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Rods and Reels for the North!
Last Updated on Friday, 20 August 2010 10:05 Written by staff Tuesday, 15 June 2010 08:26
The Provincial Rod and Reel Program visited three more communities in Northern and Central Manitoba in the spring/summer of 2010. These included a stop in Little Grand Rapids with Manitoba Conservations Doug Leroux and Todd Hughes. Todd, who is a Manitoba Conservation officer, helped organize the delivery of 270 rods and reels to the schools in Little Grand and Pauingassi.
Provincial Youth Angling Coordinator Don Lamont continued on with visits to Nelson and Oxford House First Nations. This trip was organized by Regional Fisheries Manager Don Macdonald and supported with flights from Calm Air. More than 1400 rods and reels were given to the students and teachers of these two communities. This brings to number of communities visited to almost thirty over the last seven years. This provincial rod and reel program was started by the owner of Nueltin Lake Lodge Garry Gurke. Garry, who lives in Alonsa, saw a need and donated his time and money to make this program happen. As a result Garry has won "The Spirit of the Earth" Award and will be presented with this honor June 21st in Winnipeg. This award issponsored by Manitoba Hydro.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
The Provincial Rod and Reel program has visited many of the remote communities across northern Manitoba. Contact is made through local tribal councils and school administrators. All of the presentations are done in the community schools. At the end of the presentation, rods and reels as well as tackle are handed out to all the students of the school. This allows young people in the community to have the opportunity to try sport fishing, a life time recreational pursuit. In many communities fishing clubs have been formed and school fishing outings have been organized. The Provincial Rod and Reel program tries to reach at least three remote communities every year..
The presentation itself consists of a thirty minutes power point presentation on fish biology and habitat which is followed by a hands-on session with knot tying, the proper method of playing a fish when caught, and how to handle a fish. At every school, books are left with the teaching staff outlining fishing in Manitoba.
There are a number of different groups, companies and individuals that have supported this program.
They include: Garry and Shawn Gurke of Nueltin Fly In Lodges, Fish Futures, The Fisheries Enhancement Fund, Calm Air, Gardewine and the Manitoba Fisheries Department. This program has been administered by Manitoba Youth Angling Coordinator Don Lamont
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