The
Reel Thing April
’05
I’m
putting our April bulletin together a little early because Sheila and I are
hoping to go away for a few days to Panama to finish a novel I’ve been
working on and get in a little R & R at the same time.
March
fishing has been great for our gang! Those working the frozen waters of
Haliburton the last little while and enjoying every minute of the exercise
were Paul Kennedy, Lee Pantridge, Ray Cockburn, Jurgen Brech, Jay Hackney,
Paul Quarrington, Patrick Walsh and the “Guide”, myself. Nothing
sensational to report, but lovely catches nevertheless and great in the pan.
It’s a different world up north, with nearly thirty inches of ice on the
lake and two to three feet of beautiful, white snow everywhere.
We
would like to welcome our newest member, Tas Candarus. Tas’s enthusiasm
stands him in good stead with his intentions to become a skilled caster and
fisherman. He just returned from a trip to Florida where he successfully
tangled with a few redfish and a powerful snook, using a rod which we cut in
two and installed a ferule for him before he left. He reported that the
re-designed stick stood up to the challenge quite nicely.
Lee
Pantridge is rapidly becoming a master fly tyer, already doing excellent work
on such difficult flies as the Despair, Royal Wulff, Caddis Nymphs, Muddlers
and so on. Lee is excitedly looking forward to offering his creations and
using his new fly casting skills on the brook trout in Quebec’s Jocko and
Little Jocko rivers in a couple of months. Angelo D’Souza has also been
working hard on the fly tying table, turning out quite credible flies of his
own.
Both
these new members are also working hard in the gym on their casting
proficiencies in the fly and plug accuracies, while Lloyd Porter, another
pleasant fairly recent addition to our cotterie of fisher-folks is rapidly
improving his skills on the plug targets. It is great to see Jurngen Brech
back in our midst and unhesitatingly offering assistance to our newer casters
in the gym and fly tyers in the shop. Jurgen is one of the original members of
our twenty-one year old club and is a skilled angler in all facets of the
sport.
We
are all excited about Sheila’s medal prospects in this year’s National
tournament in Michigan as she is making mincemeat out of our tired old targets
in the gym……watchout, ladies! Speaking of
the National we’re still hoping to take a strong contingent of our
casters to Dundee in August for this one. Here’s how I rate our potentials
in this tournament………keep in mind that there are medals for first,
second and third place finishes and plaques for fourth, fifth and sixth.
This
is pure conjecture, but here it is anyhow and how I believe these folks will
do if they bring their best games to the event - and go at it as ‘just
a game’ and not life and death! Paul
Kennedy - sixth in Anglers
Fly Distance, fifth 7.5 Grm Oz Acc,
fifth 18 Grm Acc
Jim Lloyd
- fourth 7.5. Acc, third
3/8 Oz Acc, fourth 18 Grm. Acc. sixth
Dry Fly Ray Hawthorne
- sixth 18Grm Acc
Sheila - first
18 Grm, third 3/8 Oz, second 7.5 Grm George
Monroe - tenth Dry Fly, twelfth 18Grm Acc. Jurgen
Brech - eighth Dry Fly, tenth trout fly Acc, eighth 7.5 Acc, sixth 3/8
Oz Acc., eighth 18 Grm Acc. Gord
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