Saturday AM amidst the thunder and lightning finds the scoreboard at the Tyee Clubhouse inscribed with two new members of the Tyee Club, both rowed in last night.
I rowed Adam last night, another of those fly fishing types from Calgary who always turn out to be great company, but failed to elicit a strike for him, despite being in the right place at the right time as there was a nice little "bite" last night and right on schedule too.
As we arrived at where I wanted to be the guy ahead of us got bit and after a nice circling move in the pool with a fish on they got it out and away they went on the ebb.
We'd pulled our line up until they cleared away and just as we got back in someone on the inside of us got bit but it was small so they stayed inside to play it.
But a few moments later as we again were set up and fishing Randy Killoran yelled "There he is!" as his rod-holder struck and Randy pulled hard on the oars, heading out.
We were about 60' away when he got bit.
Adam noted someone else north of us playing a fish too and in the darkening eve we saw the net being lifted and heard a squeal of delight and the voice of an obviously young person exclaiming: "I got my fish!! I got my fish!!"
Not much later Ted Milbrandt hooked up with what turned out to be a 27 pounder on the scale.
But here's the great part.
The young voice exalting over getting a fish belonged to Raeya Mackie, the eight year old daughter of Mike Mackie, and weighed 32 1/2 pounds on the scale, not quite as big as her brother Landon's , the 36 1/2 pound fish of two nights ago.
The kicker is that Bob, the Weighmaster, told me that before they went out last night she was telling everyone that she was going to get a fish and that it would be bigger than her brothers too.
She got her fish but it wasn't quite as big as Landon's, so the sibling rivalry continues.
Bob said she was strutting around the yard at the Clubhouse proud as could be, and who could blame her?
Eight years old and in the Tyee Club as a Junior Angler, rowed by Dad Mike who is off to a great start in the Tyee Father Of The Year contest I just started. LOL
Speaking of eight years, I'm led to believe that's at least how long Bryan Rickert had been trying for a Tyee and last night he finally got one.
Rowed by Rob Turko, Bryan weighed in a 30 1/2 pounder that just snuck him into the Tyee Club last night, but it WAS a Tyee and that's what counts.
Randy didn't bring in a fish so it must have escaped and I think another either got away or was an obvious under so wasn't weighed, but it was nice to see a real "bite" happen and it's certainly encouraging as we had but three Tyee on this date last year and we have four now.
And coincidence or not, as we were starting off last night one of my pals yelled out that it was supposed to be a time of "high activity" as he called it around 8:30 PM.
I suspect he'd looked at the Solunar Tables some people use given his use of the term, "high activity", and sure enough, it was between 8:30 and 8:45 that the "bite" went off.
High activity indeed!!
Fun evening and a new friend met who helped maintain my reputation as a mere tour guide but at least we witnessed some action, so it's all good.
Maybe tonight.
Take care.
