Conference Program Saturday 11 August 20189.30 am Arrival & morning refreshments Delegates

10.00 am

Conference opens - housekeeping John Douglas

10.05 am

Welcome to Country Wurundjeri representative

10.15 am

Conference welcome / foreword Travis Dowling, CEO, Victorian Fisheries Authority

10.25 am

Recap – Talk Wild Trout (last 3 years) Anthony Forster, Victorian Fisheries Authority

10.40 am

Trout fishery management lessons from Idaho Jim Fredericks, Chief of Fisheries, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

11.20am Morning Tea Break

Theme 1 - About the trout (Chair: Kris Leckie, VRFish)

11.45 am

Health cards for our best wild trout streams Dr Brett Ingram, Victorian Fisheries Authority

12.05 pm

Yearling trout stocking in rivers study - final report John Douglas, Victorian Fisheries Authority

12.20 pm

Panel questions & answers Delegates, speakers & chair

12.40 pm

Lunch

Theme 2 - Managing trout (Chair: Dermot O’Brien, Victorian Fly Fishing Association)

1.40 pm Climate & trout – forecast & ground truths Dr John Morrongiello, University of Melbourne

2.00 pm Repairing where fish live Mike Burgess, VRFish & Terry George, ATF

2.15 pm Trout egg incubator trial - first-year findings Matt Byrne, ATF & Brett Ingram, Victorian Fisheries Authority

2.30 pm Expanding the Diary Angler Program Taylor Hunt, Victorian Fisheries Authority

2.45 pm Panel questions & answers Delegates, speakers & chair

3.05 pm Afternoon Tea Break

Theme 3 – Trout on the hook (Chair: Travis Dowling, Victorian Fisheries Authority)

3.30 pm My trout fishing journey Rex Hunt, Recreational Fishing Advocate

3.50 pm Lure tossing in the South West rivers Mark Gercovich, Fishing journalist and expert angler

4.05 pm Feathers & flies – Tips from a trout fishing guide Philip Weigall, Flystream.com

4.20 pm Panel questions and answers Delegates, speakers & chair

Conference wrap up4.50 pm What I got out of the conference Tom Camp, Mornington Peninsula fly fishers (founding member).

5.00 pm Close of conference Travis Dowling