Page. B4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 5, 1991 | . Co | . Hoonlight mystique af ¢ mayfi Lines and circles: a series of short lines form an are across ‘the hard, wood decking of the bridge. The evening sun flickers through the spars. Below, the Skeena is grey and swollen, running in a more or less straight line to the sea: We park i in the place where - “= not so long-ago the distances _. were obscured by dense forest. Now that the old trees are gone, the landscape stretches before us like quilted prairie; a new generation js starting'to poke 4 cd loak up oh the fives driz ~ gle and see pate olive duns rising “measured sweep. ir) through it. The oblique light il- have’ him. Though. luminates. them. °. Where - well, the stru leis al ipys MOTE « Moments earlier™ ‘the-river: was. like work than’ pleasu —anti- - calm now it erupts with trout climati¢’after‘the ris@-“A hand-. and whitefish rising with deadly some fish, he fills the net; The Skeena Angler linear but actually part of a cy- cle, like the straight‘ running, eyclic salmon that will run hard against it after the water has ‘dropped some and summer has” begun, It’s the-month of the greenest ‘greens in the seasonal cycle, The ‘wheels rattle against the decking of the bridge, then hum on the asphalt of Queensway. After - the hill we speed along the road to the lake, Gravel spits from beneath the tires, a cloud of - dust spews out behind us. The tarmac at the airport strikes out in a straight line to the east. —CALENDAR— Track meet ELEMENTARY school athletes from across the city will: be, heading for the Skeena Jr. Secondary school field Saturday for a track meet, Track and field events are to run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, and spectators are welcome. - At least six schools are ex- pected to participate, with teams coming from Clarence Michiel Elementary, Thor- nhill Elementary, Cassie Hall Elementary, Veritas, Centen- nial Christian, and Uplands Elementary school. Softball, playoffs}. tHE BALLFIELDS. will be- usy: thissveekend. Terrace’s bantam boys softball team will be playing off against competition from around the northwest for the right to go to the B.C. Sum- mer Games. The other Summer Games, playoff this weekend will feature bantam girls leams. from Terrace and out-of-- town, Terrace’s peewee girls team will also be taking on Smithers in a playoff for the right to go to the peewee pro- vincials. Oidtimer soccer AN OLDTIMER's soccer tournament is being organiz- ed for mid-June, Players 35 years old and up can compete in the tourney here June 15-16. Team entry fee is $250. Winners and runners-up will receive trophies, medals and cash. For more informa- tion phone Nick Kollias at 635-9231, Torch Run CITY .RESIDENTS are be- ing invited to ‘‘adept-a-cop” on’ June 18 to support the B.C. Law Enforcment Torch Run. The event will involve about ‘a -16-kilometre_ relay run, with local RCMP of- ficers taking part, as well as Special Olympic athletes and local sheriff,: probation and corrections officers. -Money. will) be raised through various events and activities, but the focal point will be the run’s adopt- -a-cop program, . where Sponsors choose a runner and make pledges. ‘All. proceeds are to support Special .Olympics programs for: ‘handicapped ' athletes. one in a series of” torch runs province-wide, with.a Brande finale at B.C. Place stadium in Vancouver July 4. || out of the stumps and fireweed. We take some comfort from “that, ‘There are a few new turns, and the bridge across the creek has been swept aside by fall freshet, but, except for that, the ‘trail is the same as: it was last season and the season before. “We arrive at the river. Finlay starts in immediately. I sit on a stump and watch flycatchers dart above the riffless.i: An osprey wings downstream and lights on a branch. I watch him for a while then look away. When I look back I see the splash. then see him rise from by Rob Brown the river -with a fish in his talons. Predator and prey: the cycle starts me thinking about time and progress and the linear way modern man ‘defines: history. I wonder whether we haven’ i made a serious mistake in seeing progress as a‘ continual march _ of technological advancement. There must be great risk in mov- ing away from natural direc- tions. Mayfly nymphs have | been stirring along the boitom all evening: some have begun the: first part of their perilous drift - downstream: ‘Long: ‘shadows stretch out over the: river,” the : ‘wind drops off,”. Caddis flies dart upstream, as they always’ doy Some: bounce off the surface ‘of the’ river to lay &ggs. The trout: have: ‘seen this all They lie near the bottom, occa sionally rising a: little to in- tercept a drifting nymph, : The mayflies Teach the next ‘ accuracy to intercept the hapless duns, ) > It’s. time, I slip into the river - and catch one of the ephemeral - insects ‘just to confirm that my ~~ imitation is:close enough i in col- “our and size. Itis.', , ‘It’s a full moon, The. extra “ight: will give us a few more ‘.minules. on. stream. around.for the largest rise. A’ large: trout‘ shows only 20 feet away, After three casts and three drifts, I make a convine- ing presentation, — ‘]- cast Up he comes: head and eye, a silver flank, a broad tail. [ try to JEFF NAGEL 638-7283 PORTS NE\ WS TERRACE STANDARD» ‘The Terrace run, will, be. Anyone interested in help- ing out or-sponsorlng a-run-: ner -can’ call Const:: Jarie‘An-.|° drew at. the, Terrace ;ROMP. detachment. ae it is. all over. save. -for}.a . The hatch i is short