Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Until Next Year

As most of you probably know, BTC has been following the First Annual Heinz Skitzvelvet Invitational, which took place this past weekend from Friday 13th until Monday 16th. The Competition was fierce, as was the weather but the four anglers that made it to the event battled hard none the less.


Friday saw anglers duke it out for big panfish on light fly rods as walleye/pike season did not open until the following day. All four anglers found good numbers of big fish, some of fish were close to a pound in wieght. Dries, Nymphs, and small streamers - they couldn't go wrong!





Come saturday and sunday, the weather took a nose-dive. Cold temperatures and driving rain kept the fish down deep and scarce but our four competitors wastes no time changing tactics to keep bends in the rods. 

   " It was really tough out there on those two particular days. The wind was driving in from the north east, the temps plummeted, and the fish just weren't on the bite. I resorted to using Crystal Meth.....and I don't mean the fly pattern either.."  Said Mikey Fitzgerald in a recent interview with Forbes Magazine.



Monday was the last shot the four anglers had to get in some last minute fishing, and while only two of them made it out and no fish were caught, the damage had been done. Nick Donovan, from Trenton Ontario, was awarded the prize money and title as Heinz Skitzvelvet Invitational Angler Of The Year for his outstanding angling abilities, as well as number of differet species caught throughout the weekend. Behind The Cast cannot congratulate you enough Nick!


Wednesday, 4 May 2011

White Suckers

                                  Slender White Suckers, All In A Row
Slender White Suckers, Look At Them Go
Swimming Upstream With Sex On The Mind
Watch Them Closely And You Might Find
That They'll Take A Fly Among The Rocks And Roots
And Can Be Squashed Quite Quickly Under The Studs On Your Boots

Slender White Suckers, Spawning In Redds
Slender White Suckers, With Those Nasty Looking Heads
Sucking Up Steelhead Eggs Just Previously Laid
And Staying Quite True To Your Given Name
We Catch You And Hurdle You Into The Woods
Learn How To Fight, And Give Us The Goods!

Slender White Suckers Won't Give You Your Licks
Slender White Suckers Can Sometimes Be Pricks.
So Start Ripping Those Suckers Out Of Their Beds
And Start Smashing Those Suckers In Their Strange Heads.
Don't Be Afraid And Don't Have Any Doubts
When  It Comes To A Super Sucker Knock-Out

It's A Game That, As Anglers, We Can Readily Play
So Mash And Mangle Your White Suckers Today!


 WARNING: Consult your local conservation officer or ministry of natural resourses before conducting a super sucker slaughter fest.Check local bylaws and regulations. BTC does not embrace violence against white suckers. If you have violent tendancies towards white suckers, consult your family physician about your anger issues. Practice Catch And Release.