Starting a new thread on Fish for the Future...
and a poll just to get a sense of how many from the forum will come out.
So, most of the preparation for the event is now complete. The rest of the work will be done a few days before the event. I hope many of you will join us, as not only you can pass on some of your fishing knowledge to those who are eager to learn, but also learn something from the activities at the event.
Activities that you can look forward to this year!Flytying: Chrome Mykiss (Carlo) will be doing flytying clinics for kids (and some adults if time permits) throughout the event! Carlo is an avid stillwater angler and spends a good portion of his spring months at the interior lakes. During the clinic, he will be helping kids tying up some simple flies of their own chosen colours. Every kid who wishes to tie will go home with at least one fly.
Flycasting: Newsman (Jeff) will be doing flycasting demos and clinics throughout the event. This is available to anyone who wishes to learn. No sign-up required, just show up and ask him questions.
The Critter Station: Fishersak (Mark) will be looking after this wonderful booth that was extremely popular last year. At the critter station, you'll find several aquarium displays. We'll have one large aquarium where kids can temporary place the fish that they catch in so everyone can observe how the fish swim, feed and behave with others. In a different aquarium, we'll have aquatic insects, mainly from streams. Want to take a closer look? Scoop some out with the small net and observe them under the microscope.
Birds of Prey: OWL (Orphaned Wildlife) based in Ladner will be on site with several birds that are currently at their shelter. I do not know which birds they will bring yet but usually one can expect to see an eagle, an owl and even a hawk! This is a fantastic opportunity for those who do not get a chance to go on birdwatching tours. Learn the problems these birds face in urbanized areas and how you can help.
Burns Bog: Burns Bog Conservation Society will have an information booth set up to give everyone a better understanding of this complex ecosystem not far from Vancouver. Ask them about the group tours that are happening this summer holiday.
The Salmon Station: Alison from Gibbs Fishing will have a large display of Gibbs lures for those who are interested to find out which lures work best for which salmon species. There will also be a kids casting contest throughout the event at this station. The Seymour Salmonid Society will be displaying an aquarium of juvenile coho salmon. Ask the staff about the beautiful Seymour River and what you can do to preserve this watershed.
Fishing on the Floating Dock: This is what most kids come for!
The floating dock at the No. 2 Road Pier is a fantastic platform for anyone who enjoys fishing. For those kids who do not have a fishing rod, we'll have some available for borrowing at the pier. Bait, hooks, weight, line, buckets etc will be available as well if you do not have any. Dragonspeed and Rantalot will be on the floating dock helping everyone with the fishing. There will be fish id cards for the kids to use if they catch a mysterious fish.
The Fishing Information Booth: Beside the licence and registration area, there will be a fishing information booth. Free brochures, fish id cards, etc that are provided by DFO, Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC, and this website will be available.
Drinks and Draw prizes: We're not sure if we are doing draw prizes this year yet, because there wasn't much interest last year. We'll have cold soft drinks and water for sale at the event. The fund generated from this sale goes to next year's event, so I hope you are all thirsty! Volunteers of the event get a free drink each by the way.
That's about it! Here's the information of the event again:
Date: Saturday July 8th, 2006
Time: 10am - 3pm
Location: No. 2 Road, London's Landing (southern end of No. 2 Road,
see map)
Website:
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fftfQuestions? email Rodney
info@fishingwithrod.com or post it here
Just to give everyone an idea how this event is funded and the limitations that are holding us back from expanding it. Each year this event receives $500 from the Family Fishing Weekend Society. Last year, our soda sale and draw prizes raked in around $60 after other expenses are deducted. So for this event I am working with $560.
So far the cost:
Advertising in one edition of Richmond Review (newspaper)..... $187 + tax
Advertising in World Journal (Chinese newspaper)..... $75 + tax
Table and chair rental..... $85 + tax
So that's $347 used already, there are still misc. items that need to be purchased just before the event. Ideally I would like to also place one ad in the Richmond News but this budget does not allow it.
Thanks to Bwi Bwi,
his shop has done all of the printing of posters, flyers and other reading materials for the event at no cost! Redl Sports is also very generous as always with rods, reels and flytying material. Berry's donation of massive amount of dew worms keeps all the young fishermen happy. There are so many other friends and sponsors who have been so helpful over the years continue to make this event possible, I will post a complete list of them once this is finished. If you would like to help us, please email me. This is not a Fishing with Rod event, Fishing with Rod is simply a sponsor of it. This event is being put on by all the volunteers who are coming out on July 8th.
We hope to see you on July 8th!
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