April 2011

Fred Says!

Perseverance and Determination pays off!

On Friday, April 22, 2011, James Grant once again stepped up to the plate and hit a "home run" for our club.

It all began a few weeks earlier when a coordinator (Sina) from the Presidio YMCA emailed the Lake Merced Fishing Program and asked for assistance. James went to work on the project and was able to enlist Ed Figone, John Romero from the Tyee Club, Hank Farr, Danny Gregori from the  Golden Gate Rod & Gun Club and Joe Carlomagno from the SFFD fishing program.

Our club provided 20 fishing Rods and Reels that were donated by Cal-Trout and refurbished  courtesy of John Romero, Ed Figone dug into his personal collection of hooks to complete the hardware portion of this endeavor.

Early Friday evening of the event, 13 youth (11-13yrs) all from inner city schools, arrived with 3 adult chaperons from the YMCA. They had a picnic lunch, fishing stories from our crew and had a great time learning about fishing and the patience required for the sport. A great time was had by all and the event was concluded at 8:00pm.

Now that summer is here and the weather gets better, we hope to have more events like this one. We need a list of volunteers for the coming months, pick some months and times that you could be available and let us know. The time you spend on a fishing event can be used for a credit to your yearly 8 hours contributed to the club.

That's all for now,
Semper Fi,

Fred Tautenhahn
(650) 572-1477