2018-02-27: GRR Weekly Meeting, Minutes

[John Pierce]

Golden Rods and Reels Fishing and Social Club

Meeting Minutes, (27 February 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: 22

Minutes of Last Meeting: Adopted as distributed

Items Arising from the Minutes:

• No luck contacting Sydney Anglers re: Clive memorial. Still working on it.
• BCWF Region 1 General Meeting, 16-18 Mar 2018.

Treasurer:

Sunshine: Bill's wife having stitches out. Ryan has cold.

Social: St. Patrick's potluck coming up – 5 pm March 15 at Silver Threads.

Membership: 26 members

Fresh Water:

• Barry on Friday attended Haig Brown fish-out at Durrance. Got one on for a few seconds!! Just 3 people fishing on the lake that day.
• Haig Brown Fly Tyers meeting this Wednesday, tying Dragon Fly Nymph with spun deer hair.
• GRR fish-out next week, 7 Mar on Durrance Lake. Hot dogs and coffee.

Salt Water:

• GRR members fishing on Monday at Whirl Bay, John Francis, John Pierce, Bill Thomas and Helen Thomas, 9 Chinook. Had a great day.
• Cecil reported catching a 14 lb in the Gap.

ACS:

Library:

Newsletter: John Francis is looking for recent fishing or social photos ASAP.

Legacy Fund:

Gillie Club: Dennis reported 95 degrees in Aruba. It you want to fish Cluxewe, book now. Buttle Lake sign up is available at meetings.

Speakers Program: March 6: Regular and executive meetings, no speaker (but John Pierce will do a how-to session on the website and members' forum).

Fund Raising: Get a Thrifty's smile card. Load before you shop, 5% of everything you spend gets back to us.

Hatchery:

Environment:

• Mick returned from Mexico, suffering from OCFD (Obsessive Compulsive Fishing Disorder).
• Elk Lake – Emergency water supply for Victoria, get on with solving algae problems.

Website:

New Business: Gift box from BCWF contained hats, shirts, bait, etc. which will be available for sale at future meeting.

Meeting Adjournment: 10:10 am

Speaker: John Pierce gave a presentation on his trip to Astoria, Oregon—very interesting, particularly the Maritime Museum there.