B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 19, 2006 ae SKEENA ANGLER | _ROB BROWN | Z | Zines - "hen I began fly-fishing there weren’t and only two'of those stood on the stands of Terrace’s drug and grocery than one. Amato Publications’ venerable Salmon, Trout, Steelheader, with the exception of a few su- “largely given over to articles on gear fishing. © where i in the eastern United States, was pretty much val there was. “Schwiebert, essays by Nick Lyons, beautiful pho- tographs and fine illustrations, all nicely. ‘set in an artistic layout, it was enough. After’a few years: “the ‘magazine shucked off i its staid. outer shell in favour of a -full-cover photo _ whites, yellow and red. “ same tired themes. : ‘I stopped reading itin favour of a small competi- tor from Maine called Rod & Reel. . Rod & Reel had some fire in its belly and some Scribés who had the talent to provoke a thought or two. After I’d been reading it regularly for a couple '. of years it underwent a transformation and became Fly Rod & Reel. Fly Rod & Reel had its share of “how to” articles, but Ted Williams, as fine and pugnacious a writer on conservation as you'll fine anywhere, took on ‘some defiler of trout habitat in every issue; Verlyn Klinkenborg, a writer of the first water in his own right, reviewed books on angling and John Gierach always contributed an appealing article written in his bucolic style. In the Information Age there are so many dis- tractions. Eventually, I got out of the habit of read- ing Fly Rod & Reel too. Attracted to a magazine on finger style guitar ' noticed an entire section was devoted to fly-fishing magazines. Fly Rod & Reel was there as was Flyfisherman, both wearing the garish costumery so obviously driven by the. uriabashed hucksters and marketeers that has apparently become the industry standard. petitors with similar designs on the front. ‘strong resemblance to-Fly Fisherman of the early 70s. Printed on more expensive stock, Northwest Fly . Fishing; with fishing destination articles, a conser- vation department, fly-tying article and closing es- kind of tasteful way Gray’s Sporting Journal does. Olson is honestly written and clear, but, the writing was, for the most part, formulaic and uninspired, and in the case of the closing article by: one John Liere, just downright bad. Where Northwest Fly Fishing has promise. Out- door Sportsman has none. It's a waste of glossy pa- per and, if you buy it, a waste of your money. . - The Canadian Fly fisher is a glossy periodical articles are examples of pimping ‘the outdoors. » There are dozens of annoying pictures of guys _ in baseball caps suffocating fish in air, but if you're ‘planning to make a trip to one of the rivers men- ‘tioned, it might be worth eight bucks. . Today's Flyfisher is more of the same with an English accent: more photos of fishers holding fish _ steelhead and trout. _ How had age treated the old’ standbys Fly Rod & Reel and F lyfisherman? Not badly, I was pleased todiscover. °. i former, exposing those who are willing to wreck ' nature for’ personal profit. John Gierach’s folksy prose is still to be found ‘on the magazine’s closing pages. The destination articles in the latest issue were skilfully written and fishing “zines. Flyfisherman i is beginning to resemble Fly Rod _ an editorial on the effects of global warming on the trout streams of the western U.S.. and Jim Yuskev- itch is doing what Ted Williams does with an ar- ticle on the Daybreak mine and the threat it poses to the East Fork of Washington’s Lewis River. In many respects these two magazines are better than they used to be. They’re certainly better than the rest. many magazines devoted to the sport, _ stores. To be precise, there were just slightly more. perb articles by Bill McMillan and Bill Bakke, was Fly Fisherman, a magazine published some- * ' With ‘lengthy articles by: the likes of Emest of fisher folk hoisting fish aloft, on top of which © “are plastered. the titles of ‘articles inside in bright The quality of the writing dropped. The articles . _ became repetitive, spinning , out variations on the. while ona recent trip to the grocery emporium, I . Surrounding them were no fewer than six com- ° “One of these, Northwest Fly Fishing, bore a- say/yarn interspersed with ads for angling products has aped the format of its predecessors | but in the | A historical article by Jack Berryman on Ralph . that covers the sport from coast to coast. Most of its _ aloft but brown trout and Atlantic salmon instead of Ted Williams is still writing biting prose for the | had more substance than those one usually meets in. & Reel. In the issue I bought, John Randolph has . , at the end of this season. ~ want to miss out’on. - have Zachary be number one * anna, who welcomed son , town. and pursue other ca- . " reer options. ‘By MARGARET SPEIRS -head coach of the club for 14 | -enjoyed his years with them, _ them already. _ ing coaching here has been a > Bluebac THE BLUEBACKS. are. losing their long- -time coach Mike Carlyle, who’s been - years, will leave the organi- zation at the end-of August to spend more. time with his. family. — The swim club requires a lot of time and while Carlyle: his priorities’ have shifted o since the birth.of his young ~ son, whose life he doesn’t » “I'd like to be able to in what I’m doing,” he said. | “By getting a new coach and a very qualified coach, he’s able to make the time com-: mitment necessary so that the. swimmers will get. the most out of it.” » Carlyle and his wife Di- Zachary into their lives 16° months ago, will remain in -“Tt.was time to make the = change,” he said. . Carlyle has said goodbye |## to the swimmers and ‘misses “It’s not going to be easy — to be leaving,” he said, add- _ positive experience. He knows he’! ‘miss the - TERRACE STANDARD gu oO MIKE CARLYLE has been the head coach of the swim n club here for more e than a decade. ie recently | y decided job. to pack it in to spend more time with his wife and young son. MARGARET SPEIRS. PHOTO “Absolutely, I've got — swimmers coming up, a ',.. ¢ . . ts . , . . wonderful group of in i. d- his Bachelor of Arts degree _ vincial, national and interna- As swimmers move to great opportunity to contin- = in Psychology. tional swimmers. higher levels, they often - ue that learning. he said. uals. September (the start of > swim season) will be a diffi- cult time for me,” he said. _ Carlyle began coaching in Ottawa, Ontario, at age 16 after completing his own swimming career. He spent nine years there, which included eight years coaching a local swim club and one year coaching part- time for the Carleton Uni- versity swim team. Coaching full-time with the university wasn't pos- sible, and with none of his swimmers making the ‘92 Olympic team and his top swimmers retiring, it was time to pursue different op- portunities, he said. That’s when he applied for and was awarded the Bluebacks coaching job and made the move here. Over his career Carlyle He believes he'll contin- ue to follow the Bluebacks in their swimming careers. “I’m sure that Pll be looking in the newspaper _ and watching on the Internet to see how they'll be doing.” he said. The Bluebacks recognize that switching coaches. will be a challenge but one focus of their teaching has been that change is a good thing, » switch coaches. “We always encourage the swimmers to act like sponges and soak in as much ~ information as they can,” he © said. , Many swim coaches and high-level swimmers have visited the club to share their knowledge and experience so the Bluebacks could have opportunities to learn differ- ent ideas and philosophies. Getting a new coach is a Carlyle’s Roman Ramirez, was on the Mexican Olynipic. team in 1984 and has coached in On- tario for a number of years. Ramirez will. bring his own style of coaching and administration to the club, Carlyle said. . Carlyle’s not sure what’s next in his career, only that he will still frequent the pool ‘with Zachary, his son. who replacement, -- »He was also working on has coached regional, ~pro- Carlyle said. loves the water. JONATHON HARTMAN, from The Peak radio station in Smithers, buckles t up before his winning drive at the Media Challenge on the Terrace Speedway July” 8. Hartman dethroned previous Champ Brooke Neys of CFTK-TV, who came in fourth. New media ¢ Cc MEDIA STARS buzzed around the track and a new champ drove away with the trophy in the highlight race of the day at the Terrace Speedway July 8. . Local media driving queen CFTK announcer Brooke Neys was joined by CFTK-TV switcher Samantha Seltenrich, Terrace Standard summer student reporter Sarah Artis and Smithers radio: announcer Jonathon Hartman, and the foursome put on an entertaining show for fans. Hartman took the 1 lead early and although Ar- tis kept close to him on each lap, she didn’t have the speed to beat him.to the first-place checkered flag. . ‘Seltenrich came third and Neys, who drove like a seasoned professional but had some diffi- _ culty, finished in fourth place. She saved the car a couple of times as it slid sideways off corner two but the vehicle got away from her and she spun out, ending her hopes o of repeating as media champion. All four drivers had fun and all said they want- ed to come back and race again next year. — Local bomber and thunder drivers burned up the track that night as well, including a record number of rookie C-class bomber drivers. ‘Debby Reinhardt. the C-class points leader. enjoyed racing against the newcomers and said they all did a great job on the track. Audrey Kerr pushed her car as hard as it would go in the C-bomber heat race to edge out Rein- hardt. An amazing feat since Kerr's car devel-.. oped a flat tire partway through the race when she and Reinhardt’ s car clashed. Reinhardt said she could see the tire going flat and didn’t want to get too close in case it blew while she was passing. Reinhardt came back with a vengeance in the C-bomber main and took the checkered flag. The B-bomber drivers suffered a few spins and one incident at turn three with one car going off the track into the trees for the second consecutive race. “We told car owner Jacob Olson that if his driver wants to help with maintenance around the track, we just need the grass cut, no more log- ging.” said Speedway spokesperson Blair Loset. Loset’s 15-year-old son Justin dominated the B-bomber main race. winning his first trophy and MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO - lamp crowned celebrating at the finish line with his’ proud father. The.A- bomber drivers proved that clean racing is possible and fun-for spectators. Ken Hawkins won the A-bomber heat and Paul Fleming pulled away from the rest of the field to - win the A-bomber main. The thunder cars recorded some impressive . times. Blair Loset and Jose Pires ‘each took two checkered flags in the A- and B-thunder classes ’ while Dave: Reinhardt won the A-thunder heat _ and John Algor won the A-main race. -Len McArthur could have won the hard luck trophy. but after having considerable trouble with "his car, said he will be back next race day. All the regular drivers and hopefully afew new ones will take to the track for the Memorial Race Day and Redneck Rampage July 22 and 23 Memorial Day is dedicated to past Speedway members who are gone but not forgotten. Redneck Rampage. has been described as a “weird and outrageous” day and spectators are sure to: see some unexpected things done with race cars.