2018-09-11: GRR Weekly Meeting, Minutes

[John Pierce]

Golden Rods and Reels Fishing and Social Club

Meeting Minutes, (11 Sept 2018)

Place:  Silver Threads Centre, 2340 Richmond Rd, Victoria, BC

Chaired By:  Robert McConnell

Secretary:  Bill Thomas

Called to Order:  9:40 AM

Members Attending: 20 + guest John Silsbe

Minutes of Last Meeting: Adopted as read.

Items Arising from the Minutes:

Treasurer: Treasurer's report presented. Questions and copies available from John

Sunshine: Bill up and down, Helen same, Frank going downhill.

Social:

• Corn roast – 37 attended, thanks to Art and Sandy for set-up and transport, $192.00 collected. Vote of thanks to Sandy and Solange for all their hard work and especially for 85-plus commemoration.
• GRR Pot Luck on Oct 4, 5:30 PM, Silver Threads Center: set up at 5:00 PM.
• Silver Threads is sponsoring a screening of Lives Well Lived, at Vic Theatre, 1 Oct, 12:30 PM, $5.00 – refreshments, prizes and more.
• Westcoast Fly Fishers - Oct 21, BBQ at Sooke River campground, more details to follow.
• Haig Brown - 11 Sept meeting, 19 Sept fly-tying, Chief and Petty Officers Mess, Esquimalt.

Membership:

Fresh Water Reports:

• Barry – Prospect Lake, 12-inch rainbow.
• Colin at Durrance, did well using a blob on the surface and booby down deep.
• Rob and Ryan in Langford Lake, caught 2 cutthroat smolts and a rainbow smolt.
• Ron going to San Juan River for coho in end of Sept/early Oct.

Salt Water Reports:

• Ryan 2 halibut and 1 coho.
• Ron, 4 Days at Bamfield, lots of fish. Fish were taking very small bait. Spoons worked well.
• Ken, Port Renfrew, no coho in bay yet, good sockeye fishing this summer.
• Dave, bottom fishing, then big coho, north end of Dundas Island.

ACS: Art read minutes of meeting. Available from secretary.

Library:

Newsletter:

Legacy Fund:

Gillie Club: Dennis brought flies for Sooke River chums.  Cluxewe had reasonable pink fishing, was there for 22 days this year. If you want to go next year, book early (bookings open Jan 15). Keogh River, 30 min drive, 45 min long arduous hike past the Port Hardy airport, but good fishing.

Speakers Program: Mick – Speakers list for the fall is filling up. Mick needs volunteers to help coordinate UVic and fishing speakers.

Environment:

• CRD staff have postponed business case for aeration of Elk Lake because they are not confident of their cost and benefit numbers.
• Blue lights still shining from Johnson Street Bridge, Dave still working on it.
• McKenzie Interchange silt fence needs work.
• Portage Inlet Cutthroat Trout Initiative (PICI) is going extremely well. Literature review and questionnaire are proceeding.

Fund Raising:

Hatchery: All the clipping has been completed as only 40,000 eggs were taken last fall. Hope for a better collection this year. The hatchery rescued 1500 coho smolts from Waugh Creek as it dried up this summer.

Environment:

Website:

New Business:

• Members are asked to distribute GRR rack cards to appropriate locations.
• GRR were contacted by Elk Lake rowers to discuss permanent buoyed lanes in lake. This is because Rowing Canada would like to put training for men and women's Olympic teams in one location. GRR was asked for letter of support (not at this time). It was noted that because of the high profile of this action, politicians will be very active. There are some serious concerns which need to be looked at.

Meeting Adjournment: 10:56 AM

Speaker: No speaker, Executive Meeting.