Golden Rods and Reels Fishing and Social Club
Meeting Minutes, (30 Oct 2018)
Place: Silver Threads Centre, 2340 Richmond Rd, Victoria, BC
Chaired By: Robert McConnell
Robert: The microphone and speaker are not working and out of stock. We require a set up. A decision will be made at next week's executive meeting.
Secretary: Bill Thomas
Called to Order: 9:30 AM
Members Attending: 23 + visitor Bob Enwright
Minutes of Last Meeting: Adopted as distributed
Items Arising from the Minutes: Nil
Treasurer: A cheque for $42.90 from Fairway Market. Cheques totallying $400 donated to club from family members of Frank Szarkowicz. A thank-you note will be sent.
Sunshine: Bill is feeling better.
Social: 8 Nov, Soup and hot dog BBQ, Goldstream Park 11:00 AM. Bring chairs, cutlery, plates/bowls, and sides or desserts.
Membership: Fresh Water:
- Barry: Durrance Lake, 3 little trout.
- Bob C: Elk Lake, several 2lb trout.
- Brian: Prospect Lake, slow this week.
- Jim M: make your own circle hooks.
- Sooke: best fishing for years. Cloudy weather, dark flies; Bright weather: bright flies.
- Sandy: Carry business cards and rack cards to give to people you meet while fishing.
- Jim had close encounter with seal on Sooke River.
Salt Water:
- Ryan: Spring off Constance Bank, 9 lbs.
- Billings Spit – fish still there.
ACS: Library: Newsletter:Legacy Fund:Gillie Club: Dennis: Knots by Dennis. Jim showed how to bend hooks to get a circle effect and reduce snagging in the river.
Speakers Program: Nov. 7 regular and executive meeting, no speaker.
Fund Raising:Hatchery/Fence:
- Fish at now arriving at the Goldstream hatchery fence.
- Colquitz River fence, 35 fish on Saturday. GRR members encouraged to attend Colquitz Fence, Wednesday morning at 10:00 am for media show.
- Suggestions were made of possible locations to fish in The Gorge.
Environment:[/b
- Lighting on Johnson Street bridge is still being worked on.
- Sidney Summit – 10 Nov 9:30-6:30
- Presentation at UVic by nature photojournalist was excellent.
Website:New Business:
- It was suggested we purchase GRR shirts with embroidered crest, or shirts with logo. Will be considered further.
- The suggestion to change the meeting start time change from 9:30 to 10:00, a straw vote was taken, defeated soundly.
Meeting Adjournment: 10:18 AM
Speaker: UVic geographer Johannes Feddema on "Climatology and Climate Change: Long-Term Climate Trends."