THE
REEL THING
November 2000
We
would like to officially welcome our two newest members, Liz Atherton and
Peter Harrison, both of whom are already hard at work learning how to become
proficient fly casters. They both
were also involved in their initial fly tying sessions, while Peter has begun
work constructing a split-cane fly rod (The Ganny) along with the others
involved in that activy, Jan, John, Monica, Maureen, Jaydee, Jim, Allan, Tom
and Ray. If the number of folks
making bamboo rods in the club continues to grow like this we may have to
change the name of our association accordingly.
It was a real treat for all of us
to have Richard Sluce presiding over our initial evening session of fly tying
in the gym, when Leon Schwartz, our occasionally-attending resident teacher
and expert failed to show as promised. Hopefully,
Leon will be out for the next session, November 9th. Nevertheless, Richard seemed to enjoy the responsibility and
did a great job in his first endeavour of this nature. The comments from those in attendance ranged from , “He’s
cute,” to, “He exhibited wonderful patience with us,” and “I was
amazed that with Richard’s help, I actually made my own trout fly!” And -
not just any old trout fly, to boot! Because
Richard had made and sold so many Despairs over the summer, I asked him if he
wouldn’t mind teaching and demonstrating his prowess to the others with this
wonderful trout fly, which just happens to be one of the most difficult flies
that we construct in the club. Thanks
again, Richard, for an excellent job, superbly done.
It looks like our hope for another
fall trip to Limit Lake with a group from the club is not going to come to
fruition. Our resident trout
fishermen all seem to have extremely busy agendas in November - or find the
rigours of the hike in to the lake, along with five or six hours of fishing
from a boat not particularly to their liking.
However, there still are several who are considering the outing and it
is to be hoped that we can muster a couple of folks to join us for another
assault on the lakes big trout. We
are now proposing Saturday, November 16th for this jaunt.
Call as S.A.P. if you are interested.
Long-time fishin ‘buddy and club
member, Paul Quarrington is taking a break from his writing pursuits to play a
little jazz with a few of his musical buddies at the Black Swan, a club on
Danforth, just east of Broadview, on Saturday, November 11th. The last time I heard Q playing a musical instrument was
while we sat around a campfire, a thousand miles north-east of here on the
Broadback River in Northern Quebec. He
had won a mouth organ for having caught the best trout of the day!
I wonder if the aesthetics of the Black Swan can possibly compare with
the smoke and flames of our little campfire, the starkly black sky with its
zillions of stars and brilliant flashes of Aurora Borealis, along with the
sound of the rapids and waterfall adjacent to our camp.
I know we will enjoy the evening at the Black Swan regardless,
listening to Paul playing again!
Our in-house novice tournament is
rapidly approaching. There will
be dinner prizes for the winners, courtesy of the Mandarin Restaurant, the
best Chinese and seafood buffet in Toronto.
More good news for all our novice and new casters……..the best
caster in the club over the past year, Jim Lloyd, has decided to move up into
the “A” Class category, effectively removing him a probable third
successive win in our novice club championship.
Jim will be scoring and assisting our “B” Class and newer members
who should all be vying for the honours amongst themselves.
We hope that our EXCELLENT JUNIOR casters, Richard Sluce and
Andrew Cockburn will be casting both the fly and plug targets along with the
rest of our men and women. The
beautiful All-Round Championship trophy is up for grabs to whoever produces
the best combined score, while the two dinner prizes go to the individual
winners of the plug and fly games. Circle
Thursday, December 14th, our last day in the gym before the
holidays, on your calendar and make this a must night for your attendance at
the club.
******Also in December we normally
have a bit of a club Christmas party, an evening when it is to be hoped, all
our members will come out - with their families - for a bit of good food, fun
and frolic. We are asking for
someone to come forward and offer to host the Christmas party, hopefully on
either Saturday, Dec 16th or Sunday, the 17th ……….of course,
the club would pay for the food and drinks.
But if anyone would like to contribute a plate of their own baked goods
or whatever, it would certainly be appreciated as well.
In order to properly plan for the party we must know how many will
attend. Please call either Jim at 438.8540 or myself as S.A.P.
In case my last e.mail memo didn’t reach you, here is a copy for your
consideration:
Hi everybody:
Here are a couple of things for you
to consider.
First, I have had only one positive
response to the Fall trip scheduled for Saturday, November 11th to Limit Lake
and that was from Paulo Conceicao who asked if we could change it to a Sunday
- so it is being re-scheduled to Sunday, November 19th. Perhaps the change of date means that others might be able to
join us. If so please call me, or
drop me an e.mail accordingly.
*SPECIAL NOTICE TO TOM SLUCE!!
The "Hummer" as Tom
refers to my Chevrolet Caprice, is for sale. Sheila and I have just purchased
a new vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee Wagonneer and will sell the Chev to the first
person who makes us a reasonable offer. As
most of you know, the car will go almost anywhere the Jeep will go, recently
passed its recent emission test and has a great engine.
Other than rusting on the body, it is in excellent condition and with
its heavy-duty police option, would handle winter conditions far better than
most of the vehicles sold today. It would make a fine additional auto for someone who has the
room for a second vehicle, perhaps as a beginner car for their sons, or a very
safe car for simply tooling around in, or going through the bush to fish the
Ganny - or A/B Lake.
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