THE
REEL THING February
1995
Brrhh!! Damn,
it's cold out there today! So
cold that I can't seem to recruit anybody to go ice fishing with me at all! I guess our club has mostly
fair-weather fishermen now...........too bad I lost old buddy Jack Wilkings
and Leon Schwartz 'discovered' fly fishing. Not only that but since Dave Collins
broke his ankle on the ice of A/B Lake last year he hasn't participated in the
hard water stuff and not only that, we are losing him to the United States of
America. More on that later.
Before I forget and
start rambling about other things I would like to welcome on behalf of all of
us in the club three new members, Chris Seipio, Keith Weeks and Phil
Selvaggi. These three chaps are
bringing a fresh flow of enthusiasm to our weekly get-togethers, along with
considerable experience in fly fishing activity. It appears that Steve, Scott and Paulo
are going to have their hands full this year to repeat their medal and trophy
romp of the last couple of years at the Sportsmanen's Show and tournament
trail.
These guys
are good casters already and keen to sharpen their skills with
us.........even to the point of practicing distance fly casting outside of the
gym in sub-zero temperatures!
It's nice
to see Debbie Osborne back with the club as well. However, on the down side of things,
we still have almost twenty unpaid memberships! This is very discouraging to say the
least and we don't think it is fair to put us in the position of having to
chase people down to pay their dues.
If you haven't looked after this as of yet, please do so
immediately. Thank you.
Dave
Collins received an offer of employment in the states that was just too good
to refuse and unfortunately for the rest of us, will be parting company with
Scarborough at the end of February.
This, of course, is a huge loss for the S.F.& B.C.A., however we
all wish David, Ela and the kids the very best of luck in his new
endeavours. As you all now Dave
was instrumental in our bringing the National tournament to Scarborough, along
with tremendous involvement in its actual organization as the Captain of the
event. His enthusiasm and drive
will be sorely missed. However,
we are most fortunate in having found someone to step into the breech without
any loss of momentum in our progress.
Paul
Quarrington has agreed to accept the job of assisting Dave as an Alternate
Captain should Dave not be able to convince his new employers that he is
required in Scarborough for the first week of
August. If Dave
cannot attend, then Paul would, of course, assume the duties of Captain of the
87th North American Fly & Bait Casting Championships, himself. Paul is aware of the responsibility of
the position and has promised to commit himself fully to the exercise. He has previous National tournament
experience and is actually in the process of completing his newest book which
is all about tournament casting and fishing, along with the relationship
between the two sports.
Nothing to
report on the fishing front other that Rick Matusiak is at it
again..........this time making another of his fabulous videos, with
underwater photography, of ice fishing......this time for brook trout instead
of rainbows.
There is
still quite a bit of Jack Wilkings' fishing equipment available at
unbelievable prices. The list
includes fly rods, reels, lines, waders and so on at prices that considerably
less than wholesale! Most of the
tackle is either brand new or in mint condition. Now we have agreed to also help his
wife by obtaining Jack's huge assortment of fly tying equipment, supplies and
fantastic storage set-up. Here is
your chance to pick up those odds and ends that you have always wanted for
basically a song and dance. Call
me soon, as folks are already making inroads in this.
Everything
is falling into place efficiently for the 'National' with everybody on the
committees doing yeoman work and it appears that we have no signifigant
hurdles to clear now that Jim Lee has agreed to assist Irene Johnston with the
record and score keeping set-up on the computer. We have obtained a promise from the
regional director of 10 selected Boy Scouts to assist us as gophers in the
tournament. They will also be
available to train and work in our own Scarborough Championships on June 10th
& 11th.
This brings
us to the tournament trail: it
appears that we will have super representation in the Sportsmens' Show this
year (March 10 - 19) and in the other competitions to follow. If you haven't received an invitation
from Peter Edwards for the show yet, call me as soon as possible so that I can
register you and get you your pass to the building. The next tournaments are:
June 3 - St. Catharines
" 3 & 4 - Bluegrass Open
(Lexington, Kentucky)
" 10 & 11 - Scarborough Championships
" 17 & 18 - Canadian
" (Toronto)
" 24 & 25 - Great Lakes " (Columbus, Ohio)
July 1 & 2 - Lancaster Invitational (New York)
July 31 -
August 5 87th North American
National (Scarborough)
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