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26 December 2009 | • Added January 2010 Reel Talk Magazine (1,156 kilobyte PDF file)
• Added December 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (775 kilobyte PDF file) |
20 December 2009 | • Updated Committee members up to December 2009 |
3 November 2009 | • Added Certified copy of Club's Constitution |
30 October 2009 | • Added November 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (1,780 kilobyte PDF file) |
25 September 2009 | • Added October 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (894 kilobyte PDF file) |
30 August 2009 | • Added September 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (1,028 kilobyte PDF file) |
22 July 2009 | • Added August 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (1,083 kilobyte PDF file) |
3 July 2009 | • Added July 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (880 kilobyte PDF file) |
26 May 2009 | • Added June 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (1,900 kilobyte PDF file) |
22 May 2009 | • Added Trial of videos and still images from a digital video recorder in George Holman casting pendulum style at monthly drycasting February 2008. |
11 May 2009 | • Updated List of Club Office Bearers and Committee from 1952 to 2009 |
3 May 2009 | • Updated Competition Rules (154 kilobyte PDF file) Version dated 5 June 2006. |
20 April 2009 | • Added May 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (667 kilobyte PDF file) |
17 April 2009 | • Added Length of fish caught entry form (3 kilobyte pdf file) in Fishing page |
6 April 2009 | • Added April 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (393 kilobyte PDF file) |
10 March 2009 | • Added March 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (358 kilobyte PDF file) |
1 February 2009 | • Added February 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (1,058 kilobyte PDF file) |
Records of changes in most of 2008 were deleted | |
24 December 2008 | • Added January 2009 Reel Talk Magazine (544 kilobyte PDF file)
• Added December 2008 Reel Talk Magazine (266 kilobyte PDF file) • Added October 2008 Reel Talk Magazine (197 kilobyte PDF file) |
17 November 2008 | • Added November 2008 Reel Talk Magazine (1500 kilobyte PDF file) |
Records of changes in late 2007 were deleted | |
13 October 2007 | • Added Oct 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (309 kilobyte PDF file) |
9 Sept 2007 | • Added Sept 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (559 kilobyte PDF file) |
25 July 2007 | • Added Aug 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (582 kilobyte PDF file) |
1 July 2007 | • Added July 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (473 kilobyte PDF file) |
17 June 2007 | • Added June 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (83 kilobyte PDF file) |
5 May 2007 | • Added May 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (111 kilobyte PDF file) |
29 March 2007 | • Added April 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (993 kilobyte PDF file) |
23 Feb 2007 | • Added March 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (80 kilobyte PDF file) |
26 Jan 2007 | • Added September 2006 Reel Talk Magazine (206 kilobyte PDF file) October 2006 Reel Talk Magazine (227 kilobyte PDF file) November 2006 Reel Talk Magazine (246 kilobyte PDF file) December 2006 Reel Talk Magazine (565 kilobyte PDF file) January 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (171 kilobyte PDF file) February 2007 Reel Talk Magazine (107 kilobyte PDF file) |
25 Jan 2007 | • Added August 2006 Reel Talk Magazine (288 kilobyte PDF file) |
23 December 2005 | • January 2006 Reel Talk Magazine (347 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
10 Dec 2005 | • Added December night casting details |
4 Dec 2005 | • Added December 2005 Dry Casting scores. |
2 Dec 2005 | • Added Some tips for using Alvey reels. |
22 Nov 2005 | •
Added September 2005 Fishing Field Day Report - S-Bend,
October 2005 Fishing Field Day Report - Open Go Anywhere, including Rottnest,
November 2005 Fishing Field Day Report - Cervantes to Sandy Cape.
• Added Club's Comments on Caravan and Camping Act Review |
21 Nov 2005 | • December 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (464 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
6 Nov 2005 | • November 2005 Dry Casting scores added. |
31 Oct 2005 | • October 2005 Dry Casting report added. |
29 Oct 2005 | • November 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (300 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
12 Sep 2005 | • September 2005 Dry Casting scores added. |
28 Aug 2005 | • September 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (248 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
24 Aug 2005 | • Added August 2005 Fishing Field Day Report , Rottnest. |
13 Aug 2005 | • Changed September and October 2005 Field Day Dates and Venues. Write up added to August 2005 Dry Casting |
9 Aug 2005 | • Added May 2005 Fishing Field Day Report , Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin, June 2005 Fishing Field Day Report , Rottnest, July 2005 Fishing Field Day Report , Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin. |
8 Aug 2005 | • Added List of Club Office Bearers and Committee from 1952 to the present time (50 kilobyte PDF file). |
7 Aug 2005 | • August 2005 Dry Casting scores added. |
30 Jul 2005 | • August 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (176 kilobyte PDF file) and July 2005 Dry Casting write up added. |
10 Jul 2005 | • July 2005 Dry Castingscores added. |
9 Jul 2005 | • New presentation used for some new and updated pages. Other pages will be updated progressively. |
29 Jun 2005 | • June 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (227 kilobyte PDF file) and July 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (309 kilobyte PDF file) and June 2005 Dry Casting report added. |
12 May 2005 | • May 2005 Dry Casting report added. |
25 Apr 2005 | • May 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (300 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
3 Apr 2005 | • April 2005 Dry Casting scores added. |
26 Mar 2005 | • April 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (274 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
19 Mar 2005 | • February 2005 and March 2005 Dry Casting reports added. |
8 Mar 2005 | • March 2005 (192 kilobyte PDF file) Reel Talk Magazine added. |
31 Jan 2005 | • February 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (240 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
3 Jan 2005 | • December 2004 and January 2005 Dry Casting reports and January 2005 Reel Talk Magazine (172 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
1 December 2004 | • October 2004 and November 2004 Dry Casting reports and Australian Surfcasting Association Postal Dry Casting 28 November 2004 (21 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
26 Nov 2004 | • December 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (207 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
6 Nov 2004 | •
November 200 Reel Talk Magazine (224 kilobyte PDF file) added.
• October 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (271 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
1 Sep 2004 | • September 2004 Dry Casting results added |
31 Aug 2004 | • Added details of Postal Dry Casting held on 29 August |
24 Aug 2004 | • Added our sponsor Yallingup Beach Holiday Park to the Links page
• September 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (396 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
17 Aug 2004 | • February 2004 , March 2004 and April 2004 Dry Casting reports added |
11 Aug 2004 | • May 2004 , June 2004 and July 2004 Dry Casting reports and August 2004 Dry Casting results added |
9 Aug 2004 | • July 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (140 kilobyte PDF file) and August 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (360 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
5 Jun 2004 | • June 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (175 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
24 Apr 2004 | • May 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (274 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
8 Apr 2004 | •
March 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (281 kilobyte PDF file) and April 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (243 kilobyte PDF file) added.
• Added Calendar of events for 2004/5 competition year. • Updated Fishing Field Day reports For January, February and March 2004 • Updated Dry Casting reports For February and March 2004 |
28 Jan 2004 | • February 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (230 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
17 Jan 2004 | •
December 2003 Fishing Field Day report added.
• January 2004 Dry Casting report added. |
11 Jan 2004 | • January 2004 Reel Talk Magazine (309 kilobyte PDF file) added. |
29 December 2002 | •
Winners and Trophy Donors for 2001/2 Fishing, Dry Casting competition report added.
• Write up for Exmouth safari and Photos added. • January 2003 (258 kilobyte PDF file) Club magazine Reel Talk added. |
19 Dec 2002 | • December 2002 Fishing Field Day report added. |
12 Dec 2002 | •
November 2002 Dry Casting and
December 2002 Dry Casting reports added.
• Site Map and List of Pages added. • Visit Counters have been added to the Home and Search page. The previous counters used are no longer available, and the new counters give a lot more information, but may cause a delay before the pages display. No pain, no gain!. You win some, you lose some!. |
11 Dec 2002 | •
Added a Search facility to the site - located at the bottom of the menu bar.
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2 Dec 2002 | •
December 2002 (265 kilobyte PDF file) Club magazine Reel Talk added.
• November 2002 Fishing Field Day report added. |
2 Nov 2002 | • Added some photos from 2002 AAA State Dry Casting
Championships to Photos page.
• July 2002 Fishing Field Day , August 2002 Fishing Field Day , September 2002 Fishing Field Day and October 2002 Fishing Field Day reports added. |
1 Nov 2002 | •
October 2002 Dry Casting
report added.
• October 1952 , November 1952 , March 1953 , June 1953 , July 1953 , August 2002 , September 2002 , October 2002 and November 2002 Club magazine Reel Talks added. • April 2002 Fishing Field Day , May 2002 Fishing Field Day and June 2002 Fishing Field Day reports added. |
11 Oct 2002 | •
Submission to the Rottnest Island Authority
about its Draft Management Plan for 2002-2007 added to the Submissions page.
• August 2002 and September 2002 Dry Casting reports added. • Updated the Club's Constitution to show a recent change for members 60 and over. |
14 Aug 2002 | • May 2002, June 2002 and July 2002 Dry Casting reports added. |
25 Jul 2002 | •
Photos from the 2001/2 Presentation and 50th Anniversary night added in a Photos page.
• June and July 2002 Club magazine Reel Talks added to the Reel Talk page. |
28 May 2002 | •
Updated the Home page with details of the 50th Anniversary celebrations, and added a
ticket order form.
• Updated fees for 2002/2003 in Nomination and Membership Fees |
3 May 2002 | • May 2002 Club magazine Reel Talk added to the Reel Talk page. |
22 Apr 2002 | • March and April 2002 Club magazine Reel Talks added to the Reel Talk page. |
20 Apr 2002 | • April 2002 Dry Casting report added. |
12 Apr 2002 | • Added the list of 2002/2003 Fishing Field Day dates and venues. • Added the list of 2002/2003 Dry Casting dates. |
9 Apr 2002 | •
February 2002 Fishing Field Day report for Moore River added. • March 2002 Fishing Field Day report for Bluff Creek added. • Added Jim Strong's story of an great problem in Unexpected Happening at Flat Rocks • February 2002 Dry Casting report added. • March 2002 Dry Casting report added. • Added more details of the "buddy" system on the Home page. • Added a write up to the main Dry Casting page, with a link to the Australian Anglers Association web page. |
7 Feb 2002 | • Added Reply from the Minister on the Cottesloe FHPA sanctuary proposal. |
1 Feb 2002 | • Report and photos from the AAA Mandurah 500 added. |
31 Jan 2002 | • Added more detailed photos and description of the folding rod stand if you would like to make one for yourself.
• Added Club's submission on proposals to extend the status of part of the Cottesloe Fish Habitat Protection Area to a Sanctuary Area. • Added Club's submission on proposals to continue dredging for shellsand in Owen Anchorage. • February 2002 Club magazine Reel Talk added to the Reel Talk page. • January 2002 Dry Casting report added. • January 2002 Fishing Field Day report for Preston Beach to Golden Bay added. • Club has received replies from Fisheries and Environment Ministers on the Jurien Bay Marine Park. |
8 Jan 2002 | • Flier for the 2002 AAA Mandurah 500 added. |
31 December 2001 | • January 2002 Club magazine Reel Talk added to the Reel Talk page.
• December 2001 Dry Casting report added. • The club's comments to the Minister for Fisheries on the West Coast and Gascoyne Recreational Fisheries reviews have been updated. |
29 Nov 2001 | • The club's draft comments on the West Coast and Gascoyne Recreational
Fisheries reviews, have been updated - still subject to last minute comments by the club members.
• Added the Australian Angler's Association WA Division comments on the West Coast and Gascoyne Recreational Fisheries reviews. |
26 Nov 2001 | • December 2001 Club magazine Reel Talk added to the Reel Talk page.
• November 2001 Fishing Field Day report for Cervantes added. • November 2001 Dry Casting report added. |
14 Nov 2001 | • In response to the release of the West Coast and Gascoyne Recreational Fisheries reviews, the club has prepared a letter containing our comments. This version is the draft and is still subject to approval by the club members. |
11 Nov 2001 | • Added 23 photos, mainly dry casting to Photos Set 5 |
9 Nov 2001 | • Added 29 photos, mainly from the 1960's, to Photos Set 4
• Reduced the file sizes of the movies in Movies Set 1 |
7 Nov 2001 | • AAA State Dry Casting Overall Individual results added.
• AAA State Dry Casting Teams results added. |
3 Nov 2001 | • Alternative displays added for the movies in Movies Set 1 |
29 Oct 2001 | • Fifteen drycasting movies from AAA Drycasting Championships added in Movies Set 1
• AAA State Dry Casting Accuracy (teams and individual) results added. • AAA State Dry Casting 56 gram distance (teams) results added. • AAA State Dry Casting Artificial Bait distance (teams) results added. • AAA State Dry Casting Artificial Bait distance (individual) results added. • AAA State Dry Casting 112 gram distance (individual) results added. • September, October and November 2001 Club magazine Reel Talks can now be viewed from the Reel Talk page. • October 2001 Dry Casting report added. |
14 Oct 2001 | • Added 45 new photos to Photos Set 3 and Photos Set 4. |
7 Oct 2001 | • October 2001 Fishing Field Day report added. |
4 Oct 2001 | • Results added to the September 2001 Fishing Field Day report • Report on AAA meeting with the Minister for Fisheries added. • Added Club letter about Jurien Bay Marine Park to Ministers for Fisheries and Environment. • Tip about preparing fish for cooking added in Hints and Tips • Tips on photographing fish added in Hints and Tips |
18 Sep 2001 | • September 2001 Fishing Field Day report added. • Stories of Kalbarri trips by member "A.C.Gull" Jonah's Journal, 1959, Return of the Jonahs, 1960, and Jonahs Go Back, 1961 added. • Tip about reef boots added in Hints and Tips |
15 Sep 2001 | • Added a "What's New" summary box to the Home page. • September 2001 Dry Casting Report added. • Tip for getting rid of smells added in Hints and Tips • Added 25 new photos to Photos Set 3. |
10 Sep 2001 | • Added photos to Mat Sneddon's story of his trip to the Montebello islands in Monte's Magic |
6 Sep 2001 | • Added some TV and Radio program details to the "Links" page. |
31 Aug 2001 | • August 2001 Dry Casting Report added. • Rottnest August 2001 Fishing Field Day Report added. • Andy Woodford has a story Cutthroat in the Rockies from Canada. • Mat Sneddon tells of his trip to the Montebello islands in Monte's Magic • Names have been added to the Surfcasters at Bluff Creek photo. • Check out the jewelry in Damo's photo , courtesy of Andy Woodford. • Two new tips, one on choosing rod runners, one on Reef bags in Hints and Tips • Some details added to the Exmouth Safari page. |
9 Aug 2001 | • 2001/2002 Committee members page added. |
7 Aug 2001 | • Club, State and National Dry Casting Records page added. |
4 Aug 2001 | • A story Jonah Goes Back from the Club magazine "Reel Talk" of May 1963 added into "Members' Stories".
• Updated the menu on some newer pages - like at the left on this page. • Added some weather and tide links to the "Links" page. • Bluff Creek March 2000 Fishing Field Day Report added to "Previous years' Fishing Field Day reports". |
2 Aug 2001 | • A report on the 2001 National Dry Casting Championships at Kangaroo Island, March 2001 added to the Dry Casting page. |
31 Jul 2001 | • July 2001 Dry Casting Report added to the Dry Casting page.
• Added 45 new photos to Photos Set 2. |
30 Jul 2001 | • Updated several pages, including this one, to fix finally (I hope) the page width problems when viewed with older versions of Internet Explorer. Contents of these were not changed. |
27 Jul 2001 | • Added a new story Sensational Action on the Southern Stones into "Members' Stories". |
26 Jul 2001 | • Added tips about waders, and Catch and Release into "HINTS & TIPS".
• Added a "Links" menu item on the Home page • The "Safari" page has been updated with the location for the 2002 safari. • Rottnest, Cervantes, and Preston/Myalup location details added to the list of this year's Fishing Field Day venues. • Reports added for last year 2000/2001 fishing Field Days • Report added for fishing Field Day July 2001 Cape to Cape |
20 Jul 2001 | • Loaded all pages on to the new website "www.surfcasters.iinet.net.au"
• Added fees for Associate Membership in Nomination and Membership Fees |
17 Jul 2001 | • Added a menu item with a link to the Club's Message Board.
• Fixed the problem with width of some pages in some older versions of browsers - but still some to do. |
12 Jul 2001 | • "Photos" and "What's New" pages added.
• Menus added to nearly all pages. |
5 Jul 2001 | • First trial pages added. |
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