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-,Ray gently’ squeezes a hook
: ‘slightly bigger than a question
“mark"from.the page of a novel
~ between the jaws of his vise.
~ | Mayflies: commonly have
‘three. evenly: spaced tails exten-
: ding from their-abdomens; after
he has plucked three fibres from

_ the stiffest feather a carefully

bred blue dun rooster is capable
of producing, and bound them
at a: slight downward: angle to

the bend of the hook, Ray’s fly _

does too. .

‘A mayfly’s exoskeleton is
hard yet delicate, and to match
those brittle segments, Ray
strips the herl from a peacock
quill, binds it to the hook just
ahead of the point where: the

tails are set, winds it two thirds.

of the way to the hook eye and
ties it down. .

“Ephemeroptera by order and
ephemeral i in structure, mayflies
‘Carry.themselves aloft on wings
that-give fresh meaning to the
term: Fragile. To. mimic this

delicacy, Ray ‘takes a sharp-

. edged template and stamps out

a miniscule pair of poly-vinyl
chloride wings from a plastic

bag. But before mounting the:

wing, he pictures light shining
through the veined, ontstretch-
ed wing of a spent mayfly spin-
nher,. and pokes a. number of
holes in each wing to effect that.

Now to the legs — again
delicacy is the order of the day.
The indentations of the
mayfly’s fet describe a circle.
Employing 2 complex process
with surgical dexterity; Ray
selects a smaller feather from
the same rooster skin to wind
hackle legs on top of the fly ina
manner that guarantees it will
land upside down and keep the
hook .above water, away from
the eyes of fish.

It’s taken 15 minutes to

assemble one fraudulent mayf- _
ly, and before turning in for the
night, Ray has constructed a
dozen. more in anticipation of
the next day's fishing.

the . a.

The Skeena:
Angler
by Rob Brown.

During the three hours it

takes to get from Prince George
to Fraser Lake, Ray replays past
victories in his mind — the
handsome trout of four pounds
which gently inhaled a size.
eighteen black ant in the tail of
the Millionaire’s Pool is one;
the very large trout that took a
streamer, cartwheeled across
the river, and pulled him two
pools downstream before sut-
tendering, another. vs

The four miles of road te the
campground are no smoother.
Ray parks the truck and ‘hur-
tiedly assembles his’. gear.
Yellow Sallys are in the air and

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all over the bankside vegetation.
Other than the few’ anglers
whipping the water below the
bridge, and an older. fellow
fishing the Cabin Pool, he is
alone on the river. ©. ~

At the Wing Dam, Ray
Straightens his leader and sear-
ches the water for rises. He
notices a dimple on the far side
of the river then another. He
slides into the water and moves
toward the rises from below un-
til he is close enough to cover
the fish. With continued
methodical rises, the trout tell
Ray they are feeding on tmhayfly
duns: and his approach was

good,
Ray pulls his spidery tippet
between his thumb and forel-
inger to straighten it. The. fish
still feed, He false casts,
lengthening the line in the air.
One poor cast will send the fish
to the bottom or to distant lies.

A tight loop of tan-coloured
line sboots up and. across the
stream, The monofilament
turns over, the fly with it, both.
straighten out over the surface
and Jand with barely a ripple.
Ray's fly floats downstream
dead-drift and passes by the fish
without alarming them. Ray
snaps the fly aloft once more
and makes another cast.

A fine trout takes the fly in a
purposeful rise. Ray wrestles
him away from the other fish
and skillfully nets him.

Ray is a prodigy. At nineteen
he can cast as well as anyone,
wade with strength and dexteri-
ty, and tie flies with a level of
skill most dedicated
flyfishermen will never attain.

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He has devoured the. video ae
“tapes and instructional ‘books
and tested their advice on-selec:.
tive rainbow trout ip his beloyed
Stellako River. —. ar. dif ult
achievement indeed...

After releasing. three: more
fish, the rises cease, Ray. makes
his way back upstream. Always
eager to observe and-Jearn, he
stops to watch p grizzled angler
throw a long, line. over the Cabin
Pool. The man js searching the .
water. with a-streamer of some .
sort. When he:comes ashore, |
Ray — thirsty for knowledge —
begins to grillhim, . 4:

At first the older angler seems
diffident, but soon the barriers
are down. He-‘tells. Ray of
steelhead and rugged rivers, In
his short career, Ray has yet to
fish steelhead. 7 a

He writes down. the

steelheader’s phone number and
resolves to pursue the largest. of
Tainbows. At this point his
troubles begin. .

Part two next week

GEL 638-7283

S NEWS _

TERRACE STANDARD

CALEDONIA’S Merton
Feddersen storms &
downfield with the
ball, zeroing in on a Fe
beleaguered Prince
Rupert goalie in jast
week's lap-sided con-
test. Feddersen
scored once to help
the Kermodes on their
way to a 10-0 victory
over PRSS in nor-
| thwest meh school

ai mee > THe

Janis Gemnan, of Prince ‘Rupe?f, who ‘finished at

Ansems edged o

TERRACE — After leading for most of the race,
Terrace’s Ed Ansems lost the lead on the final
hill of last week's half-marathon to finish se-
cond.

The 42-year-old master-class runner — whoa
last year finished first — settled for a time of just
under an hour and fifteen minutes in the Oct. 14
21-kilometre race. The time put Ansems 17
seconds back of race winner Mike Flagel of
Prince Rupert, who is about 20 years younger.
Flagel clocked in at 1:14:25,

A total of about 73 participants turned out to
run or walk in the three events — 21-kilometre
(half-marathon), 10-K, and 5-K. _,

“The fastest woman inthe hair-frasathon was:

1:40:37. Paul Clark wheeled across the 21-K line
at 1:10:35,

Telkwa’s Peter Douglas was the first 10-K
racer over the line, finishing with a time of 34
minutes, 22 seconds. Rose-Marie Cheer finished
first among 10-K women at 40:20. Gail Sheasby,
of Terrace, was third, six minutes back of Cheer.

Terrace’s Cynthia Kenyon finished the
10-kilometre with 2 time of 52:49 to take first
among the under-19 girls.

In the masters (over 40) events, Terrace's
Geoff Phillips ran a 39:48 in the 10-K for first of
the masters men, and Jack Worobey, also of Ter-
race, came in 10 minutes later for third at the
same time as Marilyn Earl, who was first of the
masters women.

In the five-kilometre race, Smithers’ Peter
Hynd — in the 13- to 19-year-old boys division
— was first overall at 16:48. Hard on his heels
finishing second and third were Terrace’s David
Shepherd and David Edmonds, both around the
17-minute mark.

Other Terrace finishers included Nathan Nor-
thridge, who placed second in the under-13 boys .
division of the 5-K with a 21:35 time.

Meaghan Reid (13-19 girls) finished the 5-K at
22 minutes, ahead of the open women entrants,
fastest of whom was Becky Easton at 23:23.

Roy Vick finished ai 24:22 in the open men’s
division, and masters men 5-K winner Mike Reid
clocked in at a fast 19:36. Cathie Frezell was the
first masters woman. over the line at the
30-minute mark. — .

Karate sisters s

TEN-KILOMETRE E
racer Frank Falyo,
of Prince Rupert,
Pounds the pave-

race to finish third
‘| Overall with atime
of 35 minutes.

decimated

- TERRACE — It was one of those games where
the home team scored so many goals the car-
nage left spectators embarrassed.

Caledonia's brutal 10-0 mutilation of Prince
. Rupert Senior Secondary's soccer team last
week gave the Kermodes a 2-0 undefeated
“record in high school soccer action so far this
season.
_ The Terrace kickers hammered the Rupert
“team for five goals in the first half — capitaliz-
_ ing on shots by Brian Allen, David Wolfe, Rick
*. Dhami, Morton Feddersen and Harry Brown,
~The second half of the Oct. 16 scoring
, smorgasbord saw Rick Dhami pump in two
“more to lead Caledonia scoring with three,
; “while Harry Brown scored his second of the
; night, and Jared Ewart and Paul Manhas each
*< fired in another to ut the team into double
digits.
‘+ ‘Rupert squandered : a chance to get on the
board when they botched a penalty shot mid-
way in the second half. After that it was
downhill all the way, with Caledonia seeming to”
_ almost score at. will late in the game,

advantage they held the rest of the game. That
came after a Rupert player was ejected for
unsportsmanlike conduct following an aiterca-
tion with a Caledonia player and’ subsequent
words with the ref.

Cal's sharp goalie and defence neutralized
any serious attack as.soon as it developed,
blanking the Rupert offence.

The easy 10-0 win puts the Kermodes in good
position to grab the zone title at this weekend’s
zone playoffs in Texrace, Caledonia, Prince
Rupert, Kitimat and Aiyansh play off on Satur-
day for the right to’ represent the zone at the

. Nov.
Kamloops. ;

Caledonia takes the fi cid. against Prince
Rupert at 9:30 a.m. on their home. turf, and the
final is slated for 3 p.m. -

Team sponsor Henry Dreger said Kitimat is
the only team likely to-give Caledonia serious
trouble, although he ‘said Aiyansht could be a
wild card.

“We do have a good ts team this year,’” he
said.””. . -

. They added insult to injury with the one-man

8-10 provincial * championships in

TERRACE — Kitimat's Ling
sisters combined two weekends
ago to capture the team gold
medal at she Canadian national
karate championships in Mon-
treal.

Rassammes, Tanya and Lisa
Ling won the gold in the
women's team kala event —
which is the individual forms
event, as opposed. to kumite, the
fighting event. *: :

Indisputably — the © “strongest
women’s karate team in the
same family ‘in Canada, and
perhaps the world, the Lings ac-
cumulated numerous other

medals at the recent Canadian -

championships.

Although they lost the final

round of the team kumite event

to the homie province’s Quebec -
team, the Lings won:the silver

medal in the sparring event.

‘In ‘individual “compétition, ‘—
their younger sister,.Mee Lain *
Ling, won gold in ‘individual

kata in the junior division. -
- Rassamee Ling won the silver

medal in’ women's open in- .

dividual kaia,; with Tanya plac-

ing fourth.
In individual sparring, the

- three were not as much of a

force. as last year, ‘since
Rassamee ~—- the defending
champion —._was still recover-

ing from a summer knee i injury |

and decided not io enter. Lisa

Ling was disqualified from the
Sparring event when she hit and .

injured her: opponent with an
excessively powerfi ul blow to the.
jaw. wo

The Lings virtually’ swept the
top women's spots at last.-year’s
Soke Cup international cham-

“Canada at

pionships in Vancouver, and are
likely to remain a force when
the Canadian national cham.’
pionships come, back to Van-
couver next gear. :

Meanwhile, however,
Rassamee, Tanya and Lisa ate
preparing to leave fora Nov.
3-10 world- level. karate: ‘tourna.
ment in Mexico City, They will
be among around nine B.C,
karate’ competitors representing
the tournament,
which is held: every two years
and draws teams. from 80 coun-
tries, :

Skeena out-volleyed

TERRACE ~— Skeena IJr..
Secondary’s. junior giris
volleyball team sasrrowly: lost:
out (to Kitimat in a 10team

Kétinaat” s eres Elizabeth
walor
in team 16-14 7S, 15-10 in
ihe final.

The ‘Skeena team faced -

Gefeated Skeena’s.

Kitimat after’ defeating Thor
abl *A" 15-11, , 15-8 in sevalfinal
action. :Kithmat :giris: .
for the final round bys
15-13, 6-15, 16614 “vietory’ over
“Prince Rupert's Booth gitts. |
Terrace girls named tharos
reent all-stars:incduded: “Thor-
ohill’s Woniya Wrabel, . and
- Skeena’s Marsha Poste id
- Sherri Postak. »