Downtown Bass Anglers of Durham Region

I just finished updating the site, and it occurred to me that we’ve had quite a year so far, so I thought I would recap the year to this point.

We Started off the 2009 season with the First Annual DTBA Tackle Swap that was a huge success. Tons of gear and tackle exchanged hands. A ton of members showed, and with coffee and donuts, everyone was in the right mood to buy gear. It set the tone for a great 2009 season.

In February, working with Dave Chong and Doug Brownridge, we organized the First Annual Basstalk @ Downtown Bass anglers Club that brought 50 anglers together to talk fishing, and set the stage for an even better event next year. I’m definitely looking forward to next years event.

February was an extremely busy month, not only did we hold The First Annual Shimano @ Gagnon’s Event. Over 40 of our members showed up enjoying Pizza and great deals. But we also attended The Spring Fishing Show and held our first ever raffle for a rod and reel combo generously supported by Bob and Lee of Shimano. This was an excellent opportunity to promote our club. We generated a ton of new members and good will.

2009 also saw us making good on a commitment to launch the website, http://downtownbassanglers.com/, a project on our book for a while. Since its inception, we have had over 3500 hits.

Though there were many iterations, we finally settle on a Tourney Jersey design and working with Edmund at Siltec, we have sold near 30 Tourney Jerseys and 4 dozen T’s.

New membership is up, bringing new life to the club, getting us back to the reason we started the club, talking about fishing and having fun.

Many of our members have been supporting local volunteer events such as, 7th Annual Uxbridge Youth Fishing Event called Huck Finn Day, The 2009 Shimano Take A Kid Fishing Day @ Bellwood Lake Conservation Area, The 2009 Angler Young Angler Event in Port Perry, and the Catch A Dream event held in Orillia to name a few. And I’m sure that there will also be members attending Northumberland Big Brothers Big Sisters Event in a couple of weeks, the link is at the bottom of the page. It’s great to see so many of our members giving back to the sport of fishing.

Our 2009 Tourney season is off to a great start with some old and new faces doing very well at the events so far.

There are also some people that need mentioning for there contributions to DTB this year.

The Iroquois sports bar and grill for giving us the run of the joint on Monday nights and supporting the Basstalk event.

Gagnons, for their continued support of our club.

Andy for the great deal on the booth at the fishing show, that allowed us to attend.

Shimano for giving us the Rod and Reel combos and swag at the Gagnons event.

Edmund Wong at Siltec for working with us, doing a number of jersey designs, and giving us a great deal in the end.

Jack Van Buuren of Adventure Fishing Maps for donating prizes for our tourneys.

I would also like to thank some of our members, Glenn Meek for launching our Website and stepping in as Tournament Director, not an easy job. Jay for organizing our guests for each meeting. Bill Clarke for his support at the Fishing Show, and Bucky Tytler& Pete Seto for the Gagnons event. Chris Tieber for his guidance every now and then. Jeff Thompson for his donations to the Bass Tourneys. If I have forgotten anyone, I’ll get you in December.

I know it’s not Thanksgiving, but I thought on Canada Day, when we celebrate the great country that we live in, I would try to recognize the contributions that make our club so great.

Thanks and have a great Canada Day.:)