THE
REEL THING May
1991
The
lilacs are blooming; huge rainbow trout are clogging up the streams, black
flies and mosquitos are beginning to show up, the first fiddleheads and
watercress are there for the picking, the ducks, geese and loons are all
pairing off.............so it looks like we are already into spring and summer
can't be that far off, afterall.
A
big welcome from all of us to our two newest members, Maurice Collins and Ken
King. David and Ela Collins's son, Maurice checked in to the world
just a few days after the Conceicao's daughter, Carol, was born, a little late
to be announced in our last bulletin. Ken
King came on board a couple of weeks later and has impressed all of us, not
only with his enthusiasm, but with his rapid mastery of spinning tackle.
Ken claims he has not fished or handled a rod and reel since the
forties!!! After only a couple of
weeks on the targets, Ken already looks like a pro and to prove the point he
caught over a dozen rainbow trout on his first outing with his new equipment.
Our
spring fishing trip to Haliburton went off without any snags......the ice was
all off the lake..........we were able to negotiate the bush-road in without
too many problems.........nobody drowned in the big hot tub at the
lodge.............and we actually caught some beautiful speckled trout. Sheila got things started as usual with a lovely 2 1/2
pounder that she took on, what else -a Gord Deval Crocodile. I think that was the only brookie caught and landed on
spinning tackle, although North Jory, his protege, Matt and possibly one or
two others threw a lot of tin at the trout.
Let's hear it for the fly fishermen.........this was their year to
shine, with Roger Cannon, Jack Wilkings and yours truly lucking out with
enough success to put another half-dozen beauties in the freezer.
Fishing was superb, but the catching was spotty, probably because the
trout were gorging themselves on mosquito larvae and miniscule, fresh-water
shrimp.
We
managed to find a couple of hours last week to give the rainbows a try and
were fortunate to bag one that tipped the scales a fraction under sixteen
pounds. That one fell victim to a #3 Vibrex, while the next day on a fly
fishing outing with Leon, we took a couple, 6 & 7 pounds, on Despairs.
It's still too early to get the reports in on how everybody else did,
but if all you fisher-guys and fisher-gals will let us know, we'll put the
results in the next bulletin.
It
looks like our Atlantic Salmon trip to New Brunswick's Miramichi River is
pretty well firmed up for mid-August. If
there are any other fly fishermen in our club who haven't heard the details
and think that they might be interested, they should get in touch with either
Jim Lee or myself as soon as possible.
The
next club fishing trip will be the camping trip to A/B Lake on the Canada Day
weekend. We only can accommodate
three tents on this one, so it is strictly a first-come, first-served venture,
once again.
THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS BULLETIN FROM OUR CLUB'S POINT OF VIEW, IS THE
NEXT FEW LINES!
The
Scarborough Fish House Restaurant Open takes place on Saturday and Sunday,
June 1st & 2nd. This is the
official Scarborough fly and bait casting championships with categories for
Ladies and Novices, as well as "A" Class casters.
There are bait casting, spinning and fly casting events consisting of
both accuracy and distance games. All
accuracy games will be held at our pool behind the Scarborough City Hall on
the Saturday, beginning at 8:30 A.M. sharp, while the distance games will be
held the next day at Ellesmere Reservoir Park, east of Neilson on Ellesmere
Rd., also beginning at 8:30 sharp.
Prizes
and awards will consist of medals, plaques and merchandise, with awards to 6th
place in the novice category and 3rd place in the "A" category. Our sponsor, The Fish House Restaurant, along with your
executive, would like to see a record turn-out this year for this
event.......THE PREMIER EVENT ON OUR CALENDAR.
Even if you don't think that you are competitive, please come out and
give it a try. The Scarborough
Fly and Bait Casting Association spends a lot of time and money 'giving' to
its members. This is your best
chance to return the favour by earmarking this weekend on your calendar to be
with us. There is, of course, a
small entry fee for each event, but drinks and lunches will be provided for
all competitors and assistants.
In
conjunction with the above, we require 5 or 6 members who will commit
themselves to helping us run the show, both at the pool and at the park.
Please let Rod Sills or myself know if you can be available to give us
a hand. Also, two weekends after
our tournament the Canadian championships will be held and it is to be hoped
that we will also have good representation at that event.
DON'T
FORGET.........JUNE 1ST & 2ND.........PLEASE MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
We
should be moving from the gym to the pool for our Monday evening sessions in a
week or two. We'll let you know.
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