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[Xgolfman]

Well, guess I'm the first one back, went up earlier then planned...fished without success..damn things like to jump my fly line though...Went to the clean up and over 200 people showed up and a WHOLE lot of garbage was picked up...Big Thanks to Rod, C.G. and 2:40...nice job guys and thanks for all the cool stuff....2:40, thanks again...the fish will be in heaven much quicker now ..

Was good to see CMK and meet Fishforever....Missed T.R. and B.S. saw your truck but never saw where you guys went...Hope everyone did well in the afternoon...I was beat and the border was supposed to be way backed up...I was sweating it and with an hour line up at Sumas going south..hustled down before it got longer and pulled right up and through...Don't know why 1130 does that but that's the um teenth time I've heard the line up was huge and found nothing there..Can't complain this time though..would have fallen asleep in the line up probably...

Again, thanks to everyone who was at the clean up and a really nice job on the organization and to Rod, Chris, 2:40 , Lew and all the guys there...also it was extremely nice of DNE to donate the bait boxes...class act....

[Pat AV]

I wish I wasn't stuck at my desk so I could have helped you all out!

All those that attend these events are anglers of the highest caliber in my books, thanks for cleaning up one of the the rivers that I love!

Great Job!

Pat

[Rodney]

Thanks for coming out golfman. I think Thickrick, Big Steel and Merc are still fishing. I just arrived home, pretty exhausted. Now we are all going to invade the Vedder with our big blue bait box around our waist right?

Photos to come, stay tuned.

[Xgolfman]

Thanks for coming out golfman. I think Thickrick, Big Steel and Merc are still fishing. I just arrived home, pretty exhausted. Now we are all going to invade the Vedder with our big blue bait box around our waist right?

Photos to come, stay tuned.

They will know us..by our bait boxes...

[Big Steel]

Well I made it n the door.  Was a great day and was also a pretty darn good fishing day as well.   Had fun at the clean-up.  Was great seeing so many people out for such a good cause.  Sorry we missed you XGolfman.  Would have like to put a name to the face.  
Thanks to Rodney for the rather nice gifts, to Chris as always for everything that he does, and to all the volunteers that made this such a succesful day!!   You all rock and deserve a big pat on the back.

[dennyman]

Rodney: thanks for the gifts, and to the rest of the volunteers take a bow for a job well done. With regards to the bait box, I am going to see if I can also use it as a stripping basket for some shooting heads I am getting for my fly rod.

[bbronswyk2000]

 A bunch of us cleaned up this homeless persons setup. He had two tents setup which was full of garbage wihch included stolen merchandise, food and the list goes on. Took about 6 of us and 5 truck loads!!!

[Xgolfman]

good god, i heard about that site...and I thought we got hammered...I have never seen so much crap at one spot on the upper river...we filled one truck and bags in the back of my truck only...Seems like a lot more garbage this time...

I saw T.R.'s truck...I was sitting on my tailgate in the shade in the middle back ....I went out and looked for you guys but didn't see you...went up to one really big dude  but he turned out to be named Andy...oh well, next time...maybe you can spare some good luck...I'm bringing out the CP next time...

P.S. I went up with indian ronny, the guy in suspenders...that were on wrong.. and a tall guy who's a bud from down here...I wasn't walking around a whole lot as my damn zipper broke and I didn't want to wreck all those clean hearted canadian girls... ...Ok,,,maybe once upon a time...

[bbronswyk2000]

good god, i heard about that site...and I thought we got hammered...I have never seen so much crap at one spot on the upper river...we filled one truck and bags in the back of my truck only...Seems like a lot more garbage this time...

I saw T.R.'s truck...I was sitting on my tailgate in the shade in the middle back ....I went out and looked for you guys but didn't see you...went up to one really big dude  but he turned out to be named Andy...oh well, next time...maybe you can spare some good luck...I'm bringing out the CP next time...

A bunch of us were looking for you but didnt see any funny looking Americans around 

[dennyman]

So where was this homeless people camp setup?  It is a shame that the City of Chilliwack does not step in, to prevent such illegal camp sites.

[DaN ThE MaN]

Within that camp we found a bag of porn dvds Real bushwacking..LoL

[Chrome Mykiss]

Thanks to the CVRCC for putting on another great cleanup event. As always it was well organized. There were some great draw prizes and plenty of food to go around for everyone    I didn't go home totally skunked, got a nice DFO mug to go along with my DFO hat that I already have

XGolfman, it was great to finally meet the man behind all the gear gloating posts  You Americans have weird customs, greeting our Canadian women with an open fly  It was great to see my old friend Indian Ronny too, haven't seen him since I fished Tunkwa with him back in the mid 90's.

FWR representin It was great to see all the other FWR members out there too, like Bigsteel, Dan the Man, Fishforever, bbronswyk2000, Troutslayer, Thick Rick, and others that I missed. I bet Dan kept the DVD's for himself    lol

Rod, I should have grabbed another sky blue bait box, as I always seam to fish with a pair of bait boxes all the time 

[Fish Assassin]

CM, your avatar has to go !

[Trout Slayer]

CM, your avatar has to go !

I was laughing my my friend off when we were taking that photo. Was a great day on the river even though the fishing was on the slow side of things. WE NEED RAIN!!! Still managed a big ol' nasty chrome whitey that I released at first light though. Thanks to all those involved in the CVRCC for making this such a great program of what it is today and helping it be introduced to other urban streams that we love.

[2:40]

Well, once again, a very successful day. The weather was perfect, there was plenty of garbage and the food, prizes, entertainment and displays were spot on. Big thanks to the CVRCC, all the volunteers, those who brought displays, businesses who donated prizes, the music band and especially Frank Kwak and his wife who worked very hard again to feed us all. To those who stayed home or went fishing; my thanks to you as well.    

Enjoyed meeting a few members before going out with Bronswyk and his buddy to clean up the mentioned abandoned campsite. What a mess in there. Doesnt help that everything, food and so forth, had been sitting around for at least two weeks.

Bronswyk digging in. He soon after found a brand-new Philly Flyers hat!!! What did you do with that btw? Should I be watching for you to break it in on the flow next time your're out? It'll go good with a yellow rainjacket and big coffee grinder j/k


One of two loads I took in my truck.  


The big bin at the end of the day. We had to pile garbage beside it too!!! I bet close to a record collection. Im sure we'll have the numbers by next week.


BBQ time.


Prize draw.


I stood with XGolfman and enjoyed as we joked around and talked fishing while we waited for our numbers to be drawn. The numbers drawn jumped around ours, but near the end, I got drawn!!   I went up proudly, but was quickly deflated by what was left on the table to choose from. A couple hats (not Maple Leaf, thus not permitted on my head) a coffee mug, a couple stainless steel fish bonkers and a ball point pen (that may or may not have been in the draw) was left. Remembering Xgolfman voicing interest several times in the bonkers, I snagged one. Judging by how he perked up from staring glumly at his soon to be confirmed loser ticket and keenly rubbed his hands together as I presented him with the bonker, I made a good choice.    I hope you get good use from it! If I kept it, I would have just got a sore back sooner as my vest is heavy enough as it is.

Also interested to try my baby blue bait box Rodney brought from DND. Wonder what colour it will turn once the procure hits it? Rodney, any further thoughts on my hooking up a pump to keep ghost shrimp alive in it?    Perfect size to keep about two dozen cozy in there.

Thanks again to all who came out and gave something back and helped make a difference.