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5 days ago

OCTOBER MEETING - CHANGE OF VENUE.

Our apologies for the late notice, but we have just received confirmation that enables us to relocate tomorrow’s meeting so that we have a field for us to cast on.

Tomorrow’s meeting will be held at:

Wilston Grange (Gorillas) AFL Club
Hickey Park,
Babarra St
Stafford 4053

We will have beer and snags as usual from 1830 -> and we will discuss the up coming weekends Whiting Biting event in the Tweed River.

The Whiting Biting event will be our last weekend fishing outing event of the year, with the remaining weekend events of the year being the Fly Tying Afternoon in Nov and the Christmas Party in Dec.

We look forward to seeing you all there. ...

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4 weeks ago

My daughter thinks cute and cuddly - I’m thinking that tail looks fantastic for ... ...

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1 month ago

After the drama of obtaining a licence, I can report that the river is full of fish - who would have thought. I started with a small white fish on my first cast and then the tally was 1 rainbow 30 cm, 23 greyling - white fish (20-35cm but very bony), ~12 less than 20cm + 2 that were sharked by a big brown who wasn’t having anything of my pussy little nymph. ...

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1 month ago

An Aussie getting a fishing licence in NZ vs in Germany.

GETTING A FISHING LICENCE IN NZ.

Go to tourist office.
Me: Hey mate, I’d like a fishing licence.
Tourist officer: No worries, how long for.
Me: 1 month.
TO: Where are you from.
Me: Brisbane.
TO: Just fill in your details here and remember to use a NZ address or else I’ll have to charge you as a foreigner.
Me: Thanks mate - much appreciated.

And now I can fish for 1 year pretty much anywhere I like in NZ for $100.

GETTING A FISHING LICENCE IN GERMANY.

Go to tourist office.
Me: Hey mate, I’d like to go fishing in your beautiful river.
TO: Have you got a German fishing licence?
Me: No, I’m from Australia.
TO: Sorry you can’t fish anywhere in Germany.
Me: What, I can’t fish anywhere? I’ve fished here before.
TO: You must have been fishing illegally. Do you have a fishing licence for Australia?
Me: We don’t have a fishing licence in Queensland, so no I don’t have an Australian fishing licence.
TO: So you can’t fish in Germany then.
Me: But I think my NZ Fishing licence is still valid, will that do?
TO: It might do, can I have a look?
Me: Check my emails on phone for confirmation of NZ fishing licence (can’t find any). Then check my wallet, and by shear luck have a NZ licence which will expire in 12 days. Will this do?
TO: Yes, this should be fine, you need to go to the town hall, show them this licence and ask for a German tourist licence. Then when you have the German licence, come back here and I can sell you a day licence for our part of the river.
Me: Thanks very much, off I go to the town hall. Wait in line for ~15min to see the clerk in the Burgerburo.
Me: I’ve been told I can show you my NZ fishing licence and get a German tourist fishing licence.
Clerk: Sure, do you have any photo ID?
Me: Yep, here is my drivers licence.
Clerk: This is no good, we only accept EU licences.
Me: But I’m from Australia, applying for a tourist fishing licence.
Clerk: Sorry, but I can’t accept a foreign drivers licence when you are applying for a foreign tourist fishing licence. Do you have your passport?
Me: Yes, but it’s back in the car, I’ll have to go and get it.
Clerk: I’ll fill in the form while you go and get it.
Me: Walk to the car and back (20min). Join the queue to the Burgerburo again. Wait 15min.
Clerk: Thanks for the passport, can I take a photo copy of it please.
Me: Sure, no worries. Wait another 5 min.
Clerk: Have you got a passport photo?
Me: What for?
Clerk: The German fishing licence.
Me: No, I don’t usually carry spare passport photos with me when travelling on fishing trips.
Clerk: But you need one, otherwise I cannot issue you a German fishing licence.
Me: ok, where do I get a passport photo taken in the town.
Clerk: it’s just down the road at the photo shop.
Me: Out I go again to look for the photo shop. It is only 100m down the road - but is closed on Wed.
Me: I find a travel agent next door. Do you know where I can get a passport photo taken in this town.
Travel agent: Sure, the the photo shop next door.
Me: No, it is closed on Wednesday’s.
Travel agent: In that case, I think there is one in the next town.
Me: I go back to the Burgerburo and join the queue again (another 15 min).
Me: The photo shop is closed. Can’t you just take a copy of the photo from my passport and use that?
Clerk: Oh no, I can’t do that. You’ll have to get a photo.
Me: And where would you suggest I obtain one of these mythical images from?
Clerk: You’ll have to try the next town. Hopefully their photo shop isn’t also closed.
Me: How far is it till the next town?
Clerk: Only about 10-15min.
Me: Ok that means that it will take me about 45 min return, allowing for a short 15 min to get my photo taken and then get back here. This means that it will be cutting it fine before you close the office for 2 hours over lunch.
Clerk: And your problem is what?
Me: Off I go to my car and thence on to the next town. I find another travel agent (they seem to be everywhere). Do you know where I can get a passport photo taken in short order please?
Travel Agent: Yes, at the “DM” shop down the road.
Me: Drive to the “DM” shop. Can I get a passport photo please.
Shop assistant: Sure, no problem. This will take only a couple of minutes.
Me: Miraculously, it does only take a couple of minutes and 7 Euros, and I am on the road back to my first town.
Clerk: Wow, that was quick. You just made it before we shut for lunch. That will be 20 Euros please.
Me: Can I pay with Visa please.
Clerk: Of course, over here. Oops, it looks like your card has been rejected.
Me: What does this sign say?
Clerk: Only accepts EU credit cards.
Me: That would explain it then - the fact that I’m a foreigner, applying for a foreign fishing licence using a foreign credit card - no red flags there. I’ll pay cash then.
Clerk. Here is you shiny new German fishing licence.
Me: Thanks, very much, I’m off to the tourist office now, I hope it isn’t closed for lunch.
Clerk: You’ll have to hurry.
Me: Just in time, here is my German fishing licence, can I get a day pass for the river please?
TO: Sure, how many days?
Me: How much of the river can I fish?
TO: About 300m.
Me: Ok, I’ll have 1 day please, that should just about pull me up.
TO: That will be 20 Euros, plus a 10 Euro deposit if you don’t bring back the attached form detailing the number, length, species of each fish caught, released and taken.
Me: Seems a reasonable price to pay.
TO: Here is your licence to fish for the 300m of river running through the centre of the town.
Me: Great, see you tomorrow.

And now after 57 Euros, I can fish for 1 day in 300m of river running through the middle of an admittedly very pretty little town in the middle of the Black Forest.

Who said that the Germans were bureaucratic? ...

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