From Westcoast Flyfishers Association
of Sooke, British Columbia, Canada.

To all  members & friends of Westcoast Flyfishers Association,

In case you missed it in the” Victoria Times Colonist”  &  “The News Sooke Mirror” my very good friend and fishing buddy Patrick Doherty died last weekend of a heart attack at Fairy Lake in Port Renfrew.

 I, and  Westcoast Flyfishers Association will miss Pat, he and his Company "Island Scaffold Services" supported our Association from “ Day One”, donating items for prizes at our initial start up meeting, a Barbeque for our first raffle to raise funds for Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society, and recently donated $750 to the Westcoast Flyfishers Association Youth Fly Fishing Camp 2006 to help with it's success for 20 youth.

I will forever miss Patrick Doherty  my little Irish friend ,I got him restarted in fly fishing and we started fishing together several years ago starting with "The Pinks" (Pink Salmon) up at Oyster River  when we visited Ed & Barb Boulter ,

Pat always liked sitting around the fire and relating to fishing tales of when he was a younger man fly fishing back in Ireland, his family and their achievements and lots of other stories .

I enjoyed his friendship and tales, I could relate to some of the tales being from New Zealand another country like he was and who had adopted Vancouver Island, British Columbia & Canada as our home.

Thank you and Good Bye Patrick Doherty my Friend

Garry Bettridge
President of Westcoast Flyfishers Association.

Website  www.westcostflyfishers.com
Email      wcflyfishers@hotmail.com