THE
REEL THING March
1991
The
Scarborough Fly & Bait Casting Association is pleased to announce the
arrival of two of our newest members, Carol Conceicao and Scott Purcell.
Scott came on board just in time to claim the last spot on our spring
fishing trip next month to A/B Lake. With only one night of instruction in fly
casting at the gym, he showed enough courage to get up on the platform at the
Sportsmen's Show and compete in the dry fly accuracy. Although not particularly pleased with the resulting score,
he now has the incentive and a goal to strive for in succeeding tournaments.
Furthermore, Scott and our other novice casters who gave it their best
shot at the show should realize that the folks in the crowd watching them cast
couldn't do nearly as well, even if they had the guts to get up on the
platform in front of everybody else.
Carol
Conceicao's arrival was quite another matter.
Ana and Paulo Conceicao spent a grueling week or so with many false
alarms while awaiting the arrival of their first child.
Nevertheless, Paulo managed to take a couple of hours off from his
vigil to cast at the show on the first Saturday.
He tied for first place in the 1/4oz "B" Spinning Accuracy
with a couple of casters with over 20 years experience between them, then
soundly beat them in a cast-off to claim first place for himself and our club.
Not bad for a guy who just
started a year ago and with a lot more important business on his mindthan
casting. A week later Paulo was
going to attempt to repeat his success in the 3/8 event, but was thwarted at
the last minute by the arrival of his daughter, Carol.
Everybody is well and there will be many more days for Paulo to add to
his collection of trophies.
Congratulations
to all those who competed at the Sportsmen's Show on behalf of our club.
A super job was done by all of you and was greatly appreciated by yours
truly and all the others in The S.F.& B.C.A. who, for one reason or
another, were unable to join in on the fun.
The kind of support we received by this turnout was what our
association thrives on and makes all the work that goes on behind the scenes
worthwile! Special kudos to the
casters who represented us at the Sportsmen's Show so marvellously: Ela
Collins, Dave Collins, John Alexander, Leon Schwartz, Jim Lee, Rick Madden,
Kim Potvin, Scott Purcell, Paulo Conceicao, Matt Ross, North Jory and of
course, my lovely wife (we made it official on March 2) Sheila.
A
few of the highlites from the show: Paulo's
father visiting from Portugal and not able to understand a word of English or
really comprehend what was going on; when he saw his son receiving the first
place trophy along with all the aplause, burst into tears of appreciation for
his son's achievement, Kim Potvin
practically being pushed into the dry fly event despite only a few evening's
work at the gym, then doing a creditable job of fly casting, Jim Lee
performing with great elan in his stint, to capture 4th place in his event,
Ela & Dave Collins doing a remarkable job in the plug events, despite
Ela's also being well along the way in the baby derby, John Alexander, despite
a bit of bad luck, finishing his kicks at the kitty in each of his events in
fine style and with a smile on his face, Sheila - a personal best total score
in her three events, young Matt Ross collecting a first and a second place
trophy in his first tournament, North Jory, as usual, adding to his impressive
collection of hardware and of course, Leon and all the others who displayed
such fine sportsmanship on behalf of our club.
The
bamboo rod making is coming along quite nicely, with Jim Lee's and Leon's
rapidly approaching completion. John, Peter, Fred, Rick, and
Paulo should also have their split cane works of art finished in time for the
fishing season. We are
negotiating a bulk purchase of 12' bamboo culms and if anybody contemplates
participating in next winter's rod-making classes, they should get in touch
with me, or Leon, as soon as possible and commit themselves to purchasing one
or two of these culms. The cost
should run about $20.00 each and provide enough material to make 3 or 4 rods,
at least.
John
Alexander reports that very few of us are taking advantage of the club
library. If you haven't looked into this freebee yet, then you are
missing a good bet.
Not
much to report in fishing news........as usual though, John Alexander appears
to have been top gun once again this winter in the ice fishing for trout
category. Sheila and I enjoyed
several fine meals of trout fillets courtesy of John.
The
next big event on the club calendar is our annual ice-out trout fishing
junket. Ten of us will head up to Haliburton for a couple of days of
Speckled Trout fishing in A/B Lake, and relaxing in Windermere Lodge's giant
hot tub. Those of you
unfortunates who missed out on this one should earmark the long Canada Day
weekend for our next trip - a camping and fishing trip, also to Haliburton.
The
outdoor casting season will be on us before we know it so here is the summer
tournament schedule as it sits for now: May 28 (Sr. Olympics, St. Louis), June
1 & 2 (The Scarborough Fish House Restaurant Open), hosted by our club ,
June 9 (St. Catharines Fish & Game Open), June 15 & 16 (Canadian
Open), June 22 & 23 (Great Lakes Championships, Columbus, Ohio), July 27
& 28 (Missouri Valley, St. Louis), August 5 to 10 (North American
Nationals, Cincinnati, Ohio).
We
are still awaiting final scheduling of the proposed fishing and casting
festival in New Brunswick (let's hear from you, Bill!)
ATTENTION:
No casting at the gym on Easter Monday (school closure).
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