A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Hastings Fly Fishers’ Flycast – our bi-monthly newsletter.
What to Expect:
Volume 17, No. 3, May/June 2025
Welcome to the May–June 2025 edition of Flycast. I hope you enjoy this issue.
We’ve got some exciting activities in the pipeline for the coming year, including a trip to Lake Keepit in March, a potential week-long adventure to Weipa with Brian Henderson, and—of course—a return of the very successful Harrington Fly Fest in collaboration with our friends at the Coffs club. Read More »
Volume 17, No. 2, Febuary – April 2025
Welcome to the (slightly overdue) Feb/March/April 2025 Newsletter.
Yes, I know—we’ve slipped into “tri-monthly” (try monthly?) territory. This issue was meant to land in early April, but life, as it does, threw a few curveballs. The President was not impressed and gave me a solid dressing-down. Read More »
Volume 17, No. 1, December ’24/January ’25
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2025!
Apologies for the delay in getting this newsletter out. After spending several weeks in Sydney for Ann’s second hip replacement, some things had to take a backseat. On behalf of Ann, I’d like to extend our gratitude to everyone who sent their well-wishes and the thoughtful card, organised by our social secretary. Read More »
Volume 16, No. 13 October/November 2024
Welcome to our final newsletter of 2024!
As we wrap up the year, it’s hard to believe how quickly time has flown by. Our recent Christmas Party was a great success, with some fantastic photos included in this edition.
This year has been a mix of joy and reflection for our club. Read More »
Welcome to our Newsletter for July, August, and September
Hello everyone, and welcome to this combined edition of our Newsletter, covering July, August, and September. If you’ve been keeping track, you may have noticed that this edition spans three months instead of the usual bi-monthly format. Read More »
Welcome to the May/June Edition of the Flycast!
I hope you enjoy this edition. One of our newer members, Mark Stevens, was pleasantly surprised to learn that, as the lucky attendance prize winner at the Wallabi Point outing, he also earned the task of writing a brief report about the event. Read More »
Volume 15, No. 11, March/April 2024
Welcome to our Newsletter for March and April.
During the last few months the we have managed two successful outings (see reports in the Newsletter) one to Nundle and more recently to South West Rocks.
The Club also had some great publicity in the local FOCUS (April ed.) Read More »
Volume 15, No. 10, January/February 2023
Welcome to our newsletter for January and February.
The Club has been active recently, with events like an outing to North Haven that got washed out due to bad weather and a successful joint Casting day with the Coffs Coast Club. Read More »
Welcome to the September/October Edition of the Fly Cast. I hope you enjoy it.
I’m sorry that it has been a little late, but I have been away for a couple of weeks, and then laid a little low with some sort of respiratory bug…again! Read More »
Volume 15, No. 8, July/August 2023
Welcome to our Newsletter for July & August.
Our AGM for 2023 is now done and dusted and, although I was unable to attend, from the photos I have seen, and based on reports from some members, it appears that an enjoyable time was had by those in attendance. Read More »