Local Rivers: Fraser River: Tidal and Non-tidal - some Sturgeon are being caught but the best angling is for Cut-throat; Butt trout and White fish. Sturgeon - best baits: oolichons; ditch eels; lampreys; roe and of course good old pike minnows! Trout - best baits: single eggs; dew worms; roe and small spoons. Chilliwack/Vedder: Steelhead and fishermen are throughout [...]
January’s ATS day was a great day of training, with 11 participants out. February’s shoot is Sunday the 24th. Range 3, 1030, for the regular shoot; RSVP, if you plan on attending. Standard round count, 250 rnds per platform (birdshot for the shotguns), $20 drop in fee. For the Veritac Alumni, if I get 2+ [...]
All, a reminder, ATS is Sunday, 24 January. Range 3, 1030, for the regular shoot; pistol, carbine, shotgun. $20 drop in fee. Standard round count, 250 rnds per platform (birdshot for the shotguns). For the Veritac Alumni, if I get 2+ response from you, we will do some bluegun drills from 0830 to 1000, with [...]
First off, congratulations to to Brennan Sheremeto and his wife Kendra on their pregnancy of twins! As such, Brennan is no longer able to take on the responsibility of running the Steel Challenge Subclub and we are looking for a new volunteer immediately. The main responsibility of running the Steel Challenge Club is to be in [...]
The AFGC Annual Game Dinner will be held on February, 9th, 2019 and we are looking for food donations and parking volunteers. To all you hunters out there we would appreciate donations of wild game/waterfowl from your harvest. You can drop the meat off at the clubhouse with caretakers by appointment or contact Ian [...]
We did not have a great turnout for the shoot. Only 24 A Class and 4 B Class shoots. We will try to move turkeys at January 20th shoot. That is the start of our 200 Bird Trophy, best score each month for 8 months. Thanks to Sonny Danielson for running counter. For pulling and marking, [...]
Attention members, Please note that the archery range is currently open but is flooded. We are draining it as best as we can, but bring your rubber boots!
Drop in sessions start up again on Jan 7th, after being cancelled on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. We start at 7 for all ages. Our 6-week Beginners Rifle Course is will resume on January 7th as well. We also continue to run introductory sessions for groups as requested. We are hosting a [...]
The archery club finished off 2018 with a well attended indoor turkey shoot. This year we raised our personal best of over $1340, all proceeds were donated to the BC Children’s Hospital. Archery nights will continue on January 2nd after a break for Christmas and New Years. Archery attendance is slowly picking up [...]
We hope that all club members enjoyed a Merry Christmas and we look forward to a save and happy new year in 2019. The PPC sub club will be holding our first practice/training match on Sunday January 6th. The will be the start of our 37th year of holding PPC matches on the first Sunday of each month. [...]
While the ‘official’ ATS day as cancelled, we had a number of advanced shooters out, practicing some entertaining live fire drills; apparently a good time was had by all! January's ATS day will be Sunday, 27 Jan. Range 3, 1030hrs, for the regular shoot; pistol, carbine, shotgun. $20 drop in fee (note the price [...]
There has been NO change in fish returns and weather in January. Except! - the Vedder/Chilliwack water shed, Steelhead are slowly starting to trickle in with each tide change. The Steelhead are still in the lower river between Cultas Lake crossing and Barrowtown. Many anglers are still fishing higher because of better conditions! Best baits are Roe; Ghost [...]
