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Weekly Meeting
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 7:15am - 8:30am
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Guest Speaker - Craig Coltman

Craig will be talking about Fly Fishing and the recent World Championships in Poland.

An experienced angler, Craig has travelled to a number of diverse locations across the world, mastering his skills and techniques in his pursuit of the “perfect fish”.   Whilst trout are Craig’s favourite sport fish, he has also chased and landed Golden Trevally in Western Australian waters, Kingfish offshore from Narooma, Bonefish on the Christmas Island flats, Bream in the Mallacoota estuary and most recently Giant Tarpon, exceeding 150lbs, off the Florida Keys.

Craig’s fishing obsession first became apparent as a child when he continuously fell into his grandparents gold fish pond.  Growing up in Ballarat, Craig had easy access to some of Victoria’s premier fly fishing lakes and rivers, including Lake Wendouree where he perfected loch style fishing techniques.

In his first attempt at competition fishing, Craig finished 3rd in the National Fly Fishing Championships held in Tasmania in 1994 and has since gone on to represent the Ballarat Fly Fishers’ Club, Victoria and Australia in many competitions.  As a member of the Australian team, Craig competed in the World Fly Fishing Championships in Ireland (1995), New Zealand (2008), Scotland (2009) and is a current member of the team to compete in Poland (2010).

Captain of the Australian teams in the Swedish (2001) and French (2002) Australian World teams and Australian (1999), English (2000) and Welsh (2002) Commonwealth teams he is well respected amongst his peers for his experience, commitment and extensive knowledge.

Click Here to read Craig's Fly Fishing Resume 

Click Here to visit the World Fly Fishing Championship website

 

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