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[chris gadsden]

Thanks to Wally Hall for giving the Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society $500 today at the derby windup and presentation. It was part of the proceeds from the Wally Hall Junior annual steelhead derby held out of Fred's Custom Tackle shop.
 
Also, David Barnes informed us 2 anglers donated $100 each that they had won, thanks for all these generous gifts that will go towards our work of cleaning up the Chilliwack Vedder River. Thanks Dave for attending on behalf of the CVRCS.

[Dave]

I’m not normally a derby supporter but this one has the potential for really benefiting the C-V system.  Not only did the CVRCS collect $700 for its cause but an additional $2500 was allocated to future enhancement work for steelhead (as yet undecided, but hopefully will be integrated into a long term nutrient enrichment program).  Next year this event will come with a $20 entry fee … 50 % of which will go to the C-V system, so there are expectations of raising about 5k for enhancement.  As Fred Helmer said so eloquently today, raising this amount of money, annually, has leverage when asking government for grants to further fund fisheries work on this river.

I ask all readers to support this event next year.  Not only will your money go to a good cause, but the data collected regarding fish caught/angler numbers will add a bit more information into this vastly underfunded, and relatively unknown, population of fish.

And a free lunch!

Thanks Wally and Fred for making this event a winner

[HOOK]

Knowing that 50% of the funds will be going directly back to the fishery itself is great news !!! 

Next year might just be my first year participating in any derby and only because I know some of our money is going where it should. I probably wont even weigh in LoL 

I will be telling my close fishing partners about this as well. I would bet they will as well buy tickets