Pay it forward part 1

[Jim_From_Zim]

Hi Rip

Thanks for the email last night, and for helping from the EC area too. I know I'm a sh*tstirrer from time to time but someone has to be the village idiot...

How do we determine the recipients? I dunno to be honest, and I'm hoping that the members could shed some idea's as to how we determine things. (Anyone with suggestions?) ((@ Andy - not sure if its possible, but could you stick this thread to the top of the page somehow?))

In the past we relied on the members to propose a recipient. The first chap was nominated by Jm - this guy is a father of 3 little girls, and of course they loved to fish. Jm met him at a pond somewhere in Durbanville one day and got his details. It turned out that Brett was a divorced father, and sadly at that time had lost his job and was struggling to make ends meet. When he came round to my house to collect the goodies, share a few beers and chit chat, you could see that it was going to the right person. The funny thing was, that although he too liked fishing, the kit actually ended up being used by his 3 kids and he was just the guy that had to tie the hooks on from time to time.

The second recipient was nominated by Smurf. He was a local angler from Clanwilliam (works at Rooibos tea actually) that had a small boat held together with chewing gum and tape. In the weeks leading up to a Money trail comp at clan (which he entered) his house got raided by chaps with long fingers and stole all his prized yet small collection of rods and tackle. The timing - for us - was perfect as we had gathered 3 rods again and a whole bunch of tackle. I met with him on the friday evening before the comp at clan to hand him the parcel. Lo and behold on saturday the bugger ended up hogging my favourite spot on the dam for the day... It was great to see him actually take part in the comp that he almost missed out on.

So getting back to the original question, I'll leave it up to the members as to determine who and how recipients are chosen.

PS: I now have a baitcasting rod too. Maybe an additional one if I can find a sponsor for a micro guide eye for the tip (so now 3 rods in total, 1 spinning reel plus plastics)