THE
REEL THING August
1994
I
have to apologize to everybody for not getting the Reel Thing out last month.
No excuses, other than awfully busy and not much info from you folks to
write about. However, we have
another new member to welcome aboard. Those
of you who show up on a regular basis for our weekly practice casting sessions
will have already met Carl Boehlke and discovered what a pleasant addition he
has already made to our casting fraternity.
Carl's eagerness to improve his casting skills shows in his coming out
for practice whether the sun is shining or we are standing out in the rain
getting soaking wet. It should
not be long before Carl is pushing our top guns for the club trophy.
We
lost one of our founding members and a long-time fishing buddy and old friend
of ours personally this summer, Jack Wilkings.
Jack had a myriad of problems beset him over the past year and finally
they took their toll and he passed away after asking me the day before to try
and locate him a new car-top aluminum boat.
He didn't give up, right to the end.
John
Alexander has taken off to England for three weeks of touring and may actually
run into Sheila, as she is also going to Britain for a week or so while I head
off to Quebec's Broadback River to catch monster Brook Trout.
Paulo Conceicao and Paul Quarrington along with another friend, Gary
Benson and I will be camping out for ten days there, beginning August 26.
We should have lots to write about after this one.
August 17th will be our last evening
at
Milliken Park for this year as the evenings are getting too short to take
advantage of these outdoor sessions. However,
we will be back at it at Samuel Hearn School, beginning on September 14th and
should have our winter schedule of activities ready for you at that time.
NOW
FOR THE BIGGEST NEWS OF ALL!! THE
CITY OF SCARBOROUGH AND OUR CLUB HAS BEEN SELECTED AS HOSTS FOR THE 1995 NORTH
AMERICAN FLY AND BAIT CASTING CHAMPIONSHIPS BY THE AMERICAN CASTING
ASSOCIATION! IT IS NOW OFFICIAL
AND PLANS ARE ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY. THE
DATES FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE FROM AUGUST 1ST THROUGH THE 5TH.
OF COURSE MILLIKEN PARK WILL BE THE LOCATION FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS
PROJECT. WE WILL NEED THE
ASSISTANCE OF EVERY MEMBER IN THE CLUB AND WILL BE CONTACTING EACH OF YOU ON
AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS SOON TO LEARN WHAT PART YOU WILL BE WILLING TO PLAY IN
THIS ENDEAVOUR. THE CITY OF
SCARBOROUGH HAS ALREADY TAKEN UP THE BATON AND IS COOPERATING BEAUTIFULLY WITH
US IN EVERY WAY. THIS WILL BE AN
EXTREMELY REWARDING VENTURE FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR ASSOCIATION AND ESPECIALLY SO
FOR ALL THOSE WHO OFFER TO BECOME DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
Speaking
of the North American Championships, the 1994 tournament just concluded with
Five of us representing the club in the competition.
Dave Collins, Scott purcell and Matt Ross were in this tournament for
the first time, with Sheila and I, also, once again participating.
Eleven year old Matt Ross showed the value of good practice and
instruction by capturing three gold medals and the all-round Junior
championship. Sheila had a
personal best with a seventh place finish while Dave, using revolving spool
bait casting equipment for the first time, managed to stay out of the basement
and along with Scott helped anchor our team to a win over St. Louis in the
team event. I was lucky enough as
well to collect four medals and a few runner-up awards also in the twelve
accuracy and distance games.
All
those who are interested in working on bamboo rodmaking this winter should let
me know before we move indoors in September.
It would also be helpfull to know how many fly tyers we will have at
Samuel Hearn.
Those
members who have been too busy to participate in the summer activities will
hopefully re-structure their activity time to include the Wednesday evening
sessions on a more regular basis. It
makes planning and operating the club activities a great deal easier if we
have a fair idea of how many folks we will be getting out reasonably
consistently.
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