conference 21st November
iii) Proposal for removal of trout closed season SW Rivers update.
iv) Meeting dates for 2016
v) Any other business
9. Next Meeting Saturday 5th December at Ballarat or Sunday 22nd November at Mansfield
BBQ lunch will follow the meeting.
Yarra Valley Fly Fishers, Lilydale
Doug Braham welcomed delegates to Meeting opened proceedings at 10:15am
Present:
Doug Braham (Yarra Valley); Peter te Hennepe & Peter Cairns (Southern);
AJ Blachandara (Northern)
Apologies:
Chris Collins (Red Tag), Graham Godber (M&DFFC), Travis Fischer (Calder),), Jeff Walton (South Gippsland) Hamish Hughes (VFFA), Chris Doody (Ballarat) Anthony McGrath (Ballarat) Chris Beilby(Wangaratta)
Minutes previous meeting
The minutes of the 11th April meeting were moved by Peter Cairns and seconded by Peter Te Hennepe. Carried.
No minutes from June meeting as a quorum was not present.
Business arising from previous meeting
Held for discussion in General Business
President’s Report
No written report. President expressed disappointment with attendances at June and August meetings and acknowledge delegates who had notified their apology prior to the meeting.
Treasurer’s Report
Nil report.
General Business
1. Discussion of CVFFC meeting attendance and responses to mail outs.
i) Delegates discussed the general lack of attendance at meetings and possible reasons noting that for most delegates distance to venues will always be an issue preventing some from attending. It was considered travel times up to two hours were reasonable but not more. Options for further consideration:
- more regional locations
- greater use of telephone conferencing
ii) Lack of response to email requests for input on a variety of issues. Due to short time lines or lack of interest, most clubs do not respond to requests for input to form CVFFC position on certain relevant topics ( Goulburn & pondage stocking proposal, King River stocking proposal, etc)
Up to date email contacts at every club are essential to get information to the right people for circulation within each member club. Also club Executive Committees may need to make decisions on behalf of members when time is short and issues are of urgent nature. We often only become aware of issues with 14 days or less to act, leaving little or no time to pass through committees and general meetings.
Circulation of a spread sheet noting clubs responding may encourage greater input. Action P Te Hennepe
iii) Suggestion for CVFFC executive & other willing delegates to make presentations at all member clubs and potential ember clubs explaining CVFFC mission and purpose
2. CVFFC Web Site Update – Quotes received in vicinity of $3500 considered too expensive.
Facebook & Drop Box are effect communication tools, but many members are not familiar or do not have access to these, although this should not deter us from utilising as much as possible.
A simple web site is still considered necessary. PT agreed to follow up with all member clubs for accurate & up dated contact details. PT will then obtain quotes for a basic web site in time for AGM.
Action: P Te Hennepe
3. Proposed removal of Closed Season SW Rivers
All Member Clubs input is against this proposal. Peter Te Hennepe will attend VRFish convened special meeting to convey CVFFC position
4. Recognition of Service Award to the CVFFC
Nominations received for CVFFC Outstanding Service Award
• Rod Booker Proposed C. Collins Seconded P. Cairns
• David Woolcock Proposed C. Collins Seconded P.TeHennepe
• Simon Morrison (posthumous) Proposed C.Collins Seconded D.Braham
• Pat Washington Proposed C.Collins Seconded P.Cairns
• Christopher Collins Proposed D.Braham Seconded A.Balachandara
All nominations accepted unanimously.
Meeting closed 12:05 pm
Next meeting: Saturday 26thh September at Mansfield & District Fly Fishers.
The below is a link to the VRFish Project Funding Proposal - Minister Pulford
Victorian trout anglers continued to enjoy outstanding fishing last year thanks in large part to
the Department of Primary Industries’ annual stocking program.
Fisheries Victoria acting Executive Director, Travis Dowling, said more than 636,000 trout and
salmon were released into 140 waters during the year to improve fishing opportunities for
freshwater anglers across the state.
Mr Dowling said most of the stocked trout were grown at the department’s Snobs Creek
hatchery, near Eildon, using funds derived from the sale of recreational fishing licences.
“The stockings included nearly 75,000 catchable size rainbow trout that were released for the
second and third term school holidays, mainly into small lakes in suburbs and towns,” Mr
Dowling said.
“Those stockings provided children and beginners with a chance to wet a line close to home.
“However, experienced trout anglers reaped the benefits of ongoing stockings in larger lakes
such as Tooliorook, Deep, Elingamite, Burrumbeet, Learmonth and Fyans.
“Large numbers of trout, some weighing more than 2kg each, were caught from several of
these lakes throughout last year.
“One of the standout waters was Lake Toolondo, southwest of Horsham, which recovered
from drought in 2011 and was stocked with brown and rainbow trout soon after, and again in
2012.
“Anglers reported that the stocked trout in Lake Toolondo grew quickly and provided terrific
fishing through winter and spring of last year.
“Lake Wendouree is another water that’s made an outstanding recovery over recent years
thanks to stockings by Fisheries Victoria and the Ballarat Fish Acclimatisation Society.”
Mr Dowling said that warmer summer water temperatures meant the Snobs Creek hatchery
was now turning its attention to growing and stocking native fish such as Murray cod.
“Between now and April, most of our stockings will revolve around native species, with the
2013 trout stocking season to commence around May when water temperatures drop again,”
he said.
For a full list of waters stocked with trout during 2012 visit
www.dpi.vic.gov.au/troutstocking2012