Bow River Clean Up

[theiceman2]

BOW RIVER CLEAN UP UPDATE: Edited Oct 18, 2008

 

 

When: Sunday Oct 19 @ 9:30

 

Where: Meet at Poliecemans Flats parking lot to pick up maps, garbage bags, gloves, and hand sanatizer, and be divided into groups based on the number of folks who show up.

 

BBQ: Fish creek park- Glennfield Group site B (see attached map pdf below. Spulombos sausages on the grill and side dishes from M&M meat shops. Prizes to be drawn at the BBQ.

 

http://www.tpr.alberta.ca/parks/fishcreek/...June%202008.pdf

 

Sponsors:

 

Hansons fishing ---------------- Fly rod (thanks Wayne, 813 1st St SW)

 

Cocoons Sunwear ---------------Polarized fishing glases

 

St Croix Rods ------------------- 2 - 40% discount cards for any rod and reel

 

Cabelas ------------------------- 2 -fishing vests, 10 camo Cabelas hats

 

Bauer Premium Fly Reels ------ Premium fly reel

 

Twin Butte Energy -------------- Cash Donation (purchesed fish creek day site for BBQ, condiments, drinks, garbage bags, incidentals)

 

Private donor -------------------- Two night weekend stay at the Hyatt Regency Calgary

 

Spolumbo's fine foods --------- BBQ Sponsor for all spicy and chicken sausages and buns

 

The Fishing Hole ---------------- Shimano fishing package (spinning rod/reel combo and a Shimano tackle bag) $200 value

 

Bow River Troutfitters ---------- 2 person beginner or intermediate fly fishing school"

 

Simms Fishing Products -------- River shed aquastealth wading boots

 

Morin Realty (278-2900) --------Large arbor Fly reel

 

M&M Meat Shops -----------------$100 credit (purchased cookies, and desert for BBQ)

 

Icky Fly Works ------------------ Boxes of Flys, IFW Hat and Sweater, Palsier 7wt reel.

 

Grasshopper Outdoors --------- 2X monomaster waste line holder.

 

Country Pleasures --------------- 2X Simms Keen wader sandals

Simms Storm Rivershed stockingfoot goretex waders

 

 

Be sure to support out sponsors as they are supporting such a great event!

 

NOTE: Please E-Mail me madams@twinbutteenergy.com and let me know if you will be attending

 

PRIZES: All prizes will be drawn for at the BBQ event, you will enter your name in the morning or at the BBQ. If your name is drawn you pick one item from the table. This eliminates the "swap" afterwards and you get to pick what you want.

 

 

DIRECTIONS TO POLICE MANS FLATS (like you don't know) : (East on Dunbow Road, and south on Bow River Bottom road to parking lot) Google 50.842070, -113.951280 for exact location

[wongrs]

hey, good for you Matt!

 

let me know if you have any questions/concerns on the logistics of last year's cleanup. i'd be happy to discuss.

 

rich

[reevesr1]

Matt,

I will certainly help in any way I can. I hated to bail on this before, so I hope I can redeem myself.

BBQ is great. I can help with some of the shops. PM me.

[theiceman2]

See the top post, I am editing that for the most up to date info.

 

 

Matt

[Teck71]

anything but the last 2 weekends of october will be fine for me. I need time to say good bye to the oldman and Fallen timber those 2 weekends

[SanJuanWorm]

I'll help this year. Last year I got called out to work.

[dimi]

OK so for some of us noobs here, what exactly do you do during this event. Walk down the river picking up garbage?

[Conor]

There is an organized national shoreline clean-up coming up here sometime soon (Sept./October sometime) called the TD shoreline clean-up. Shouldn't this clean-up register with them for maximum effect. They help manage which organizations will be cleaning up which river stretch on which day.

 

http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/home.php

[theiceman2]

There is an organized national shoreline clean-up coming up here sometime soon (Sept./October sometime) called the TD shoreline clean-up. Shouldn't this clean-up register with them for maximum effect. They help manage which organizations will be cleaning up which river stretch on which day.

 

http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/home.php

 

 

We can certanly work in conjuction with the TD group, and keep our animinity. The problem with the TD bank group is they offer very little financial support but take all of the credit.

 

By sticking to our original mandate we can acomplish what we set out to do and raise our own corperate sponsers with out running into a sponsorship legal battle. So far Cabelas has agreed to sponsor us, and I am waiting to hear back from others.

 

 

I will be putting some deep thought and planning into this event tonight and updating this thread daily to keep everyone in the loop, as for locations, groups, BBQ location, door prizes, ect.

 

Matt

[theiceman2]

Just a general update for the Bow River Clean up. The date that seems to work best for everyone is Sunday October 19, 2008. The general concept of the clean up, for anyone who has not participated before, is to walk a small stretch of the Bow River with a group and clean up some of the trash from the river banks and edges. As everyone knows a summer of rafting, fishing and general disregard can leave our beautiful river in shambles at the end of the season. This is also a good way to meet folk with similar interests and maybe even learn a tip or two or win a door prize from one of our sponsors.

 

I am waiting to confirm the number of interested people who would like to participate in this event before releasing a detailed plan for area clean up. If you are interested in attending please send me an E-Mail to madams@twinbutteenergy.com This is very imporntant as I need to know how to design the clean up and know how much to order for the BBQ. Also if you are interesed in offering your knowledge of a particular technique it would be great to have several clinics at the BBQ that people can attend; please E-Mail me if you would be able to offer a clinic.

 

Details:

 

 

When: Sunday October 19, 2008 @ 9:30

Where: Still working on a general meeting place

BBQ: Fish Creek Park @ 3:00

Current Sponsors: Cabelas and St Croix Rods

[theiceman2]

See the upper post for details

[Grasshopper]

Hi Matt,

Drop me an email as I'd like to donate a few monomasters to the cause.

 

Cheers,

Ian.

[wongrs]

looks like a fun event. the sponsors look awesome. i'd come if i was in town. it's a great way to meet up with your fellow fisher-people and learn some new tips and tricks for the bow.

[Nick0Danger]

Dude with all the sponsors you put some work into this. Quite awesome dude, hope i can make it out.

 

Nick

[headscan]

Do you have a deadline for us to let you know if we can make it? I probably won't know until the week of...

[ladystrange]

i'm in. i'll send off an email.

[Lundvike]

Bump could we sticky this maybe.

 

I am going to be there this year.

[Gil]

I'll try to make it however there is a chance I'll be out of town.

[gustuphson]

I'm in - missed out last year and look forward to this time.

Thanks for organizing this iceman!

[EdB]

@#$% i'm working. I'll try to get a shift trade. Had a blast last year. Great work on this Ice.

[rehsifylf]

@#$% i'm working. I'll try to get a shift trade. Had a blast last year. Great work on this Ice.

 

iceman - can you give a drop dead date for sign-up? My schedule bounces around, and I likely won't know for sure until next monday whether I'll be in town.

[theiceman2]

iceman - can you give a drop dead date for sign-up? My schedule bounces around, and I likely won't know for sure until next monday whether I'll be in town.

 

 

The only two reasons I need to have people confirmed is to plan teams and order the sausages from Spulumbos. You can let me know when ever. And I can order a few extra sausages for people with un certian schedules.

 

Cheers

Matt

[theiceman2]

Gone to Vegas for the week, thought I would update everyone on the clean up.

 

So far we have over 35 people officially registered for the event, so it should be more like 50 when its all said and done. I just got a pretty nice pair of Simms aqua stealth waders in Sz 11 for another door prize, man are they SWEET!

 

Also I am just sorting out a few options for the BBQ. There may be a local gentelman who ownes an acerage for down by Poliecemans flats, just waiting on confirmation we can have the BBQ there.

 

Spulumbos are supplying the BBQ supplys, they do Chicken, beef, and pork, IF YOU ARE A VEGITARIAN please send me a memo for what you would like to throw on the grill I can pick it up for you.

 

Also if you have any flyfishing, or even ice fishing gear for sale or trade, take a photo and print off the details, bring it with you to post on the "Board". I think we will have a "traders board" at the cleanup. Might be a good way to move some of that "not in use gear" what do you guys theink of that?

 

 

ANY OTHER IDEAS?

 

Matt

[ezcaddis]

how bout some fun competitions, furthest, most accurate casting..etc etc

[theiceman2]

Thats not a bad idea actually. Maybe I will keep a few of the sponsor prizes for a few competiotons.

 

how bout some fun competitions, furthest, most accurate casting..etc etc