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Title: 2024-11-05: GRR Weekly Meeting, Minutes
Post by: John Pierce on December 26, 2024, 07:56:55 AM
Victoria Golden Rods and Reels Fishing and Social Club
held at Esquimalt Anglers 1101 Munro St
in Person and Zoom Meeting Minutes,
Dated November 5 2024

Place: Esquimalt Anglers and Zoom

Chaired By: Bill Thomas

Secretary: Bob Comerford

Called to Order: 10:00 AM

Attendees: Mike Galbraith, Ken Evans  Lyle Freeman ,Lee Takayanagi, Colin Chadwick, Pierre Malo, Bill Thomas, Wayne Lee, Jens Kristensen, Jim Scott, Rick Greenhorn, Gerry Walsh, Dave Robinson, Bob Comerford, John Francis, Dennis Gedney, Ian Cameron, Peter Laughren, Winston Jackson, Ryan Arsenych, Sandy raven, Mohamed Docat, Barry Freeman,, Ray Dykstra.
Members Attending by Zoom: Michael Cory, Wendy Gedney.

Motion to accept the minutes last meeting: Moved by Ian and Hornet

Items Arising from the Minutes:
1) Bruce Bevan is intending to remove the fish counting fence at the Craigflower on Thursday.
2) The fish ladder on the Millstream can be a future club destination, or if you want to see it yourself go out Atkins Rd stop at where road goes over culvert. 

Treasurer:
1) Look online for details. Membership Dues are now due. $75.00 for single $100.00 for Family $30.00 for Associate. eTransfer or send Sandy a cheque. If your spouse or partner attends club functions get a family membership so they have insurance.
2) Use your Fairway's card. We get %5 0f your purchase. See Sandy for card.

Sunshine Wendy Gedney: Sandy McElroy had corneal transplant.   

Social Mike: November 21 Goldstream Park, 4 soups. Dennis and Ian are bringing fire wood. Please let Mike know if you are coming. Bring own utensils and something to drink chair to sit on if required Nov.21, lunch at 10:30. Lots of chum salmon.

Membership: 

Fresh Water:
1) Elk Lake level is as low as end of July. Water getting clearer. Club member fished but No bites. CRD staff were patrolling lake.
2) Ryan caught 8 trout on Prospect Lake.

Salt Water: No report.

FishOuts: 28th November Langford Lake. Place to park and put your boat in where we have the hot dogs at end of lake. There is no ramp at this location.

Fly Tying: This Saturday. 9:00am coffee, 10:am fly tying. All lakes that are stocked you can use barbed hook and two hooks are allowed on fly. 

Hatchery: 22,000 Chum counted so far on Goldstream River. Lots of Coho This is looking like a good year for salmon returns.

PSS: $10.00 a year to join. Go to website. All kind's of great volunteer opportunities.

BCWF: Meeting of region1 coming soon. Details to follow

ACS: This Wednesday at club hall

WFA: Robinsons Sports store film on fly fishing. Phone in for space.

Library:

Legacy Fund: 

Gillie Club: No report. 
   
Speakers Program: Speaker on the crude oil industry at end of November 

Environment:

Website:

New Business:
1) Thursday Nov 7 9:30 am Meet at Ma Millers. Walk to fence to see salmon taken at the fish fence. 600 salmon have gone through the fish fence on Craigflower stream. Stream walkers have counted 1400 coho on the Goldstream River.

Meeting Terminated: Mohamed and Lyal 10:40 am