Ne ur a B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 14, 2005 . SKEENA ANGLER. , ROB BROWN. | Of fish, flesh and fry * Tying & Fishing Flesh Fry and Egg Williams has done west. coast. trout Yith the publication of Cannibal Trout, Flies (Frank Amato Books), Andrew. ‘fishermen areal service by providing us with a con- | cise, Clearly written handbook on the how, where. and why of appealing to the pisciverous inclina- tions ‘of trout. ” As any competent river angler knows, matching . ‘the hatch on the streams that drain coastal rainfor- , _ ests requires a numberiof fake fry flies. In Cannibal - - Trout, Williams has assembled a most impressive and the most comprehensive array of salmon fry imitations. _ After describing the emergence of alevins and some of the rigours they must endure, Williams _ gives the recipe for Tommy Brayshaw’s famous Ege’ N’I;-after some 70 years still a most effective alevin imitation. ‘oSpare and simple. to build, the Egg’ N’ li is, to my . -.mind, one of the most elegant BC patterns. Wil- |. liams; whois an excellent fly dresser, provides a ..clear picture of Brayshaw’ s patent, as he does with. “all the patterns in the book, so that the reader has a |: -template when dressing his own example. Though it wasn’t intended as such, Williams ' suggests that Tom Murray’s Rolled Muddler makes a fine alevin imitation. _ He’s right, but the two examples of the Rolled _ Muddler pictured have much too large a head spun ~-from, deer hair in the accepted manner for such “dressings. ‘Marray liked his fly tied very sparsely. - with a very small head tied in such a way that the red tying thread showed underneath it, which, he -insisted, greatly contributed to the fly’s efficacy. ~ Williams gives a trio of extremely complex and difficult.modern alevin patterns that employ mod- might become, hard to find. It was a good idea to include Hugh Storey’ s Al- bino Alevin here. Hughey is a very good fisherman - and innovative fly tier. I carry a number of his pat- terns in my wallet, including his alevin, and they . are superb flies that underwent lengthy field tests ‘before Hugh passed them on to me. Each of the sections covering. Pink, Chum, . Sockeye, Coho and Chinook fry is headed by a fine coloured illustration of the-little fish under discus- sion. These excellent drawings and the accompany- _ ing pictures will not only enable an angler to iden- ‘tify juvenile salmon in the streams he or she fishes, ° but will facilitate the construction of his or her own fraudulent fry. Williams makes another nod toward tradition with the inclusion of Roderick Haig-Brown’s fry patterns. Informed by the Atlantic Salmon Fly "dressings of Britain, the Silver Brown, Silver Lady, Humpback Fry and General Fry are among. the most beautiful of Canadian flies, as is amply shown in the fine dressings of them Pictured i in Cannibal ~ Trout. - The*product.of much contemplation and experi- "mentation on Vanlsle streams, Haig-Brown’s pat- terns are as good as they look. I still prefer them ° over more modern, ultra realistic patterns. Haig-Brown was an impressionist when it came to fly design, believing that undulant materials and the suggestion of movement through the refraction of light was the key ingredient in provoking preda- | tory instincts of trout. He persuaded me in Fisher- man’s Spring, and every season his. patterns still - bring mea satisfying number of trout and steelhead . besides. Haig-Brown recognized that the most meticu- lously manufactured copy of a bug or minnow was still a.cartoonish character of the real item. This, and the stiffness of such counterfeits, he argued, made them poor fish attractors. It’s unlikely that the Chickabou flies’ shown ~ here, fashioned of epoxy resin and bearing an un- canny resemblance to the real deals, would have _ met Haig-Brown’s: approval. But, Williams ties . them well (in a well ventilated room, I hope) and catches fish with them. . Cannibal Trout is a garish title, inconsistent with the tone of the book. The title was the publisher’s idea, motivated by the Wal-Mart mentality so prev- alent in the States, where everything, it seems is ‘discount driven and shaped by marketing. — Williams’ book should have had a hard cover | because among other things, it’s a field guide, and ‘should have been printed in pocket book format, . like Art Flick’s Streamside Guide, which in many ways it resembles. “ern synthetic. materials, which I suspect may be, or . The font chosen for the chapter headings i is tacky " and detracts from Williams’ own illustrations. The cover photo of a grizzly ripping apart a salmon is. ‘superb, but out of place. And, where’s the index? This is a handbook, a text. Texts need indices. Fortunately, you can’t tell a book by its cover. Daanthal Trait to nranf af that 638-7283 RICHIE ROGERS assisted on the third of the River Kings’ six goals against Steelhead netminder Chris Anderson Dec. 4 at the Terrace Arena. . * Unfortunately Smithers kept up with the scoring and the on ended i in a six-all tie. By MARGARET SPEIRS THE RIVER KINGS chowed down on Steelheads but had trouble catching thema second time. Terrace fileted Smithers 6-3 and then settled for a 6-6 tie. °.. The River Kings topped the shots on goal stats, slapping in-45 to the - Steelheads’ 32 during their winning -game but only managed 31 attempts © _ to Smithers’. 37 in. their second meeting. _Mario Desjardins netted - four, Terry Zaporzan scored three goals and Troy Farkvam scored two, over the weekend. Rich Clair, Troy. Kaye and Scott Mulder netted one each. Despite the wind and rain, about 150 loyal fans took to the stands Sun- _ day to cheer on the River Kings. ° - Smithers came out of the dress- ing room ready to fight in the third period. They banged the puck around Craig Walsh but failed to score. Smithers’ lan Smith sped around the Kings’ net and landed a nice shot past Walsh, who stretched in vain to Bantams tackle northern teams Larger players and major injuries challenge our squad in two tourneys ‘THE. BANTAM REPS_ took their game to frozen Fort St. John for. the opportunity to play against new teams to start the month. Coach John Amos says the ice was fast thanks to -25 C outside and the ~ steel arena that lacked insulation. The bantams received a 8-0 shel- lacking from the “big Alberta farm . boys” of Peace River, at least one of whom was 674” tall and 250 pounds. “I asked the coach ‘what are you feeding him’ and he said ‘pretty much what he wants,’” says Amos, who asked to see the player’s identification as proof of his age. The bantams failed to capitalize on their scoring chances and the northern _ Alberta team was ready to play. They followed up with a 7-6 loss to Quesnel, after almost tying the game with any one of several empty net shots that bounced off the posts instead. Reid Turner scored three and as- sisted on two. Scott Simpson scored two and had one assist. Joey Corma- ‘no scored once and: Chapen Leblond made three assists. Injuries nearly sidelined both Ter- ‘race goalies. Garrett Muir was hurt against Ques- nel after he made a save and someone drove a stick into his knee-He may be out for the rest of the season. Devyn Ames had shoulder trouble. “He toughed it out for two games so that was good. I told him he’d have to tough it out.or else I’d put Alexa [Grant] in net,” Amos says, adding Grant wasn’t keen on the idea, prefer- ring to stay on defence. Terrace whipped host Fort St. John. : stop it. That tied the game 5- -5 with 16: 15 left. | Scott Mulder returned the puck back down the ice to score within | two minutes to give the River Kings _the go-ahead goal. Players took turns trying to pass the puck, only to have. it land on an, ‘opponent’s stick. When the puck finally slid in be- hind the net, several guys fought it out with Howie O’Brien clearing it out down the ice. The Steelheads circled like sharks but with little luck. _A Steelhead slapshot missed the . goal and another attempt from the point flew wide past Walsh. A River Kings’ pass landed on a Steelhead’s stick, was slapped . toward the net and flew neatly into Walsh’s glove. On another shot, Walsh came out of the net to cover up as both for- wards headed toward him. Finally the Steelheads’ persis- “tence paid off. Kings reel in Steel ‘be picked up by Toby Mitchell, who . cleared it out around the corners ° ear Steelhead Jerry Watson emerg- ing from the bench onto the ice as the lines changed. «. He smacked a shot over Walsh’s left shoulder into the back of the net - to tie it up at six with just over five ‘minutes r emaining. After, Walsh acknowledged this as his last game for the season. The young Hawkair airplane mechanic will travel to Manitoba to finish his apprenticeship for two months next year and return in . > ‘March... He hopes to return to the | team. next season. “Obviously: we 1 miss Craig. He’s been fairly solid all year,” coach Trevor Hendry said. He said the squad played a “little soft” in this game. “Three out of four points is good but I kind of expect more from the guys now,” he said. “If you don’t play with intensity, month. ” sibility “that: ‘the fourth line, ‘includ- “ing Nathan Mcnamara and Andy _A weak shot sailed past Walsh to _ said. you’re going get walked on,” he RIVER KINGS WEBSITE PHOTO eads| “He said Terry Zaporzan’ s line, | which includes Darcy Allison and Mario Desjardins, had a great game. . The team breaks until ‘they at- tempt a second historic win against the Ice Demons here to end the “Oh. yeah. We’re really looking forward to that,” he said. ‘He expects to have a full roster: © for that game. Corey Paulson will return. along with Ivan Laschenko and Davey : Jones, but that brings up, the. pos- _ Mcleary; won’t get to play as much. “Nate and Andy have been play- ing so well,” Hendry said. The River Kings take a break un- | til they welcome back the Kitimat Ice Demons Dec. 29, which is also fan appreciation night. A meet-and-greet session follows the game with an autograph session, beer garden and the chance. to have your photo taken with your favou- rite player. a AAA team, 6-3. “We came out and played really well in that game,” Amos says. Simpson, Cormano, Leblond, Will Fisher, Ceasar Kenyon and Lee Muir shared the goal scoring. '_ Terrace made it to the game to de- -cide third and fourth place, and lost to Peace River 5-4 in overtime. Cormano scored twice, Leblond once with two assists and Reid Turner - scored one and assisted on one. Amos says the squad missed the chance to play Whitehorse, who re- ceived a bye to the provincials; but may see them in Kitimat in January. The bantams finished in fourth _place, pleasing the coaching staff but disappointing themselves. SR In the previous weekend of play in Bums Lake, the bantams won two. lM Puck handler | AMBER FAGAN prepares to “shoot for loot” in the second intermission at the River Kings game in the arena Dec. 4. MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO The team lost to their hosts 5-3, murdered Fort St. James 20-2 and skated past Smithers 4-3. They lost a spot in the finals to Smithers on goals for and against. Over the weekend, Joey Cormano put away seven, Lee Muir netted four, Reid Turner and Colton Dunsmore notched three apiece, Ben Reinbolt, Scott Simpson, Ceasar Kenyon and Kyle Holtom scored two each and one goal each came. from Will Fisher and Kevin Haworth. ‘Lee Muir racked up a total of nine . points and Joey Cormano had eight. The players were disappointed to miss the final, he says. The bantams play in Smithers this weekend before breaking for the holi- Leading th ok _ AS OF Dec. 6, the River Kings stood alone in first place in the CIHL standings with 22 points, ahead of Houston in second with 16 points, Smithers in third with 15 and fourth place Kitimat with 13, ‘ With Houston due to play four games during the River Kings’ break, the Luckies could move within two points of Terrace if victorious. Smithers and Kitimat each have two games in hand. Wins for the Steelheads could place them within three points of Terrace. River Kings held the top three scoring spots: Darcy Allison led the league with eight goals and 21 assists for 29 points, Mario Desjardins followed with 15 goals, 11 assists and 26 points and Terry Zaporzan, nailed down third spot with 11 goals, 12 assists and 23 points. Burny Carlsen’s 2.75 goals against average, .889 save percentage and 5-1-2 record closely trailed Houston goalie Don Kenzle’s 2.71 goals against average, .883 save percentage and 4-1-2 record. Craig Walsh exited the team with 3.5 wins in seven games, a 4.57 dave goals against average. 32 goals against and 4 penaltv minutes. Ma ett: atten ate