THE
REEL THING May
1990
How
about a big welcome aboard for our newest members, Ela and Dave Collins.
Ela and Dave have been on several fishing and camping trips with Sheila
and myself and although fishing and casting have not exactly been on their
priorities list, they are rapidly becoming hooked by the pleasures of our
sport. Meeting some of our other
wonderful members finally brought them into our net.
Now
for the really BIG news! To all
the members who, for one reason or another, missed the boat and didn't make
our ice-out trip to A/B Lake - sorry, but you missed out on what I think was
the best club fishing trip ever. Everything
was perfect! We caught over
twenty beautiful Speckled Trout, with almost everybody sharing in the
excitement. The only 'fisherman'
to get skunked was yours truly. But
that sort of thing doesn't bother me - bother me - bother me - bother
me............
There
were a number of firsts and I will mention a few of them:
Fred Bigioni caught his first Brookie on a fly he tied himself (Not a
Despair, by the way), Jim Lee equalled Fred's accomplishment, Paulo Conceico
caught his first pair of Brookies, Leon put his fly casting skills to work,
and casting beautifully, also took a lovely Speck or two,
Sheila led the parade, skillfully picking her spots along the shoreline
to cast and work her Gord Deval Crocodile and led the parade with SIX Speckled
Trout, one of which was released during a picture-making attempt.
We
had two guests on this trip, Roger Cannon, the General Manager of Normark
Canada and Jack Wilkings, the General Manager of nothing much now.
Jack is recently retired and despite suffering a stroke a few weeks ago
and going through a painful root canal surgery the day before the trip, he was
one-two with Sheila in the success department.
You can find out quite a bit more about this old fishing buddy of mine
if you have copies of my fishing books. Roger,
also an old fishing buddy of mine, has been extremely helpful to our club in
supplying us with much of the merchandise serving as prizes at our annual
casting tournaments. He was right
behind Jack, with three nice Brookies caught on flies and, of course, one
caught on a Rapala.
Nobody
complained about the food and my cooking,
Leon was on his best behavior, and not the least of the weekend
pleasures on this great trip was hitting the giant Windermere Lodge hot tub at
the end of each day with a half a dozen guys - and Sheila.
In case you're wondering, nobody was nude, we ALL had bathing suit
bottoms on!
We
are having a contest during the
month of June. It will be on the honour system with a little prize for the
winner. The idea is - who can
collect the most beer bottles (broken or otherwise) while stream fishing. It always amazes me that some so-called outdoorsmen can carry
full cases of beer bottles into the bush and leave empties all over the place.
If they can carry full bottles in then they can certainly carry empty
ones out. I personally collect
about forty or fifty dollars worth every summer.
Let's see who can bring out the most!
The
Scarborough Fly and Bait Casting Association has been fortunate to have had
some of the finest junior casters to have ever graced the casting scene since
the club's inception. Every one
of them also matured into extremely competent anglers, mastering pretty well
all the phases of our sport, from fly tying to rod building and so on.
This
has given all of us in our club a great sense of satisfaction on one hand but
a feeling of loss on the other when they move on to other things in their
lives, such as girls, cars, jobs, etc. It
is, of course, completely understandable, but it is still dissapointing to
lose these wonderful assets - and friends - to our club.
So I am making a personal plea here to all our present membership to
see if you can get some other youngsters involved in our sport.
We all have either sons, grandsons, nephews, nieces, or even the kid
next door who mows your lawn for you. Bring
them out so that they, too, can learn what our sport is all about.
I
am also sending this particular copy of the 'REEL' THING' to as many of our
former juniors as I can locate. We
would love to see some of you fellows again, even if it is just for an evening
or two, so why not come on out to the pool and throw a few with the the rest
of us. It would be great to see
you guys in action again.
Here
is a list of the ex-juniors that I am referring to and to whom I'll be sending
this invitation. Come on out guys
- or at least - give me a call if you possibly can.
Brad
Allen.....Steve McIntosh.......Al Clooney...... Carl and Adam Rightmyer.........Oliver
Johnston......... Larry Johnson........Graham McConnachie........ Chris
Wilson........Tim Pokulok.......Chris Roche.
I am sure there are others but their names escape me at the moment.
There
is still another week or so that you can pick fiddleheads, and Sheila and I
have already had a feed of wild mushrooms.
The watercress is coming along nicely and the cat-tail stalks are just
reaching their peak of core edibility. For
more info on these delectable 'free' goodies, get in touch with me or Sheila.
The
next club trip will be on the July 1 long week-end.
It will be a camping trip to you know where.
First-come, first-served.
VERY
IMPORTANT............OUR ANNUAL CASTING COMPETITION, THE SCARBOROUGH FISH
HOUSE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS IS COMING UP QUICKLY.....SATURDAY AND SUNDAY JUNE 2ND
& 3RD. WE MUST HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT OF MEMBERS, BOTH TO PARTICIPATE
AND TO ASSIST. THERE ARE LOVELY
TROPHIES TO BE WON, BOTH IN "B" CLASS AND IN "A" CLASS, AS
WELL AS GREAT MERCHANDISE FOR ALMOST EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATES.
We
feel that after all the time, effort, and expense that we put into the club
helping everybody to become proficient anglers and casters, it is a rather
small thing to ask all our members to reciprocate for just one weekend out of
the year. Please earmark this weekend on your calendar to give back a little
to your club by participating in your own tournament.
Without everybody's co-operation we would not have a club, at all!
The
accuracy events, both fly and plug, will be at our pool on the Saturday,
beginning at 9 A.M. and the distance events will be held at the Ellesmere
Reservoir Park on Sunday, also beginning at 9 A.M.
There
will be a $3.00 entry fee per event or $30.00 for the All Round.
Lunches will be provided for all helpers and competitors.
We
should be back at the pool at the Scarborough City Hall on the evening of the
21st, although it is the last day of the Victoria Day weekend.
Hopefully, not everybody will be away and we will have a decent
turnout. Times are approximately
6:P.M. to 8:45 P.M.
See
you there.
The
Fish House Restaurant, through the good graces of its owner, Ken Baxter, is
once again sponsoring our club. Whether
you can catch them or not, if you want a great fish dinner this is the place
to be.
Watch
the Toronto Star and the Scarborough Mirror for upcoming stories on our club
and its achievements.
That's all for now, folks!
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