‘ANITA DOLMAN

ROB BROWN

B.C.’s best

AST WEEK Art Lingren un-

expectedly arrived at my door en .

route to Haida Gwaii in pursuit of
sea run troul,
I was delighted and upset: delighted to have

the opportunity to fish with a good friend and —

mentor once again, and upset that the runoff had

begun in eamest and the rivers were straining to

spill over their banks,

Over the the winter I'd told Art by fax and )

phone that the fishing had been pretty good in
the low, clear waters of our mild winter, and

now I was forced to tell him he should have -

been here last week.

- Still, the Lakelse river was clear, and if there

are fish around Art will find them. We spent a
morning on the Lakelse. Morning is seldom a
good time for trouling at this time of year. The
sun blazing on the water and a singular lack of
insect activity made things even worse, Never

the less, Art caught six respectable trout while I :

caught one, When you go fishing with Art you
should expect this.

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-There is nothing mystical or magical about .

Art Lingren’s ability to find fish where others
fail, or fail to do as well. Art has studied the his-
tory of the sport with the dilligence of a Rhodes
scholar, And he has tested the theories and

' hypotheses that study provoked on the best
streams and lakes in this province, in a system-
atic way that would impress scientists.

__ Art is always writing while out in the field:

iwater temperature, lengths, weights, weather
‘conditions, bug life. Everything goes into a
notebook along with pictures of captives.

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' Art’s is ihe kind of angling expertise that

‘should confer heavy-duty bragging rights upon

its possessor. Yet Art is quiet and self-effacing, «

a trait he shares with masters I have met in other
fields.

“Over the years I have learned a lot from |

Arthur J. Lingren. When I was hurting my arms
trying to figure out how to wield the stout, two-

fisted, fifteen-foot Hardy fly rod, Art came to.

the rescue with some suggestions as to its use
and followdd that advice up with a video on
Spey casting, featuring the late Atlantic Salmon
fishing great, Hugh Fauikus.

; A few years later, Art assumed the position of
editor of the Totem Topics, the official organ of
the Totem Fly Fishers, the oldest fly fishing
club in BC.

Each of the issues was chock full of useful ar-
licles on casting, crafting flies and line choices,
drawn from Art’s experiences on the rivers and
jakes in this province.

Years later, Frank Amato, the editor of this

” continent’s oldest magazine devoted exclusively-

. to sport fishing, had the good sense to ask Art -

for a book on the Thompson River. This led to a
delightful, and much-needed, little book on the
flies of Roderick Haig-Brown.

Following this work came a larger one on the
fly patterns of B.C. -- a book that sct some im-
portant sport fishing history in print and firmly

established. Art’s position as British Columbia’s ;

historian of Oy fishing,

Each of these works should be part of the li- ,
brary of any fy fisher who plans to fish the |

waiers of B.C.

‘Now Art has written the book I wish he’d
written 25 years ago. Irresistible Waters is the
perfect pad from which to launch one’s explora-

.tions into the more detailed aspects of sport
‘fishing in B.C. In honest, clear prose Art gives
‘an overview of every region in the province.

' Raincoast Books, who have done a beautiful
job of the layout, have wisely provided clear
maps of each region, adding clarity to the text.

Art devoted a chapter to the sport fishes of
BC, sprinkling each section with historical ex-
-cerpts and personal anccdotes.

‘Art has also devoted useful and interesting
_ chapters to the fly fishing seasons. Each of these .

could provide an excellent introduction, or ad-
junct, to the seasonal books of Haig-Brown.
For most anglers, the most useful information
__ in Irresistible Waters will be found in the chap-
‘ter titled Fly Fishing Options. Here, Art
presents a list of proven indigenous flies and of-
‘ fers clear advice on how to fish them.

: In Irresistible Waters the accent is on the ©
‘practical, In the appendices Art has tables on

the availability of fish in cach region in every

month of the year, information on licences and
regulations, lists of contacts and an excellent
_ appendix with reference material.

Finally, Zrresistable Waters is casy on the .

eyes. Raincoast Books has interspersed black
and white renditions of Myron Kozak’s striking
transparencies throughout the text.
Art will be in Terrace on May 26 to give a
slide show and talk at the Terrace Public Li-
brary. If you are a fly fishing veteran, a begin-
‘ger, or considering taking up the sport, set aside
~ some time on your calendar for this event.

TERR

Great Whites

mop floor in
OPOV action

THE OPOV floor hockey
season continued last week
with a tightly-packed sched-
ule.

A&D Trucking took a 13
to 4 win over That’s Us on
May, 11. The night was
rounded out by a 15 to 5
win for Team Psycho-Holic
over Canadian Tire, A dis-
agreement bétween Cana-
dian Tire and league offi-
cials during and after the
game led to the possibility
of the team dropping out of
the league but Canadian
Tire has since decided to
hold out for the remainder
of the season.

May 13’s game between
the Great Whites and the
Kitselas Wofpack ended in
20 goals for the Whites,
against an 8-goal total for
the Wolfpack. White Ken
Lavoie scored 7 goals, in-
cluding a power play goal
and a short-handed goal.

That's Us finished the

evening with a narrow 13 to
12 victory over ihe High
Times Hoodlums.

The following cvening’s
lineup included the Great
Whites against Team
Psycho-Holic and High
Times Hoodiums against
Canadian Tire.

The Psycho-Holics
jumped out to an early lead,
scoriug two goals in the first
minute and a half of play.
The two undefeated teams
played it very close through-

‘out the first period, with
Psycho-Holics coming out
ahead 5 to 4.

But a goalie switch by
Great White and strong of-
fensive play by the Whites
led to a 16 to 9 final victory
over Team Psycho-Holics.

The game was the final
one in the Great Whiles’
regular season and assured
them the title of the only
team to last the season un-
defeated, puting them at the

ACE STANDARD

ORIS |

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 20, 1998 - B7

OPOV floor hockey goalies throw themselves into the line of fire at each game.

638-7283

Last Thursday's game between the High Times Hoodlums and Canadian Tire
ended in a win for Hoodlums.

top of the Division B stand-
ings.

The Psycho-Holics left the
game still ranked at the head
of Division A.

The Hoodlums - Canadian
tire game also started out as
a light race, with a 2 to 1

score in favour of the Hood-
lums by the end of the first.
Tommy Munson of the
Hoodlums put on a show in
the first five minutes of the
final period, scoring a natu-
ral hat trick and sealing the

to test

course

EXPANSION
Skeena Valley

few holes at a time.

able to

everyone,”’ says

of the new club house.

next month,

Golfers

12 hole

OF the
Golf
Course is coming along a

“Soon we'll be able to
put on major functions at
the golf course and be
accomodate |
Jake
DeJong, Club president

The club house will be
completed by the end of

The current nine holes

play 18 holes.”

“By spring or sum-
mer of 2000 we
should be able io

12 in June.
Two of the

will also be expanded to

current

holes will be rebuilt and
the course’s holes will be
spaced exactly 150 yards
apart.

will be seeded and
planted and DeJong
hopes that these will be
open by next summer.

“By spring or summer
of 2000 we should be
able to play 18 holes,”
says DeJong.

‘The new 12-hole format
will be tried out during
the upcoming MS Charity
Golf Tournament July 26.

By fall another six holes —

GOLFERS are already making the most of the golfing season. They will soon
get the chance to enjoy three mare holes at the Skeena Valley Golf course.

Pentathlon looking for athletes

IF YOU like to swim, don't
mind running and don’t

have a problem shooting a ,

pellet gun, then there’s a
sport out there that’s just for
you.

Athletes 13 years of age or
over who would like to at-
tend this year’s B.C. Sum-
mer Games have a chance to
do so in the Pentathlon.

Doug Carroll of Smithers
is the zone representative
for the Modern Pentathton
and he’s looking for athletes
from across the northwest
region who want to train for
the Games this July.

“It's not necessary to be
star athlete,’’ he says. ‘“You

_just have to want to learn

and of course you have to
like to swim and run. Bul
most importantly, you need
to be interested and be a
good sport.’”

Carroll says the training is
there for those who would
like to take advantage of it,
Even those who arcen’t
strong swimmers or runners
are encouraged to start train-

. ing,
Of course most people arc
~not experienced with a gun
bul the gun used in the
Pentathlon is a gun anyone
can handle. It’s an air pellet
pistol, nol cxactly some-
thing with a lot of kick.

The guidance and instruc-

‘tion is there; Carroll just

needs a few willing
participants.

He can bring up to eight
people to the games to
represent this zone, which
stretches from Vanderhoof
to Prince Rupert.

Carroll stresses that he
would like to hear from any-
one wi is interested. Atti-
tude and the willingness to
try are the most important
things he’s looking for.

In the actual Summer
Games event, the alhlete
will be required to swim
200 metres, run 2000 metres
and shoot at five targets,
four shots per target.

Women and men have the

same requirements,

Money for the training and
equipment is provided by
the Canadian Modem
Penlathlon Association.
Each province has its own
organization as well. Addi-
tional money ckomes from
the B.C. Letto fund.

If Carrolf has a big
response he will have to de-
elde who will go to the
Games. For example, if 30
people are taining he will
hold a selection tournament
to decide who goes.

If you would like to train
for the pentathlon, contact
Doug Carroll at 847-5541,

Deadline registration for
the B.C. Summer Games is
June 24.,

fate of Canadian Tire.

Playoffs begin on Thurs-
day, May 21,

All games are held at
Thornhill Community
Centre. Admission is one
dollar.

Racers
set for
thrills,

spills...

fo fad hed

MOTHER’S DAY got this
year’s racing season started
with a bang at the Terrace
Speedway.

Three cars blew their
motors during time tials but
16 vehicles still managed to
take part, with forty-two
drivers, from as far as Hous-
ton.

Time trials also ended in

ve

_- new track records. Elizabeth
. Cloakey, racing in Hobby

class, landed a time of
18,40, shaving .11 seconds
off the old record set last
year by her brother, John
Cloakey.

Dawn Patterson also sct a
new record in the all-female

-C Class, with a time of

19.12, bicaking Elizabeth’s
three-year-old record.

Mike Lemky swept the
Sportsman class, winning
the Trophy Dash, Heat and
Main races.

Gord Klassen and Len
McArthur did the same for
the B Hobby and B Street
classes respectively.

In A Hobby, John Cioakey
took the Trophy Dash and
Wes Patierson came out in
front in the Heat, while
Elizabeth Cloakey saw the
winuer in the Main.

Vicki Johnson walked
away with both the Trophy
Dash and Heat victories,
leaving the Main to Debby
Reinhardt.

Car 323 saw a good day,
which included McArthur’s
sweep of the B Street, Rick
Meyer raced her to a win in
ihe A Street Dash and Heat,
leaving the Main to Ken
Burrill.

D,W. McArthur drove 323
to a win of the Main in C
Street, with the Dash in this
category going to Korecn
Algor.

Len McArthur also got a
win out of 323 for the Jam-
boree in Street class, while
Randy Chalifoux won for
the Hobby.

This year’s season is more
driver-friendly than cver,
with the introduction of a
new Boinber class. Cars in
the new class can be any 4-
cylinder with a roll cage,
which organizers hope will
open the door to drivers just
starting out.

Next races ate on May 23
and 24,

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