Temporary Members Page while Website is in Transition ISLAND WATERS FLY FISHERS MINUTES OF MARCH GENERAL MEETING

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1 Temporary Members Page while Website is in Transition ISLAND WATERS FLY FISHERS MINUTES OF MARCH GENERAL MEETING The meeting was called to Order by President Bob MacEachern, at 7:15 pm March 27, 2018 Air Cadet Hall, Nanaimo B.C. ATTENDANCE: 32 MEMBERS GUEST: Dennis Mullins introduced Guest Nathan Duifhuis ). GUEST SPEAKER: John Ellis introduced Guest Speakers Jamai and Duane from Nanaimo Search and Rescue. Two programs they have are Adventure Smart and Paddle Smart. They work with the RCMP. You cannot call them out yourself. They are trained in White Water Rescue and are 100% Volunteers. They have a dog team which requires quite extensive training and is certified by the RCMP. Drowning occur: 1) Rivers, 2) Lakes and 3) Oceans. Unfortunately there is a 60% fatality rate from rescues. There were 428 deaths in Canada in 2014 and 56 deaths in B.C. in Why did they drown: No life jacket or PFD 82%, Cold Water 59%, Capsizing 38%, Boating Alone 29%, Tossed Overboard 28%, Boating in Darkness 24%, Rough Water 21%. After the Presentation the meeting was called to Order at 8:45 pm. FLY DRAW JEORGE MCGLADREY: Winners were Ant Elsdale, Gord Sharrock, Ron Moll. GILLEY GERRY STEVENS: Winners were Ant Elsdale, John Ellis, Colin Ivory, Jack Toomer. Gerry also mentioned that Dieter Barth is not doing very well. DIRECTORS REPORTS:

2 IAN STEWART TREASURERS REPORT: There is a balance of $4, as of March 19, A donation of $ was sent to the Nanaimo Search and Rescue. This was sent by . BOB KISSINGER CONSERVATION: The Wednesday Lunch has been changed to the Jingle Pot as the Quarter Way has been flooded. The Smolt count is coming up. An announcement will be made later. JACK TOOMER FLY TYING: The April 7 th. fly tying has been cancelled. This will leave April 7 th open for anyone to attend the Swap and Shop at NDSS. There will be a meeting at Jack s house after Wednesday s lunch at 1:30pm for those making June Interior Fishing Trip. DON GINTER FISH OUT: The Kissinger Lake Fish Out is April There will be a pot luck dinner Saturday. LLOYD ERICKSON BCFFF: The BCFFF AGM will be held April 21, 2018 in Tofino B.C. Accommodations can be booked at Jamie s Rainforest Inn ( ) or Pacific Sands ( ). The business meeting is at 10:00am at Jamie s Rainforest s Inn. Cost of dinner will be $40.00 per person. They need to know how many will be there. You can Rich Ronyecz at (vipcare@hotmail.com ). JOHN ELLIS PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Art Lingren will be the Guest Speaker for April General Meeting. DENNIS MULLINS GREETER / TICKET MASTER : Dennis will be holding a single hand casting clinic at Westwood Lake. Announcement to follow. Dennis is selling tickets for two (2) fly box s. The first one is full of Pink Fly s. This one will be raffled off at the BBQ. The second one is an oak box with trout and salmon fly s. This one will be raffled off at the Christmas Banquet. COMMITTEE REPORTS: LEO SNYE FISH OUTS: There are Fish Outs scheduled for: Green lake is on the 8th of April, Kissinger Lake from 13th to the 15th of April, Stream Keepers Course April 21 and 22, Panther Lake/Sheldon Lake May 4 and 5, Reginald Lake May 15 to

3 17, Panther/Sheldon May 26, Elk River June 2 to 5, and Highway 24 (Fishing Highway around Little Fort) June 11 to 18 (or onwards), Canim River (Sept 5 to 10 or 11 th.. Leo will need to know by the end of May if anyone needs to reserve a hotel room for the Canim. Leo also mentioned access to the Little Qualicum River through Little Q Farms. You will need to show your IWFF membership card. BRUCE MURRAY COMMUNICATION /ENTOMOLOGY DIRECTOR: Bruce is working on a joint venture with the Castaway Fly Fishing Club to help instruct the Scouts fly casting, fly tying and aquatic entomology. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: TON S SURVEY: A general consensus calls for more Bug-Outs, River Walks and Habitat Projects. NEW BUSINESS: If you are attending the BCFFF AGM, contact Jason Perry. Ron Moll has been in contact with the Nanaimo Fish and Game Club. Those helping Ron are Gerry Stevens, Ron Busche and Randy O Donnell. The dates are April 17, and 24. The sessions are 2 hours with 12 students each session. Ron has come up with a wet weather program in case of rain. ADJOURNMENT: An adjournment was called at 9:45pm. msc.

4 Paddle Smart Presentation From: Ian STEWART I believe the presentation went well. A small hiccup at the start with finding a location for the screen and getting the projector to focus. But, with the help of a few of your members the technical stuff was sorted out and the show went on. I believe the participants learned a few things about preparedness, self-rescue and of course Nanaimo Search and Rescue. Duane and myself also learned a few things about the types of vessels used and I was pleasantly surprised that many/most people are using a pfd and other safety gear already! Plus, leaving a trip plan with someone they can count on before they go. Big smiles over that one. I also handed out a few items such as emergency whistle, emergency blanket and flash card for folks interested. I was also wondering if it was possible to send out a follow up to your members with the below information for their reference: 1. The federal AdventureSmart website: Contains loads of safety preparedness info as well as a handy trip planning form they they can print off and use 2. Province of BC River Forecast Centre website: Contains current river levels and flood forecast modelling info. Also, link to realtime hydraulic data. 3. Raven Rescue Provides a range of training, including water safety, swift water, wilderness first aid, etc

5 4. Nanaimo Search and Rescue website and you can follow us on Facebook. Contains plenty of information on the organization, trip planning, sponsorship and we periodically post-preparedness tips on FB as well as upcoming fundraising events. Note: NSAR is currently fundraising towards a purpose built hall. Your generous donation of $100 will go towards these efforts. More info on the building project is on the NSAR webpage. For the stipend you can mail a cheque payable to Nanaimo Search and Rescue to: 195B Fourth St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 1T1 On a personal note, Duane and I would like to thank the club member for the gift of the beautiful handcrafted pens. Absolutely, stunning work! Please pass on our gratitude. If you have and other questions, please get in touch. Otherwise, thanks for supporting NSAR. Regards, Jamai

6 Spider Lake Fishing Report March 24 From: RICHARD BEST I Bass fished Spider until late afternoon. Only had one fish nibble at my rubber worm. I caught one small RB on a worm. One of the chironomid guys got into some nice RBs, fishing just off the bottom in the deepest part of the lake. He had a sounder with a thermometer, and he said the surface temp was 44F. I have caught bass as early as March 15 in other years, but I never caught one until the temp was at least 47F. The next time the weather warms up the wily bass will wake up and start eating. I shot some cool underwater bug video. These screen caps don't really show it. In the movie they are crawling around and darting thru the water and eating each other.

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11 Cowichan River Fishing Report March 29 Bruce Murray Forecast was pretty crappy dominated with rain and some wind to be going on an all day drift and fishing trip down the Cowichan River from Road Pool 12 km to Skutz Falls take out point. As a result, only two showed up for the event. However it only rained north of the Cowichan River and we had a beautiful fishing day.dominated by no rain, overcast and warm. Randy O Donnell in his very fast PT Boat. Note the weather forecast was all wrong.

12 Only one other boat on the river and we passed him in the first 250 meters as he had a fish on, so we had first cast on all the fishing water for the entire day.

13 Although fishing was slow, we both had multiple fish on but nothing to the beach as we are experienced long distance release fishers.

14 Randy casting tight loops to an excellent looking feeding station.

15 What did we learn at the General Meeting Paddle Smart Presentation. Go over a woody obstruction, not under not like this kayaker

16 Flylines SPRING 2018March 19, 2018 AGM APRIL 21, 2018NOTICE Attention all members of the BC Federation of Flyfishers! Our Annual General Meeting will be held in Tofino on Saturday April 21, 2018 at 10 am! The meeting and dinner will be held at Jamie s Rainforest Inn, located at 1258 Pacific Rim Highway. Meet and greet Friday night (April 20) 7:00 to whenever. Saturday business, elections and other business.

17 Saturday social activities, fly tying, casting, speakers, etc. Buffet dinner, after dinner speakers, Silent Auction. Deluxe buffet is $40. Members are respectfully requested to donate items for the Silent Auction. Items pertaining to fly fishing are particularly welcome. Flies are always given a lot of attention. This is the time to make a request to corporate sponsors. All members travelling by road need to be aware of road closures every day regarding work on the section along Kennedy Lake. Consult Ministry of Highways website for schedules: Also, consider that daylight hours are safest for driving this road. Bring family members as there are many things to do, like walking on beaches, whale watching (bring binoculars), surfing, hiking trails.! Check with your accommodation provider. BCFFF AGM 2018 Tofino April 21 Jamie s Rainforest Inn (1258 Pacific Rim Highway) 10am-12am business 12am break for lunch. Lunch is available on the pub side of room. There are also many other options around town. 1pm-9pm Social events, speakers, fly tying, dinner silent auction. Pub stays open till 12pm. Dinner buffet $40 can be booked online Here is a list of some Tofino Accommodations Jamie's Rainforest Inn Pacific Sands Resort Ocean Village Resort Tofino Resort Marina Tin Wis Best Western Botanical Gardens Hostel Whalers On The Point Hostel

18 2014 AGM at Courtenay Fish and Game Association facilities CORBETT LAKE FISHOUT April 27/28/29

19 For those who are thinking of attending please book asap as accommodation is running out. Anne advised that she will cook a dinner for Friday night and will have the bar open for some telling of tall tales. The Saturday meal plan of breakfast, bagged lunch and dinner is $55.00 including tax and gratuities. Sunday morning breakfast is also available.please book youraccommodation and meals directly with Anne at Corbett Lake(250) We are hoping to get Ken Woodward of Kelowna to speak at our Fishout. He is willing to share his recent experience with fishing the Skagit and Silver Hope R. with former World Fly Fishing Champion Dave Arcay of Spain. For those who don't know Ken, he is a teacher in Kelowna (ex fish biologist) and a very experienced fly fisher and fly tier in the interior. Ken is a very knowledgable in the field of entomology, especially for interior lakes and is very willing to share this knowledge with others. Ken has given several presentations to the PFF on topics such as Chironomids, Damselflies and Scuds etc.ken's presentations have been first rate with great photo's, charts and information. For those who have never fished Corbett Lake, note that they also rent boats. For more info see their website at:

20 BCFFF Constitution and By-Laws of March 12, 2018 From: Dear Club Contacts, For your use, I ve attached a copy of the updated BCFFF Constitution and By-Laws of Mar. 12/18. In order to comply with the new BC Societies Act, the Federation was required to make minor changes to a By-Law. Such changes are noted in italics within By-Law 1. Thank you, Greg Gordon Secretary