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“In the last. few yi years more and
more,long tods are reappearing

‘ON Our-streams.:I ‘Say Teappear-.
ing because the pioneer anglers

Of this province: were fromthe
British: [sles :-where -one: angles
for: salmon, with: sensible, two-
handed ° ‘tods - of fourteen | to
twenty. feet, :

anor he rods. “used, by. ‘General

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Tommy. Bradshaw, Bill Cunlif fe
‘and others on ‘the. fish-rich

_ Streams of the pre-inetropolitan a

Lower. ‘Mainland: were hefty in.
struments manufactured from
green heart.or. cane, 90 +
~_+ After the Second. World War
‘rod-making. companies : began
using glass fibre to manufacture
their’ products:. ‘Most of those
companies were American firms
whose clientele. preferred - their
rods single-handed. and short,
This factor together with the in-
fluence of Yankee fishing

Luge -

racers”
unite!

TERRACE — It’s time to come
out of the closet. ;

Adults everywhere have for
years been repressing. their
childhood desires to go sliding
down snowy slopes on. tobog-
gans or homemade sleds. _

Well now there's a socially
acceptable opportunity to
satisfy those UTES | —— luge sled-
ding:

If you've never heard of. this :

sport, don’t let’ that‘ stop y
Neither- -had-Todd Taylor...

But he’s ‘goirig to be | organiz- :
- ing a luge team here for the 92

B.C... Winter Games, and he's
looking. for other people in-
terested i in giving it a try.

_ After receiving a package of
material about the sport from
the B.C. Luge Association, he
‘agreed to start a team here.
“<4 read through it all,’’ says
“Taylor, “‘I watched their video
and said ‘Hey, this looks like a

Teally good time.’””

‘Luge: sledding is a one- or
‘two-person sledding event that

; dakes place on a ski hill course.

- The sled has two wooden run-
“pers with metal edges. It’s con-

| ‘trolled by pulling on a pair of
“reins, which operate individual

brakes on each side of the sled.
“The brakes are used to steer or

; slow down,

Luge competitors Tace laying

4 ‘flat on their backs, and go down
~ feet first. The fastest time to the

.bottom ‘of the course wins.
Taylor. says there will be a

straining camp as well as zone

No. ‘experience is necessary,
vsays. Faylor, ‘adding nobody’ s
expected to have | any since the

sport is: entirely new in the nor-

hwesti |:

’ The Jan. 1 training day will
afeature a skills development ses-
jon from noon to 4 p.m. at
hames. The Jan. 12 session —

Hfom 10 a.m. to'4 p.m. — will
:} feature more skills training,
7" 5 layoffs and fun races from 10

4m. to 4 p.m,
Taylor said Prince George
lub members will be coming

raining session. He said it's
hoped the Terrace club will be
ble to get sleds of its own soon

.-vif there’s enough interest here.

- There’s room on the team for

-F Fight people — two junior men
pe “and two junior women aged 13
-to 19, and two senior men and

“two senior women aged over 19,
* Competition at the Games

will be both individual, and a —

“mixed doubles event.
The ‘team will represent zone
4 at the.B,C;.

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philosophies espoused by: the: :

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likes of such fishing ‘per: = _

" .gonalities as Lee Wulff led to.a-
generation of B.C. flyfishers ':
who, if they had heard of them -
at -all,..regarded | the : lengthy
salmon rods and the techniques’.
used to fish them as relics: of a

bygone. age,

~ The tradition of the long tod: i.
continued in Britain where-a. -
sinall number of the well-to-do
people like Prince Charles, and.

the Queen Mother’ — .and.

dedicated club anglers who are a
“historlan of the sport’in B.C,
recognized: the ‘two-handed rod-.
as the solution to many: “of: the.
problems that face the: angler’ Of s
_ salmon and steelhead on. rivers '

willing. to pay a great deal: to

fish :on- streams: like the Spey
and Tay: and* Dee, fished on

with their two-fisted rods which -
now, —. like. ‘fishing. ‘Tods the ©
world over — were constructed °:
“virtually =
weightless: ‘miracle fibre:

from: ‘the: “new, :

graphite. .
One-or two B.C, fly rodders
experimented with British dou-

ble: handers ~ or £ Spey R Rods a as

“they are ‘often: called — but the.
‘experiments . were short-lived
. taint “Art Lingrén, an. excellent

angler and. avid - student and

in this province. - -
“With an | Orvis:

disgruntled angler who “could

ASS toot
Speyrod he'd purchased second-
hand from Ruddick’s ‘Fly.Shop -
(where it had been returned by a.

became ‘second .naturée and his
strokes more fluid; : Art came ta

appreciate the numerous advan-
.tages:the long rod had over. it’s -
‘stubby Ainerican: counterpart.

Sinte the backward motion‘o

“the. fiyline i is arrested when: lt: is

was no longer confined: to. the

side -of.. the “iver : that: AC: .

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_ longer restrletions::When:winds: -
~ ‘whipped the-lines'of his fishing

‘= tlons, Art found he could: simp:

‘. ly change hands and cast off the:

“Opposite: shoulder, thereby. Ase.
oh awe cing. it:,to. lengthen. his: Hem

_ not make it. work), Att set! out! is ca

. to'master the serpentine strokes - ”

of the spey cast. As the: ‘timing

: : tions demanded it:

De the Spey. Rod ‘teally. shon “Not:
backcast. ting “the” ‘shaale
and double-spey, ‘Art found he:
~c effort, but the length of the.

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comad ted'a lengthy. back cast
stream-side’ brush and ‘even: the
rock ‘walls ‘of a hyon were:

partners ; in. ‘undesirable dir

its ‘smaller. cous ne:
(Art. is .a° member. :
i Totems,’ the oldest: fly, fishing? -
club: in. the province. “Throw
his writings in the.Totems’. jou
nal ..and- through +: his, vac)
complishments, upon. -the Dean: |
and the Thompson, .Art,.in, his'--
quiet: and generous ; way,:; ‘has:
been the key figure pe popplariz-;
ing: ‘the’ long’ red in B.C, ‘One!
cannot go to. one: of our. famous. .
.steelheading streams. without

_ seeing ‘someone «fi shing. the:
‘double-hander, ‘and: on “the:
Thompson they are the ‘rod of.-
choice: among dedicated:
flyfishermen. ;

ta Jdar
necessary, “Art's” favourite’ ‘g. a.
_ big’ ‘black’ prawn-like creature:
fashioned after a British tie calls.
_ed | the General: ‘Practitioner:
With his Jong . rod “Art ‘could:
propel ‘huge .black; G.P.s;;out.,

over the: waves when the. con ae

But it was in ‘line’ control that.’

only was’ Ait ‘able to ‘cast pro-:
digious lengths of line with little

Spey Rod allowed him a far.

" JEFF NAGEL 638-7283,

” TERRACE STANDARD’

ere that weekend to put on the .

Winter, Games ln

On the ice

EYEING the house, curler Vera Beaulieu polishes the ice to get this rock into the scoring rings.
She was playing lead in ladies league action last Wednesday night for ‘Anne-Marie Merkel in their ©
game against Jacqui Munson’s rink, Z

Prince George, -

‘to the Pettigrew’ Lions ‘of

_ pard swam — some for the first

de time — a 1,500-metre freestyle,

~ with what coach Bill Nash call- §
ed amazing results, |

And: these kids are ten years of . a

second sheet of ice

Skaters to lob

TERRACE — Local sports proups are vowing to
bring their battle for a second sheet of ice in town :
back to city council in January. .

The Terrace Second Sheet of ice Association
wants to convince aldermen: to..carry out a.
feasibility study: ‘on the possibility : ‘of. building
another ice surface and. to put, the Project to

referendum in 1992.

“Spokesman. Anna Nosek said. the: ice users
- agree a second surface is needed : and are united in |
their efforts to lobby the city. °°"
_» Virtually every ice user group is- dealing -with
what they consider to-be insufficient Ice time and
many have waiting lists to get in. | ~.
“The need out there isn’t being satisfied: and ”
we can give hundreds of examples,'"Nosek:said.
The association — it's sole purpose dn existing .-
is to get the new ice sheet bullt ¢is. already getting
ready to sell the idea to the publig..- eo
., They’re printing a poster with about 500 of the
- ” ity’s 800 or 90 registered ice users. crowded onto ;
- the arena’s ice surface.

for time.’”.

in,”*

a study.

ficial or supporting parent: a
‘“We have to document the need,. :
_exist,”” he says. “Bach user group is scrambling

“The rep teams-and house leagues. don't:
enough time to _practice.. Figure: ‘skating needs
‘more time. Ringette.needs ‘more. time. Rec:
hockey has a waiting, list of players. who. want.

Once: they have: ‘an outline of the. need,’ the:

group will approach, council with a ‘Proposal for, wim, said Nash, “The time’

“was ‘under. 10. minutes and she's’
Close, to .qualif vy

sheet. of ice concept in their campaigh
“Some aldermenare on record as supporting @ “

It's not yet known. whether their idea would
-work, but second sheet: proponents. are calling:
for construction ‘of a full-size ice surfice im-
mediately adjacent to the existing arend. lt would »
be rurt off the aretia’s present ice-making, plant.‘

7 Dediluke noted three, Terrace. aldermen ™,
_ Rick King, Datryl-Laurent and Danny Sheridan
were elected in 1990 after including the second: ;
speeches. :

. age.”

. alto, chad; good: results on the
Jong: ‘distance: ‘swims. Audrey

“Walker,
-Muller,, Russell Parks, . David '

“hit best: ‘times in their distance

ae Jocelyn , ‘Coxford won the.
girls’:

“comie-from-behind - win - ov

mer cof the: Theet,, Bays Nash, was

Cal third |
at tourney

TERRACE — Caledonia’s Ker- The Kermodes beat Prince
mode boys basketball team George’s Duchess Park 74-60 to
played to a third-place finish in take third place in the tourney.
‘AAA’ boys hoop action in Mil-Homens led scoring in that
game with 22, while Geoff
McKay had 18, Newhouse sank -
the D. P. Todd/PGSS Polar. 16 and Fraser McKay added 10.
Classic, — Geoff McKay’ ‘was named a

In the first game, Cal edged first team all-star at. ‘the.
College Heights Senior Secon- tourney, . and. Newhouse was,
dary, of Prince George, 61-57.. picked for the. second all-star
Geoff McKay was high. scorer,

The. team was. competing at

shee A aed

. fame.
* with! 24!"and Mike Rho is Bone ts; iba 0 Jigs 9 vot,
- “added: another. 17, Nene i Ma ie a of ach’ gijook os

-Gamie two saw. Caledonia fail. Magkay shld. “rep tek improy-
-ing at’a good pace:"*”
Dawson Creek 81-69. Scoring _“‘I. don’t think we're going to :
was spread out with McKay be: a-major contender with
sinking 20, Fraser McKay pot- anybody until the end ‘of
ting 12, Fernando Mil-Homens January, start of February,” he’ -
had 11, and Mike Newhouse added, said, ‘But that’s OK2
and Shawn Stanvick each added We want to be peaking around _
the end of February,’ ” :

‘Bluebacks swim. :
at Kitimat meet

TERRACE — Blueback swim- |
mers finished third overall as a

team at the annual Kitimat

Marlins Invitational Swim Meet

Dec. 7-8. .

. But the Terrace swimmers

there — about a third of the

club’s full contingent — put in

some impressive individual per-

formances.

- Ten-and-under swimmers
‘Marina . Checkley, Julie
Vanderlee, Garth -Coxford,
Chris Kerman, and Clint Shep-

“That's a mile, mn he said.

Jocelyn oxford.
never broken 45 seconds before,
It was a terrific swim for him!’
In age § and under competi-
tion, Jason Kumpolt was third
overall at the meet, and Aman-
da -Hunter. would likely’ have
won the: meet ageregate. lif.
had raced Sunday. >.
‘Clint Sheppard was: firs
the: age 10-and-under < boys, |
while sidekick Garth’ c ford
‘was: third; ca
Age: 13-14 girls. action. Sa
“age 13/14 -800-metre Jocelyn: \Coxford: take: “first
freestyle -in’a--very ‘controlled. overall; ‘while Aimee: Peacock
was right behind her in: second. .
Dayid Vanderlee. captured ‘the
first-place aggregate: award }in
the dge'group on the boys, aide,
- And the club's older we
: Mes also swam. well, S

The team’s tiniest swimmers

rb ‘and” ‘Jennifer Vanderlee,
oth. “9, swam well in. the
800-metre freestyle. :

—Admee™:Peacock, -Joelle
Clayton Thomas-

Norman, and Chris Paziuk all

“SeThis -was'an . incredible:

‘Patrick Levesque; who’ ans.) Q wer .
chored the Bluebacks 10-and i othe heart and soul’? of the .
“cunder boys 200-mietre tear af the ‘Kitimat meet. 2°22:

“They're the older.girls ‘Gn... | oe
the..team ‘and their’ leadership

ee

, Second ‘sheet: proponent: David. Dediuke
* estimates between’ 2,000, and 2.300. ple ‘here - second sheet of ioe,’" said Dediluk
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