Golden Rods and Reels Fishing and Social Club
Meeting Minutes, (13 Nov 2018)
Place: Silver Threads Centre, 2340 Richmond Rd, Victoria, BC
Chaired By: Robert McConnell
Secretary: Bill Thomas
Called to Order: 9:30 AM
Members Attending: 18 members attending
Minutes of Last Meeting:
- Adopted as distributed. Some people need PDF and Word formats. Send out both.
- Items Arising from the Minutes: We bought new cable for speaker, works well. John will donate microphone stand.
Treasurer: Treasurers report next week. Deadline for membership dues – 30 Nov 2018.
Sunshine: All good.
Social:
- Soup and Hot Dog at Goldstream: another excellent outing, well attended.
- Next up is Christmas lunch and gift exchange. 11 Dec – Finns restaurant at 11:30 AM, Contact Solange or Sandy for reservations. Xmas gift exchange $10.00 or under. You only get a gift if you bring a gift.
- Suggested we invite other clubs to join some of our dinners. Motion: Moved by Ron Duncan, seconded Jim MacDonald, send ACS members, Haig Brown and WFA invites for our socials. Carried.
- Haig Brown is having Swap Sale and Book Sale, 14 Nov at CPO mess.
Membership:Fresh Water:
- Colin: Durrance, 1 trout, 6". Lots of fish there, but not biting.
- Prospect: 1 trout, slow. Some discussion on fishing chironomids in local lakes.
Salt Water:
- Ryan: slow on Constance Bank, not much in Sooke salt water at this time.
- Roger on Oak Bay Flats, 15 lbs at 100-150 feet, using a Blueberry Muffin.
ACS:
- ACS minutes: Some controversy about Chairmanship.
- Esquimalt Anglers wharf replacement project: Low bid was in error. Contract went to next lowest bidder: $225,000.00.
- Harvest of 30 Seals from Georgia Strait has been approved by DFO.
Library: May get some new books from Haig Brown sale.
Newsletter:Legacy Fund:Gillie Club: Dennis – planning a family trip to Delaware, drifting down some famous trout rivers.
Speakers Program: Robinson's is having fly fishing films tonight, 13 Nov.
Fund Raising:Hatchery/Fence: Lots of eggs at Goldstream. Colquitz fence no news re post-mortems on salmon kill, fence still decommissioned.
Environment: Bill and Sandy gave report on Sidney Summit.
Website: New Business:Meeting Adjournment: 10:30 AM
Speaker: Jim Macdonald on fly-fishing equipment winter maintenance.