2021-03-23: GRR Weekly Meeting, Minutes

[John Pierce]

GOLDEN RODS AND REELS - WEEKLY MEETING MINUTES

March 23, 2021

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.

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) 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, 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.