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 15, No. 5, December 2022
Welcome to our last HFF Newsletter for the year.
On Sunday the 28th, thirty members attended our yearly Christmas Party at the Newport Village, which I think from the feedback received, everyone seemed to enjoy. As usual, Tru-Blu catering fed us very well with a great selection of roast meats, veggies and salads. Read More »
Volume 15, No. 4, November 2022
Welcome to our November Newsletter. As has happened a bit this year, our October outing to Stuarts Point had to be cancelled due to the weather. Read More »
Volume 15, No. 3, October 2022
Welcome to what is sadly our last Edition as editors of Flycast.
After retirement in 2005, we travelled down the East Coast from Port Douglas to Mallacoota before finally settling in Camden Haven as our “forever home” twelve years ago. At that time we thought we would never be grandparents but that changed a little over three years ago with the arrival of our distant Junior member Zoey. Read More »
Volume 15, No. 2, September 2022
Welcome to the September edition of Flycast.
Editor: An individual who does precise guess-work based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
In this month’s edition I have taken advantage of John Juracek’s kind approval to use his articles in our Newsletter. Read More »
Volume 15, No. 1, August 2022
Welcome to the August edition of Flycast. I know it’s great fun but when I fish for carp I always have a guilty feeling that somehow it is less worthy than fishing for trout or our saltwater species. Not any longer, the humble carp is gradually being recognised as a noble adversary well worth pursuing as demonstrated by the article “Who Gives a Carp?” Read More »
Volume 14, No. 12, July 2022
Welcome to the July edition of Flycast.
The “know your fish” this month is the Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides) as suggested by Julian who caught three different fish that may or may not be different species during his recent trip to the Hinchinbrook Passage. Read More »
Volume 14, No. 11, June 2022
Welcome to the June edition of Flycast.
We enjoyed our short sojourn with the family in Darwin although once again no fly fishing. It seems that actual fly-fishing guides are in short supply in Darwin even though there is a very active fly fishing club. Read More »
Volume 14, No. 10, May 2022
Welcome to the May edition of Flycast.
As Monty Python would say, “Now for something completely different.”
The Dunmore article reports that Redfin perch have become prolific in the main lake in front of the lodge. Whilst wading through shallow water flooding the surrounds of the lake we noticed a large number of very small fish that we took to be juvenile redfin. Read More »
Volume 14, No. 9, April 2022
Finally my pleading for articles from club members has paid off, great reading this month with many interesting articles contributed.
I had a great time as always in Nundle – read Rodney’s report in this newsletter. Still speaking of Nundle, Robin has contributed “The Ten Commandments of stealth”. Read More »
Volume 14, No. 8, February 2022
Another month slipped past without an official outing due to inclement weather, let’s hope that the Weather Gods smile on us for our trip to Nundle later this month.
Our fish of the month for March is the alluring and beautiful Common Dolphinfish, a visitor to our waters and especially FADs during the summer months. Read More »