The last time Finlay and I
went; out: after sea. trout the
cr

k' was Clearer than the air.
cy Fin: suited up 1. watched
galmon in the pool. below - the
bridg. ‘Two chinook lay at the
A ithe pool. A few feet
stream a. trio of calico-.
9g salmon were suspend-
the slower current. Above
the pull ‘of. the tailout a school
ink. §

Tuwew a fly at the places
ed seen, the’ ‘salmon, It.

- fins it was my first hatchery cut-"

‘out, that lone clone would be
‘the: onl fish ona day ‘when

“embankment. ~

salmon. were turing up. ;

toe te ,
there were more bears than ‘-

trout.

1 spotted .the first... bruin
sauntering nonchalantly across
asand bar. Ina smajiier channel:
a number of dog - salmon were’
spawning beside a grass-lined
Perfect bear
habitat, I thought and moments.
later.a large black bear emerged
fromthe alder. an: uncomfor-,
table fifty feet ‘away. ©

fT whistled. He lifted his ead
abruptly, looked in the direc-:
‘tion of the sound, spotted me

and. was gone in.a motion so

° fluid it contradicted his bulk.

:. Where the two channels join-
ed we encountered yet ‘another

~~ beat poised. above some spring

‘salmon. He spotted us right

_ away and was gone.

“When | got home and sat

down with a! newspaper I was
ment for the breed. As it turned .

‘still thinking about. those

_magnificient bears willing, like

Fin and I, to suffer the, swelter-

~The’ Skeena
Angler
byR Rob Brown |

ing heat ‘of f midday for a fish. I
turned the: page to find an arti-.
cle on the sale of bear’ parts.

In the. piece, Gary Grigg of
the Canadian : Wildlife Service, .
‘stated that lax laws and inade-
quate enforcement’ were putting
considerable’ pressure on the.
black bear population of our.
province. Grigg. estimated that

4,000.black bears were poached
each . year and this slaughter,
when added to the legal kill of
the same ‘size, is seriously
depleting the black bear popula-

populatio
Walker expredses ¢ conicertfo

‘tlo n.

“And why? Sa that misguided i
Orientals.who believe bear galls. ;: Pas
can provide relief from hemor-
rhoids.can buy them. Apparen
ly a bear gall that. wholesales-f
$350. here can fetch '$18, 000: in
Korea - ——_ that’s 20, times: the

he‘sale of «all bear. parts, and

vigour... oe :
“many. reba conservation of-

‘But what 18 realy @ distres —

is that i in Super Natural: B.C. it’.

[JEFF NAGEL 626-7263

TERRACE STANDARD

TERRACE —_ Sinjur ‘Masonry
shad. to play shorthanded to beat
league champion North Coast
Road, Maintenance in the men’s
soccer league final last week,

*-Sinjur had to play with just
10 players after a fighting in-

fraction resulted in one player
being red-carded early in the
first half.

But the incident didn’t
destroy morale — if anything
the team got tighter.

Later in the half Sinjur’s

l .. action. oo,
‘Singur “fitiished the egular .

NORTH COAST Road Maintenance forward leads the attack apainst

the tough Sinjur defence in men's league final playoff game.

Spiker gets
sidelined |

| ‘TERRACE — Terrace’s Kurt
‘Muller sacrificed his ankle as he -

battled to, boost a B.C. provin-
cial team'to fourth place at the
_ Western: Canadian. midget .

‘Volleyball » ‘championships «in:

“Grand. Prairie, ‘Alberta. a!
Ve The: 16-year-old Terrace.

place when an opposing player
‘dived: ‘at the net. and landed on.
him:

I had to lay on the floor for

Soakiball” On» -Caledonia’s :
eam ‘this year.
‘was*outftanding: ith

youth: ‘tore ligaments in - “his;
“ankle inthe final | game for third.

it 45 eet ea Multer zane .

Muller

year at Thornhiil ir. Secondary ,

and now enters Grade 11 at Cal.
Muller was the only’ ‘Zone 7

-player selected for the 24-player. _
-provincial training camp in Pen-. :

ticton. They practised there for

.a week anda half before being .

‘divided into. two teams for the
‘Grand Prairie tourney. a

At five-fodt-eight and a half, ’
Muller was the shortest player

“at-the camp;. That meant-he was -

‘placed: on..the ble. team —-

injur strikes
ort-handed —

Nelson Bothelo broke in on the
net to catapult his-team into'a
1-0 lead they would not relin-
quish, .
Strong defence and outstan-
ding play by goalie Harry Red-
mond also kept the team in the
game. -.
In the. second halt, “the, team
scored an insurance goal, when

2-0, sealing the championship.
It: was. the.:team’s — third

straight, victory, aid atyg them.
np f

an iwndefeated record i
aie me rr er

season with 16 points — just a
point. ahead of third-place
Skeena Hotel and: just back of
first-place North Coast, which
had t?.

from the league race, clinching
the title with a 4-2: triumph in
the last game of the regular
season.

In the round robin of the
playoffs, Sinjur won. both
games, while North Coast Road
Maintenance won one of two to
earn a berth in the final.

Most Valuable Player. and
Most Inspirationa! Player this

Strachan. He's off to Kamloops
now to play soccer there. Q

Most Improved Player was
North Coast's Manuel Raposo,

season was the Skeena Hotel’s

Joe Duben,
goals.

more sponsors;: Players had to

because only three sponsors
could be found. .

“made up of the: shdrter® players 2 2

—. rather ‘than’ the: ‘taller elite
gold team. ;
~ Muller and the rest of the.
blue ‘team -.sur the ‘B

Louis Teixeira scored to make it |

North: Coast banished. Sinjur -

season was Sinjur’s. Gary’

while top scorer in the regular,
who - scored AS,

League officials hope ‘for
more volunteers next year to
help run the Jeague and for

be turned away. this season’

Coniribinted a .
The Terrace Hiking Club. has released its
latest calendar;of: hikes: for the. fall seaso

JF mine buildings are still there.” Bring food for Shit

Most hikes take place on Sundays, Wit
thusiasts meeting at the library i in ‘the mo
to carpool.
All hikes are. weather permitting. Bring rain
gear, lunch, water, warm clothing and | roper .

who-can't hike'as they 2 can do short climb or’
walt at vehicles. Vicki leader, 635-2935.
= “Sep al. 2- — Mount. E Elizabeth at Kitimat.”

teader 38-2935), 10 ai no ping’
Shannon: heaton 35-4486. A

“Ubraty’ tt 9 auth,
“moderate: hike toa. very: be “beautiful ‘Take, ther:

two days. The walk in from Sunny: Point is-aix-
‘miles at an easy. grade, Depending on: creek .

-crossings,.we may have to walk a mile‘or.two a :
sbefore Sunny. Point as well, “but the, road is: Meet at library’ at 10 a.m, Vicki leader, Dilvets.
wel mt back on.gravel apeone 12 miles to ’

te |

He water °°
Sept. 15 — Red Rose, Mine nest Skeena «mile:
Crossing. Meet at library at:8:a, m.’ This is-an \
L-mile:-4WD- road in, And if weather is wet,

I eet gener