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ROB BROWN

A perfect guide

FEW YEARS ago fly fishers Ron

Cordes and Gary LaFontaine pub-

lished: an excellent little streamside

guide containing the essential in-
formation for a trout fisher.

Now, Ehor Boyanowsky and Jay Roland,
members of the Totem Flyfishers of Vancouver,
have put together a Pocket Guide To Fly Fish-
ing For Steelhead, Like the Cordes/Fontaine
guide, the steelhead version will fit into a fly
vest pocket and leave enough room for a flybox,

The paper is as thick as the hide ofa shark and
coated with plastic, an important feature for
book intended to be used in the field. The bind-
ing is wire, also coated with plastic. JE I were
emperor all books would be bound this way.

Because hard cover books are so damned ex-
pensive, and the library either does not have the
esoleric books I crave (and, even if they did I
wouldn’t be able to write in the margins) the
fishing department of my handy home library is
filled with pocket books which have been glued
together in the conventional manner.

Since knowledge seems to quickly get lost in
the folds of my graying cerebrum these days, I

find myself returning to favourite books on bugs ~

and flies and fishing techniques frequently.

After numerous consultations the spines crack
and pages floal to the ground with the in-
evitability of autumn leaves. These coil bound
fellows, however, open effortlessly, lay flat, and
are good for unlimited appointments. io.

Everything about this book says, "handy". On
the inside cover is a check list. I’ve arrived at

‘the river without a piece of necessary tacklé so |
often, it’s embarrassing to write about it. And,

I’m not just talking about leaving a Junch or a
box of Hies at home; I’m taiking of those frus-
trating moments when you discover you're
waderless, or radless or missing a reel. With
this check list — containing 2 whopping forty-
four items — you’ll not be caught with your
waders down around your ankles,

The glossy coating on the pages is a boon
here: one simply takes the book from one’s vest,
checks off each item with a felt pen, then wipes
the slate clean once the chore is complete.

There arc thirteen tough littte tabs marking the
guide’s twenty-six sections for quick reference,
The first section sets out the kinds of rods you’ll
need to fish steelhead in all conditions.

Yes, I’m sorry to say one rod will not suffice
for steelhead fishing ~- but, you can get by with
two, Boyanowsky and Rowland can help you
make the selection with their terse discussion of
rod lengths and actions, and their applications.
There is a similar section devoted to reels.

With double tapers, and triangle tapers, grains
and sink rates, the selection of an appropriate
fly line can be a vexing matter. The authors
devole two pages to the topic. After reading
them all will become clear. I guarantec it.

Leaders for trout fishing are critical to suc-
cess; discovering, then tying the proper tapers
can be complicated matter. For steclheaders,
leaders are simple. The totems give concise,
clear directions of what breaking test to use for
the different situations.

There are only a few reliable knots needed for
steelheading, they're here, all cight of them.

What Oy do you select? Now, here’s a hoary
conundrum, Rowland and Boyanowsky give
nine well-known, readily available, wet-fly pat-
terns, suggest how they should be fished, then
separate them into patterns for all types of water
conditions.

For dry flies, the authors give three basic ap-
proaches, six pattems and suggestions as to
when they should be fished, Their advice is
sound, though in both sections they fail to men-
tion the most common, and often most effective
approach, of surface and subsurface techniques,
namely the quartering downstream,

For me the most interesting section of the
Pocket Guide To Flyfishing For Steelhead
deals with how steelhead move, and how to dif-
ferentiate the tell-tale signs of their movements
from those of other salmon. [’ve not seen this

‘information set out anywhere before, at Icast not
this concisely and completely.

The most helpful part of this booklet will per-
haps be the five pages given over ta the
anatomy of a steclhead river. Every part of a
tiver is described, along with suggestions [or
the proper approach to each.

The amount of useful advice packed into this
tiny book is really amazing, Under the heading
of strategy there are ten useful tips, which, if
observed will enhance the anglers ability find
and catch sleelhead. How to hook and release
steelhead, angling ethics, and how to calculate
the weight of a fish after releasing It, are all
here. This formula and the check list alone are
justify the cost of a Pocket Guide To Fly Fish-
ing Kor Steelhead. It is published by Umpqua

‘and available at Fish Tales Tackle Shop.

wa sel ye

ZONE WINNERS. Terrace Totem Ford Midget Reps

have earned a berth in the B.C, Winter Games to be
held in Comox. Members of the victorious teams are
' (front row, left to right) Ryan Watson, Trevor Johnson;
Mike Vandermeulen, Gordie Armstrong, Matt Nicholls,
Mark Dhami, Victor Basanti, Mitch Hobenshield, Rod-

McInnes mag

IT HELPS to be good, but a
little luck doesn’t hurt either
as Terrace Totem Ford Midget

Rep goalie Roddie McInnes
~ found ogFl
' The lesson came ini the final

Lt ee eee

of the B.C. Winter Games
zone playdowns where Ter-
race faced Hazelton and a
dynamo named Craig Mor-
rison.

The MecInnes-Morrison due!

reached its height carly in the’

second period with the Terrace
neiminder stoning Morrison
on two breakaways to preserve
the 3-0 lead.

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On two other occasions
Hazelton players raised their
arms to celebrate goals only to

‘find the puck had somehow:
* ‘Taanaged to stay out of the net.

It was a continuation‘of the
frustration they had gone
through in the first where,
when McInnes wasn’t making
the stops, his posts (twice) and
crossbar (once) did the job.

Terrace built their 3-0 lead
on markers by Joe Derrick,

Mike Vandermuelen and
Mitch Hobenshield.
Morrison _— finally —_—beat

McInnes late in the second, a

LEADING THE PACK on another attack is Thornhill Jr. Secondary Timberwolf

die McInnes, (middie ‘row) Jason Warner, Ryan
Stevenson, Steve Downie,

Ronnie Cullis, Jae Derrick,

Kurt Nester, Frank Gration, David Bretherick, (back
row) coach Rod Mclinnes, coach Bruce Nicholls,
coach John Sandhals, Joey Hadley and Clint Ferritti,
The Games take place Feb, 23-26.

power play wrist shot high on
the glove side,

But that was to be the only
Hazelton goal as MclInnes
continued to shine in the final
period. a

Meanwhile Hobenshield and
Derrick each added another as
Terrace took the zone title 5-1.

Not surprisingly, Totem Ford
coach Bruce Nicholls credited
Mcinnes with keeping the
team in it.

“Their goaltender came up
big for them,’’ Hazelion coach
John Sanka agreed. ‘‘It was
really a 3-2 game that turned

Lack of early jump costs ”

Kristen Petevello (#5). The Timberwolves hosted Saturday’s seven-team playday

style event which saw each squad play two games. The message at the bottom of

the schedule said it all — “Have funl” Which Is just what everyone did.

ic for Midgets

into a 5-1 loss.”’

Terrace’s zone bid hadn’t
opened on a high note, But
Nicholls said the 6-4 loss

delivered a wake up call his ..-::

squad was quick to answer. - ©

Houston felt the effects in
the next as Terrace buried
them 8-0 before edging
Vanderhoof 5-4 in the semi,

Vandermuelen scored six
goals in the playdowns, Der-
tick and Hobenshield three —
apiece, a

The Totem Ford Midget.
Reps iravel. to Comox next
‘ month for ihe Games,

Wolves

SLOW STARTS in each of
the last three quarlers ending
up costing Thornhill Jr. Girls.
at a Smithers tournament.
Facing Bulkley | Valley -
Christian School in the final,
the Timberwolves emerged
from the first quarter up by a
single, 12-11. oe
However, BYCS were. al-
lowed to run up seven un-
answered points off the break.
on the way to opening. up an
11 point lead. oe

Thornhill fought back late .-

and went into the half just five -
adrift, but six quick points ear-

ly in the third had BYCS back

in the driver’s seat. .

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And the pattern was to be |

repeated, the Timberwolves
rebounding to close to within
five only to give up seven un-
answered points early in the
final quarter, ae
This lime BVCS were able
to defend the lead, taking the.
litle match 51-40, Aeron Reid —
led Thornhill scoring with 18°
including two foul shots.
In carlier games, Reid,
Alyssa Wyatt and Frances

Kochi shared scoring honours .

as the ’Wolves squeezed out:
Hazelton 24-22 in the opener.
Kristen Petevello. (10° pts.)
and Bonnie Sigvaldason: (6)
provided the offensive. punch -
in the next, also a 24-22 -ver-
dict, this time over the
Smithers ‘B’ team. =
Thornhill had the easiest ride
of the tourney in thelr meeting
with the Smithers ‘A’ team.
Up 15-5 after one quarter, the
Timberwolves shut Smithers
out in the third on the way to a
25-12 triumph. Sigvaldason:

netted eight. in the winning. |

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