Golden Rods and Reels Monthly Calendar of Events
April Events
April 2, 2013 - 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC -
Part One Alexandra Morton’s video about Salmon Security
April 9, 2013- 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC -
Part Two Alexandra Morton’s video about Salmon Security
April 16, 2013- 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC - Executive meeting
April 23, 2013- 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC -
April 25, 2013- Chili Cookout 11:00 am Eagle Beach (on Elk Lake)
April 30, 2013-
9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC -
Robert McConnell , President and Isa Milman “ Robert and Isa’s Megawat Tour of Thailand”
MARCH EVENTS
March 5, 2013- 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
March 12, 2013 - 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC - Dr. David Docherty,UVIC speaker “Boosting or Maintaining Your Brain Power as you Grow Older”
March 19, 2013 -9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
March 26, 2013- 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC Mick Collins, Member “ Images of India-A Photographic Journey by Road and Rail”
FEBRUARY EVENTS
February 5, 2013 - 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC .
February 12, 2013- 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
Speaker - Dr. Reginald Mitchell , Professor Emeritus , Chemistry, UVIC “ A New Era of Snake Oils: Chemical Rip-offs of the Elderly and Not so old”
February 19, 2013 - 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
Executive meetings
February 26, 2013 , 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
Speaker - Chris Bos, South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition www.anglerscoalition.com
JANUARY
Happy New Year!
January 8, 2013, 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC.
Speaker : Dwight Owens , Web Content Manager Neptune Canada Ocean Network at UVIC www.neptunecanada.ca “Mother Ocean ..Why Oceans Matter”
January 15, 2013 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
January 22, 2013, 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
Executive meetings
January 29, 2013: 9:00 am Regular Meeting, Silver Threads Hall, 1728 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
speaker: Dr. Derek Ellis, Professor Emeritus Biology , UVIC . “Marine Biology in the Arctic, 1950s style”.
December 4, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Ms. Kylee Pawluk, UVIC PhD student, School of Environmental Studies “ Marine Invasive Species and their Impacts on Vancouver Island “.
December 11, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall, food bank donations
December 18, 2012, - the last get together for the year, Brunch at Spencer Castle @ 10:00 am ,Gift Exchange
NOVEMBER EVENTS
November 6, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall- Program - Gregory Marchand, Author, "Open Heart Runner- searching for meaniing after my heart stopped"
Nwww.gregorymarchand.com/open-heart-runner.html
November 8, 2012 - Annual Soup and Hot Dog Lunch @ Goldstream Park
November 13, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Program - Dr. Eileen Van der Flier-Keller, University of Victoria School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. " How Vancouver Island Came to be: The Rock Story"
November 20, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Annual General Meeting
November 27, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Executive Meeting
OCTOBER EVENTS
October 2 , 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Speaker - Dorothy Mindenhall, Author, "Unbuilt Victoria"
October 9, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads
Anna Patten, UVIC Ph.D Student, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and the Brain.
October 11, 2012 - Thanksgiving Pot Luck Dinner
October 16, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads
Executive Meeting
October 23, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Speaker - Danda Humphreys, Author, "Government Street, Yesterday and Today"
October 30, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall- speaker - Tim Yesaki, VP Operations Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. www.gofishbc.com
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
September 3 -7, 2012 Fall Fishing at Buttle Lake
September 11, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall -Guest Speaker -Paul Hazzard, Lifestyle Consultant, Parkwood Place by Revera " Benefits of independent retirement communities"
September 18, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
September 25, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Over 85's LuncheonAUGUST EVENTS
No regular meetings
JULY EVENTS
July 3, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
guest speaker: Richard Wilby, Owner, Forged Fly Fishing
July 10, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Guest Speaker- Dr. Nick Russell, Author "Glorious Victorians a Celebration of Victoria's Residential Heritage"
July 17, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Executive Meeting
July 18, 2012, Annual Pot Luck at Spencer Castle 3:00 pm
July 24, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
guest speaker : Adam Ungstad, Author, Secret Lakes of Southern Vancouver Island
July 31, - Meet at Oregano's @10:00 a.m. for Ross Bay Cemetery Tour
JUNE EVENTS
June 5, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
June 7, 2012 Anniversary Pot Luck Picnic hosted by Bob and Marie Spooner
June 12, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Speaker:Dr. Rick Nordin, speaking on Lake Water Quality @ St. Mary Lake, Saltspring Island
June 19,2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Executive Meeting
June 26, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall- Member Ron Duncan, - Fishing in Matheson, Kemp, Blinkhorn and Spectacle Lakes
MAY EVENTS
May 1, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Guest Speaker: Sandy McElroy Fishing in South America
May 8, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Guest Speaker
May 15 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Executive meeting
May 21, 2012 to May 25, 2012 - Buttle Lake Camping/Fishing
May 29, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Speaker Topic - the Health of Elk Lake
APRIL EVENTS
April 3, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Fly tying demonstration
April 10, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
guest speaker
April 17, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
-guest speaker
April 24, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Executive Meeting
April 28, 2012 - Chili Cook Off at Eagle Beach on Elk Lake 11:00 a.m.
MARCH, 2012 EVENTS
March 6, 2012 - Seniors Fair @ Perks Arena 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
March 13, 2012- Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
March 20, 2012 -Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Guest Speaker
March 27, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - DVD showing
FEBRUARY 2012 CALENDAR
February 7, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
February 14, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
February 21, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Taking Leisure Seriously, Dr. J. Meldrum
February 28, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall Discussion and information by Clive Lane - Electronics for fishing,Tides & Currents
January 2012
January 10, 2012 - Welcome Back Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Executive Meeting
January 17, 2011 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - A Fishing Trip to Lapland presented by Barry Proud
January 24, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Walking to Satiago, a Modern Pilgrimage, Dr. John Tucker
January 31, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall - Chironomid Fishing Tips and Instruction - Jim MacDonald
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DECEMBER EVENTS
December 4, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
Ms. Kylee Pawluk, UVIC PhD student, School of Environmental Studies “ Marine Invasive Species and their Impacts on Vancouver Island “.
December 11, 2012 - Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall
December 18, 2012, -Regular meeting 9:00 am. Silver Threads Hall- Program - Pot Luck Brunch, Food Bank Donations, Gift Exchange
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Saturday, February 7, 2009
2008 RESULTS
THE LARGEST CHINOOK: 18 LBS, CAUGHT BY DAVE CROMACK
HIDDEN WEIGHT SALMON ‑11 LBS 5 OZ COHO CAUGHT BY: ROBERT MCCONNELL
THE LARGEST COHO ‑14 LBS CAUGHT BY: CLIVE LANE
THE LARGEST BOTTOM FISH (HALIBUT) - 26 LBS CAUGHT BY : RAY WALLIS
THE LARGEST TROUT TROPHY- CAUGHT ON THE FLY 3 LBS 2 OZ CAUGHT BY: ERIC ROBERTS
THE LARGEST TROUT TROLLING ‑ CAUGHT ON PLUG: 2LB 14 OZ CAUGHT BY: DENNIS GEDNEY
BARNEY STEELE HIDDEN WEIGHT TROUT 3 LBS CAUGHT BY: DON WALKER
HOWARD ZACCARELLI MEMORIAL TROPHY ‑ LARGEST CHINOOK ‑ DAVE CROMACK
GOLDEN RODS & REELS MEMBER AWARD ‑ JESSIE EDGE