About The Backcast, all things fly fishing, casting and cycling
Fly fishing adventures have taken me to the Snowy Mountains; the Thredbo River, Snowy River, Swampy Plains River, Eucumbene River and a number of other special places. I’ve also been known to venture to Oberon, in particular the Fish River. My favourite stream still remains the Turon River.
Every November I’m involved in the Sofala Carp Blitz, organised by the Sofala Branch of the Central Acclimatisation Society, giving fly casting lessons to attendee’s wishing to learn fly casting or improve their fly casting and fly fishing skills. You can reach me via the contact page for personalised fly casting lessons.
Backcast is hand coded in Coda and/or Ultra Edit, it’s been a labour of love that’s taken a year (or maybe two) of on and off coding to finally come to fruition. The site is constantly evolving and updating, make sure you return to browse through the latest chronicles, articles and reviews or just check out the photography.
Bio | Fly Casting | Developer...? | The Website
A short blurb about me:
| Name: | Dave Rutar |
| D.O.B: | 4 July 1973 |
| Resides: | Baulkham Hills, Sydney, NSW |
| Supports: | The mighty Wests
Tigers |
| Education: | Bachelor of Applied
Science, Medical
Radiation Science Information Technology Certificate II Oracle University, 10g SQL Agfa Healthcare, Computed Radiography Application and Technical Specialist Agfa Healthcare, PACS Senior Validation Specialist International Federation of Fly Fishers, Certified Casting Instructor |
| Authority: | I tend to specialise and
strive to become the best in things I choose to do, often spending countless hours testing, thinking
outside the square and trying alternate methods to things currently thought of being the norm.
I’m working toward becoming an International Federation of Fly Fishers Master Casting Instructor, this is the pinacle of fly casting and fishing, people who have achieved this are sensational casters and most importantly are humbled individuals always striving to learn more to become better. Life’s journey’s and experiences make us the better person we want to be... |
| Employment: | Presently employed
as the Network
Systems Administrator for Medical Imaging across two Local Health Districts in Sydney
maintaining the RIS, PACS, Billing and networked systems. |
| Hobbies: | I’m obsessed with fly
fishing and fly casting, there is no better day spent than one walking the banks of a stream and casting
dry flies to rising fish (unfortunately this doesn’t happen often enough).
My favourite stream is the Turon, for me its where my addiction to trout began and where the obsession with fly fishing took hold. The Thredbo also holds special place as its where I learnt much of my casting and streamcraft skills, the stretch of water around the ski tube is usually where you’ll find me when down that way. I enjoy road cycling (also the odd mountain bike adventure) and try to fit in at least a hundred kilometres a week of cycling, it certainly suits me in keeping fit and not trashing my dicky knee. In my blog section (the chronicles - link right up the top) I’m sure to make mention of my many cycling trips and oddball photographs. |
| Nerd: | Those in the know
understand the frustrations I have when trying to make things perfect in a world of many
imperfections! There was many a time when I rewrote the index page on this website, seeking the
utmost perfection and refining the code making it faster and sleeker than before.
In a previous life all spoken (and written) words were about unix and/or unix like operating systems, these days things are different, living in a world of Microsoft dominance things have changed, in particular when almost all systems are Windows based. |
| Wishlist: | There is one located somewhere on here, all things I wish for! |