You still have a few weeks to practice: the annual Club tournament will be held at Flatiron Reservoir on Thursday, Sept. 15, the day after the Senior Derby.
For newbies and the forgetful who are not sure what's involved, this is a competition held since 2007, and the winner is whomever catches the biggest measured string of four trout in a four-hour period, 8 a.m. to noon. Money and reputations are on the line here, so competition will be ruthless. (Please bring along a tape to measure and record each other's catch.) Win or lose, lunch will be free to all, served up by the most recent tournament champion and runner-up, Bill Prater and Rick Golz.
Admission is charged at Flatiron, so some of us will meet in the Jax parking lot on West Eisenhower to carpool, leaving no later than 7:30 a.m.
This will be the first competition since introduction of Covid-19 to the world - which takes a bit of the luster off the fact that your legendary editor Bill Prater has retained the traveling trophy at his house since 2019.
Club historians, admirers and sore losers may recall that, using a mysterious secret bait, Bill put together a limit string of two 14-inch rainbows and two 13 1/2 inchers for a total of 55 inches, in a contest determined by combined length. Rick's string totaled 50 inches, using his deadly half-a-nightcrawler technique.
Bill and Rick (who is still muttering over the 2019 outcome) will be responsible for cooking hotdogs for the after-tourney picnic.
Rules are pretty simple: one pole at a time, one hook, any type of legal bait, shore fishing only. There are two cash prizes, and the winner's name is engraved on the traveling trophy now sitting on this editor's desk. Good luck!
Here are the names of past winners.
- 2007 Jim Kucera, 45 1/2 inches
- 2008 Alan Anderson, 54 inches
- 2009 Dom Scarillo 45 1/4 inches
- 2010 Alan Anderson 45 1/2 inches
- 2011 Merle Boden 50 inches
- 2012 Norm Engelbrecht 40 1/2 inches
- 2013 (year of the flood; no competition)
- 2014 Dave Boyle 43 1/2 inches
- 2015 Dennis Kelsey 43 1/2 inches
- 2016 Leland Carpenter, 45 1/4 inches
- 2017 Donald Knudson 17 1/2 inch bass (held at Swift Ponds)
- 2018 Dave Koon 17 1/2 inch bass (also Swift Ponds)
- 2019 Bill Prater, 55 inches (back at Flatiron)
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