The May Annual Auction
8pm Thursday May 17th 2018
The May meeting will be our only auction of equipment and books this year. These are always very popular events, and a great opportunity to pick up a top Sage or Winston rod or Hardy reel for a pittance. Bargains galore. Hughie Maltby, who is organising the items for sale, and who will be our auctioneer on the night
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Thursday April 19th, 8PM at the Kelvin Club
Originally from England, Charley May is a biologist by training and a marketer by trade who’s been mad about fly fishing since she was a kid. In late 2016 a rough experience at work saw her take off to the Mitta Mitta to mend her broken heart.
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Thursday March 15th , 8PM at the Kelvin Club
Jonathan Clewlow writes a regular column in FlyLife magazine that is often hilarious, invariably perceptive, and always thought-provoking and interesting. His talk at our March meeting will undoubtedly be very entertaining. He says this to introduce himself…
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Our February meeting, the first meeting in the new year, will again be a lunchtime meeting, commencing at 12 noon at the Kelvin Club. The date is Thursday, February 22.
Our speaker for this meeting will be David Anderson, who contributes regularly to FlyLife magazine.
The guest speaker for our Christmas Dinner this year will be Travis Dowling, Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Fisheries Authority. Travis is an accomplished executive with over 15 years’ experience in senior leadership and management roles across natural resources and politics in Victoria and the Northern Territory.
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Members will be very pleased to hear that the guest speaker for our Christmas Dinner this year will be Travis Dowling, Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Fisheries Authority.
Travis is an accomplished executive with over 15 years’ experience in senior leadership and management roles across natural resources and politics in Victoria and the Northern Territory.
David Grisold is organising a day’s Fly Fishing, along with some tuition on Streamcraft, at the Tranquil Rises fishery at Flowerdale.
The day is Wednesday November 22nd, start at 10am and all members and their guests are welcome to attend. The cost is $40, and this includes a BBQ lunch, a day’s fishing on all the waters available at Tranquil Waters, along with a copy of Mike Spry’s original Streamcraft notes, ‘An introduction to Fly Fishing’ and tuition on the King Parrot Creek.
Jim needs little introduction to VFFA members. He has been a speaker at several past meetings, has been a frequent contributor to Fly Lines, and of course is the host of the fabulous November Saturday night barbecue at his property on the upper Merri as part of our annual Warrnambool trip.
Jim needs little introduction to VFFA members. He has been a speaker at several past meetings, has been a frequent contributor to Fly Lines, and of course is the host of the fabulous November Saturday night barbecue at his property on the upper Merri as part of our annual Warrnambool trip.
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Reservations for meals prior to General Meetings are compulsory, please call 0498-254-497 confirming your name and booking.
General meetings are mostly on the 1st floor at the Kelvin Club
One of the most significant events of the 2017 year came right at the end of the year and just a week before our annual dinner: the closure of the Celtic club. We had been expecting that we would move with the club to whatever new facilities it occupied during the redevelopment of its site, but unfortunately for various reasons that was not to be.
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