THE
REEL THING
July 2003
Hi Y’All:
Sorry we’re a bit late getting the
bulletin out this month. I just couldn’t seem to find the time and now with
a plastic cast on my right hand this will have to be an abbreviated version at
best. One of the nicest things I
have to report is the progress some of our folks have made with their casting
skills, largely I suspect, due to their regular attendance at our Thursday
evening practice sessions at Milliken Park. With diplomatic instruction from
Jim Lloyd, arguably our best caster at the moment and tough, uncompromising
guidance from yours truly, we now have three casters who have improved their
results immeasurably, Hans Gulde, Paul Becker and Sharon McIntyre.
Perhaps
the most dynamic difference is the work being done by Sharon on the targets
– and even more importantly on her stroke. A year ago she actually had
difficulty hitting the water, now she’s proudly keeping track of the number
of targets she hits. Hans, who always cast fairly well seems to have stepped
up into the next echelon himself with both spinning and b.c. tackle. Paul has
improved sufficiently that he can now make periodic trips to the Ganny without
donating half his spinners to the shoreline cover and trees.
Paul
has also mastered the rudiments of the double-haul in his fly casting bag of
tricks. We haven’t seen a great deal of Robert Beaudoin, Scott Owen, Jay
Hackney and a number of others this summer, but we still have the better part
of a couple of months on the water at Milliken and it is to be hoped that
these folks will grace us with their presence more often. We’re also hoping
that big Jim (Jaydee) Davidson will get out soon to work on his loop on the
fly-casting dock. Another bit of
good news: it appears that Ashok Kalle will shortly be back in the fold and
attending some of our sessions, both at the casting pond and on streams and
lakes.
Sheila
and I are hoping that we can round up a couple of carloads of our club casters
to attend Kevin Carriero’s tournament in Buffalo in September. It’s a fun
outing and one I’m sure we would all enjoy. Jim, Paul, Sheila and I have
been down to Kevin’s for this one a number of times.
Nothing
much to report on the fishing front…..other than it appears unlikely that
Paul Kennedy and I will be going to the Broadback again this year as we’re
still two men short of the necessary crew. However, our fingers remain
crossed.
Gord
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