Battle of the Crest

Some of you may or may not know my wife Madeline is the Membership Director for the Ontario Steelheaders. I have been a member of the Ontario Steelheaders for many years and was very proud of my wife for stepping up to the plate to help out an organization that I actively enjoy taking part in. When Madeline started her role as Membership Director, they had special commerative crests made that were provided to all who signed up as members. I was pretty excited, as it was a very nice crest and I wanted to have it proudly displayed on my fishing vest for all to see when I’m on the river – screaming FISH ON!     When she first started her role with the Ontario Steelheaders, they had, at the time, less than 40 members, and as such they weren’t sure how many crests to order. Well the support from the angling community was huge to put it mildly, and sure enough there weren’t enough crests to go around. Every time a new member signed up, she would go and take my crest so that she could send it to the new member. They would keep ordering more crests but like I said, these things were going faster than a spawning steelhead trying to get up the ladder!     You would think that with my wife being the Membership Director, I would at least get my own crest when I signed up for my membership – NOT! Too make a long story short; I finally got my crest with a new batch that was ordered later that season. As soon as I got my hands on it, I didn’t wait for my wife to sew it onto my vest, as I knew that I would run the risk of never getting the crest onto my vest. Instead I left with my vest and crest tight in hand, and went to a seamstress and had her sew it on the back of my vest.     I’m proud to be part of the Ontario Steelheaders and want to show my support to all my fellow fishermen and women wherever I fish. Join the Ontario Steelheaders campaign to make this fishery awesome!     Oh, and If you happen to receive a vest in the mail with a nice new O.S crest on it… I want it back!