GOLDEN RODS AND REELS - WEEKLY MEETING MINUTES
CHAIRED BY: DavidC.
SECRETARY (Vacant): JohnP, Acting.
LOCATION: Zoom Videoconference.
ATTENDANCE: 21 Members, 0 Guest.
CONVENED: 9:29 am.
MINUTES: Adopted from Mar 16, 2020.
ITEMS ARISING FROM MINUTES: None.
MEMBERSHIP (JohnF): No report.
SUNSHINE REPORT (WendyG & PatP): Discussion.
SOCIAL (BobC & BillT): Held St Patricks Day Zoom Happy Hour on Wednesday Mar 17th @ 4pm, music included. Contact BillT if interested in attending Harbour Cats baseball game with dinner from open top double decker bus.
FUND RAISING: Discussion on holding bottle drive similar to Peninsula Streams.
TREASURER'S REPORT (JohnF): No update.
FRESHWATER FISHING REPORTS (RonD):
1) SandyM: Monday on Durrance Lake on Float Tube, cold and was hailed on, but chironomid hatch ongoing, trolling deep with brown pellet nymph fly, landed two trout.
SALTWATER FISHING REPORTS:
1) RonE: Offshore in Schwartz Bay yesterday prawning and trolling with small plugs with downrigger at 50 ft and caught small salmon, same size as 1 month ago.
LIBRARY REPORT (ColinC): Reviewed several new to library books.
AMALGAMATED CONSERVATION SOCIETY (BillT): No update.
GILLIE REPORT (DennisG):
1) Buttle Lake lowest water levee and temperatures also very low so minimal snow melt, can launch boats from 4ft wide river trail built by film crew.
FLY TYING MEETING (DaveR): Next Saturday DaveR will demo wet and dry versions of Grizzly King, FlorinS will also demo.
LEGACY FUND (BarryF): No new requests.
WEBSITE (JohnP): Uploaded last Saturday's Fly Tying video to our GRR YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqjxJAQqRC841Pm5tnc-2Pw).
SPEAKER PROGRAM (BobC): See website Calendar for events, Mar 30 is "Our Fish Right Eared Brain" by Nicholas.
VOLUNTEERING (BillT):
1) BillT: Hatchery, feeding fish and clipping finishing this week.
2) BillT: Peninsula Streams has a bottle drive at 2167 Glanford Ave Bottle Depot Mar 27-28 Sat Sun, BillT will pickup bottles if like.
CONSERVATION (MickC):
1) MickC & MikeC attended Beaver Elk Environmental Stewards (BEES) (https://www.beesvictoria.org) AGM, MikeC joined.
2) MickC attended Conservation Economic Stimulus Initiative (CESI) coordinating meeting Monday night.
3) MickC has O'Donnell Creek Restoration picture books.
4) Elk-Beaver Lake fishing dock replacement, have article in Island Fishing Magazine (https://islandfishermanmagazine.com/campaign-to-replace-the-elk-lake-fishing-dock-gains-momentum/), presentation to Rotary Club for funding soon.
NEW BUSINESS:
1) JohnF: Received 23 smaller Fly Boxes, 10 larger still in shipping, from AliExpress.com, total $176.
2) JohnF: Received 100 3" diameter GRR Logo stickers and 100 reverse-window GRR Logo stickers, ~$113. Will order 100 small stickers.
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday March 30, 2021 via Zoom.
ADJOURNED: 10:33 am.