THE
REEL THING
September 2000
I
guess that by now you know that we have solved the dilemma tossed our way by
the Toronto and District School Board and will be back in the gym next
Wednesday. I hope that all our
members show their appreciation for Jim’s and my efforts by showing up at
the school in decent numbers. We
have a few new folks in the club who joined at Milliken in the summer and I
know that they would like to meet the whole gang on their own first visit to
the gym.
We
will be bringing the fly tying equipment in case anyone wants to work on the
fur and feathers and will attempt to determine how many folks want to work on
the bamboo, building rods so that we can organise the time frame for that
activity as well.
Also,
on opening night, we will see how many folks are interested in a fall trip for
trout and salmon - either a one day shot, or a weekend overnighter. Hopefully there will be more interest in this one than there
was in the proposed Labour Day trip to A/B Lake.
***The
fishing tackle auction scheduled for next Sunday afternoon (beginning at 1:00)
should be the highlight in your week’s activities.
As we mentioned in an earlier notice, there will be major bargains to
be had, along with a few laughs, drinks and snacks.
It’s an opportunity to get stocked up on a lot of basic equipment
along with some of the big stuff. Please
make a determined effort to come to my place at 23 Willowhurst Crescent.
There should be enough seating for everybody, but if you want to bring
a folding chair with you, it might be appreciated after all.
Despite
repeated cajoling on my part of our members to send in a summary of their
summer’s fishing efforts, we didn’t receive a single report! Come on fellows, was it really that bad.
I have heard that Richard Sluce caught a beautiful four and a half
pound bass near the family cottage, but that’s all I have in the way of
fishing reports other than our periodic assaults on the Ganaraska River with
various club members. Jim, Paul
K, Ray and I hit the Ganny a couple of weeks ago with Jim and Paul fishing the
lower stretch, while Ray worked over the upper waters.
Jim’s team took a couple of bucks from our squad for the biggest
brown, a gorgeous twenty-one incher that would have checked in well over three
pounds, but was carefully put back in the swim.
Our best was a seventeen inch brown, but I figure that the four of us
probably caught around fifty rainbows and browns for another memorable Ganny
day.
The
highlight for us was that this was Ray’s initial go at stream fishing for
trout - with the Ganaraska River is notorious for putting a quick damper on
one’s first exposure to this type of fishing - but Ray, claims that he
enjoyed every minute of the experience. He
caught a number of trout and managed a couple nice enough for the pan as well.
The proof of Ray’s exuberance came a couple of weeks later when he
called and suggested another jaunt to the fabled Ganny.
I decided to really test Ray’s mettle by taking him to one of the
most difficult sections of the river to negotiate, the Allen Sheppard stretch
and despite his disappearing into a variety of holes and cut-outs underfoot
and on the stream-bank, he survived and is rapidly becoming as much of a nut
about this type of fishing as I am. We saw a lot of really big trout on that outing but managed
to catch only the little guys. Now
if you folks enjoyed reading the previous fishing reports, you must see why we
would really love to get a little more variety into the next Reel Thing with
at least a few simple summaries of your own summer fishing adventures.
Ashok
Kalle called to inquire if any of my bamboo rods were going to be included in
the auction next Sunday and after a moment’s thought I assured them that,
yes, there would be some included in the sale……………perhaps there are
others who would like to bid against Ashok.
See
you on Thursday at the gym………and Sunday at my place,
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