Bé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 20, 2000

SARAH ZIMMERMAN

TERRACE STANDARD

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_SKEENA ANGLER
ROB BROWN

Shopping tips 2000
or the jast ten years, when I haven’t
been spinning some bucolic fishin’
yarn, ['ve stuck my pen into commer-
cial fishermen, foresters, politicians,
bureaucrats, and other people who
treated the earth badly.

From time to time this has provoked a letter
to the editor or a phone call, which is something
I expect.

But one Christmas when I suggested in pass-
ing — and, I hasten to add, with my tongue firm-
ly in my cheek - that 1 was contemplating the
purchase of a new broom for the “little woman”,
I was dog-piled by irate feminists.

With that harrowing experience in mind, 1
cautiously launch into this year’s annual gift
Suggestions from the Skeena Angler for the
Fisherperson in your life.

The finest outdoor experience turns from filet
mignon ta a Big Mac when the elements get
under your outer wear. Suiting up with right kind
of outfit is Job One whether you're fishing or
hunting or walking or paddling or climbing or
repairing space stations.

The best outdoor clothing I know is made by
Patagonia. Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s expensive.
So are Mercedes Benzes and violins by Strada-
varius.

It used to be that the best outdoor clothing
was built from sheep shavings. Wool products
are still superb.

Patagonia clothing has the warmth of wool
without the scratch and it is lighter and it
-breathes. [ have a-closet full of Patagonia cloth-
ing and a reputation for wearing things out be-
fore their time, but ] can’t trash these items.

If you want to wear out a Patagonia wear you
have to set it on fire. The stuff looks good too.
Fish Tales Tackle Shop has piles of Patagonia
pile, some of it at fire sale prices.

Head gear is vital for fisherpeople and other
outdoorpeople. I have a hemp hat made by the
Outback people that works well year round. The
same manufacturer makes really tasteful head-
gear of all varieties in leather and in cloth.

Leona and Randy Murray have their hats as
well as a line of jackets at the Northcoast An-
gler. Like Patagonia products, the Outback stuff
really stands up to the elements, and looks
sharp doing so. . :

Giving waders is an undertaking akin to pur-
chasing a tailor-made suit for someone without
a fitting.

If the person you have in mind has dropped
hints about needing new wading equipment,
give them a gift certificate to a tackle shop, and
make it out for a few hundred dollars.

Fly tying is a wonderful hobby. If you think
the person you’re buying for may like to get
started, buy them Fly-Tying Made Clear and
Simple, a durable methed book that really is
everything the title purports it to be. The book
has plenty of advice on how to get started and
how to tie productive patterns as well.

Every species of fisherperson can use a pin
reel, and every tackle shop carries them. As

a couple of inches in diameter with a foot or so
of line inside and a clip on the end of that line.

They may be pinned to vest or shirt once a
pair of scissors or a nail clipper or a file is atta-
ched, making a long search for those oft used
items unnecessary.

A filleting knife may not be the best way to
say “T love you” but I know a lot of fishermen
would appreciate one along with a cutting
board, a Scottie sharpener and one of those fish
handling gloves that make the job of preparing a
salmon so much easier.

Finally, a distinctive gift for the flyfisherper-
son — or any fisherperson, for that matter — is
one of Don Horsficld's leather creations.

Don builds saddles, leather water bottles,
feather brief cases and cases of leather that
house reels and rods.

Don is a mastercraftsman who apprenticed
under mastercraftsmen in England. All of these
masterworks by Horsfield are handsomely made
and you may be sure that they will last into the
next millenium.

Years ago ] came up with the design of a fly
wallet that would house leader reels, sinking
heads, a thermometer, a pair of scissors and
about two hundred steelhead flies.

The wallet has an adjustable leather strap at-
tached so that it can be hung around your neck,
leaving it hanging at chest level for easy ac-
cess,

I’ve had the prototype for over ten years.
Like anything built of fine material it has im-
proved with age.

Fish Tales Tackle has a pair of these wallets
and some of Don's other products. Failing that,
Doa can be contacted at home.

Happy shopping.

Rainmakers win hoop duel

End to end action

marks Classic

By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN
THE GYM was packed at Caledo-
nia Senior Secondary on Satur-
day, December 9 for the final
game of the Kermode Classic
basketball tournament.

The annual event pitted teams
from Hazelton, Prince Rupert,
Prince George and Terrace
against one another.

It all came down to the Satur-
day evening final between the
Kermodes and their rivals the
Prince Rupert Rainmakers.

A fast-paced, exciting game,
the teams were excellent compe-
tition for one another.

With each basket the Ker-
modes sunk, the Rainmakers
came back with one of their own.
Going into the half time break,
the score stood at 31-34 for the
Rainmakers.

Kermode forward Rob Haug-
land got scoring under way quick-
ly in the third quarter making the
score 33-34. However, Prince Ru-
pert answered back right away
with another basket of their own.

The back and forth action con-
tinued throughout the second half
with the ball continually travel-
ling from end to end.

With eight players standing six
-foot-plus, the Kermodes were all
about rebounding, rarely allowing
the ball to be recovered by the
Rainmakers on missed shots.

Nonetheless, towards the end
of the third Kermode coach Cam

MacKay was getting antsy. His
team had left several baskets un-
answered and time was ticking,

In the dying seconds of the
third quarter Terrace was lagging
behind by five points.

A great last minute effort by
Caledonia guard Rick Dhaliwal
resulted in a three pointer just as
the buzzer sounded,

The Kermodes would end the
third quarter of play down by one
basket with a score of 55-53.

The fourth quarter saw more
tight, exciting action between the
rival teams but with 4:19 remain-
ing the Kermodes were struggling.

Terrace guard Jason Klein
proved invaluable to game play
when it came to intercepting
Rainmaker passes. Klein would
emerge out of thin air to intercept
several passes, giving possession
back to the Kermodes.

However, the Kermodes need
to improve on their foul shots,

In the final game of the tourna-
ment Caledonia took 30 foul shots
but they only managed to sink 14.

Had they improved their accur-
acy even to 75% they could have
have beaten the Rainmakers.

The senior boys played hard,
but so did the visitors from Prince
Rupert.

With several foul shots given
to their opponents and too many
missed shots late in the game, the
Kermodes just couldn’t pull it to-
gether for the win.

Despite a well fought game,
the final score was 67-73 for the
Rainmakers who took home the
first place trophy.

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KERMODE FORWARD Sean Dusdal soars above the rest ina
game against Charles Hays at the Kermode Classic, Dec. & — 9.

their name implies these are simple little reels, °

m Doing the breast stroke

Junior national swimmers Jenine Barton and Kyle Nartz com-
peted at the Kamloops Ice Classic Dec. 8 -.10. Despite bat-

tling pneumonia Kyle clinched two second place standings.
Jenine swam weil setting six Blueback Swim Club records.

honours.

ERNIE MIL-HOMENS shows off his two first place
trophies from the World Bench and Dead Lift
Champtonships in Reno, Nevada in November.

Canada.

Then, in the bench press, he benched
450 pounds, also good enough for a first
place standing.

The international event drew roughly
650 competitors from as far away as Swe-
den, Guatemala, Germany, Hawaii and

“EF was going to do more in the dead

lift,” said Mil-Homens,“but I tore a ten-
don or a ligament in my shoulder 10 days

Shames hires new talent

Local athlete lifts’
his way to the top

NOVEMBER was an exciting month for
local power lifter Ernie Mil-Homens.

The 24 year old athlete was in Reno,
Nevada on Nov. 19 competing in the
World Bench and Dead Lift Champion-
ships in the Jr. Men’s 198 pound division.

After lifting 600 pounds in the dead
lift, Ernie walked away with first place

before the competition.”

Mil-Homens has indeed lifted more
weight than the 600 pounds it took to
place first, but on advice from his doctor
he lifted only what it toak to win,

“Doctor Lindsay told me not to lift my
maximum, but I was being stubborn, try-
ing to block it out,” he said.

This is the second World Champion-
ship win for Mil-Homens, he also won the
1999 world championship in the same
weight class.

This win comes hot on the heels of his
2000 Sr. Canadian Championship win in

uly.

Mil-Homens is taking a bit of time off
from serious training over the holidays,
but plans to get back to his regular train-
ing program in the new year,

SHAMES MOUNTAIN has a new
director of their Skier and Snowboar-
der Development Centre.

Mare Boutin joins the Shames
crew after working at Temple Basin
Ski area in New Zealand, where he
was an assistant ski school director
and instructor.

Boutin replaces former director

John Wright.
__ A third level ski instructor, avid
back country skier and. outdoorsman,
Boutin is eager to get. started on
plans for the upcoming ski season.

He has spent most of this week
meeting with ski.and snowboard in-
structars to discuss programming for
the 2000-01 season.

Mare’s vision for the ski school is
simple.

He says he would like to foster a
personal rapport between instructors
and clients to develop a tailor made
approach to lessons.

“If they want to learn to ride
bumps, then we'll do bumps,” said
Boutin, a

He is looking forward to being in-

volved with existing programs ‘such
as Ladies’ Day and Tykes Tyme.

He is also excited about develop-
ing programs such as Carve it Up, a
program. designed to let people try
out shaped skis with an experienced
pro.
“Clients can put a little mileage
on them, test them out and see what
shaped skis can really do,” said
Boutin.

The tentative opening date for
Shames Mountain is December 20,
snow permitting.

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Marc Boutin