GOLDEN RODS AND REELS - WEEKLY MEETING MINUTES
CHAIRED BY: DavidC.
SECRETARY (Vacant): JohnP, Acting.
LOCATION: Zoom Videoconference.
ATTENDANCE: 21 Members, no Guests.
CONVENED: 9:30 am.
MINUTES: Adopted from Nov 3, 2020.
ITEMS ARISING FROM MINUTES: None.
MEMBERSHIP (JohnF): Over half Membership has paid dues.
SUNSHINE REPORT (Vacant): Discussion, President to buy several cards and mail stamps, and send out.
TREASURER'S REPORT (JohnF): No report.
SOCIAL (Vacant): No update.
FRESHWATER FISHING REPORTS (RonD):
1) RonE: Spey fly fished Sooke River Thursday, no other fishers, fast water, banks littered with dead salmon, lots of seagulls feeding. Couldn't see schools of salmon like in October. Salmon strikes much weaker.
2) DaveC: Visited Sooke R, water very high, over banks in part.
3) DaveC: Visited Cowichan River at Kions Park, water very high, lots of Springs.
4) BrianP: Prospect Lake wet fly fishing, no bites.
SALTWATER FISHING REPORTS: No report.
FUND RAISING: SandyM: Circulated draft planning document, struggling with how to raise large funds during Covid, looking at several options.
VOLUNTEERING (BillT):
1) Goldstream Hatchery (TonyO/BrianP): Last Thursday, fence pushed down with excess leaves, Chum & Coho available to harvest for eggs/sperm. Got 27 Coho from Shawnigan, in tanks to ripen.
2) MikeC: Sooke's Jack Brooks Hatchery full of salmon.
3) Colquitz River Fence (DaveC): Dorothy on TV on how otters got in, no more Thursday volunteering as fence removed.
FLY TYING MEETING (DaveR): Weekly Zoom meetings ongoing on Saturdays, see website > Calendar. Starting materials, tools, and techniques as well as demo fly tying.
SPEAKER PROGRAM (BobC): UVic speaker 10:15am Nov 10 Nicholas Planidin on "Canada's Darwinian Fish". Dec 15 Jamie Night on Detecting Dementia Early.
AMALGAMATED CONSERVATION SOCIETY (BillT): No report.
CONSERVATION REPORT (MickC): No report.
LEGACY FUND (BarryF): No new requests.
WEBSITE (JohnP): Will work on Contact List password access issue.
GILLIE REPORT (DennisG): Will show destination specific flies at Saturday Fly Tying sessions.
LIBRARY REPORT (ColinC): Will add seldom read/copied books to sale.
NEW BUSINESS:
1) BarryF: Gone Fishin store in Duncan agreed to provide GRR store discount, JohnP to add to website.
2) SandyM: Sent out new Exec list with vacancies.
3) JimM: To make a hands on demo of knots in lieu of a Weekly Presentation, using Fishing Knots by Knetknots.com (https://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots).
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday November 17 meeting Zoom.
ADJOURNED: 10:16 am.