CHRISTIANA WIENS TERRACE STANDARD The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 14, 2000 - C] PORTS __..... - SKEENA ANGLER - ROB BROWN Lines on lines ave Locke phoned twice. The second time he D got me. [ have some tackle I'd like you to try, he said after introducing himself, Can we set up a time, meet an the river maybe, so you can grive them a try? told Dave | had arranged to take a young man who was eager ta learn how to fish a fly to the river. It’s his first time out in the river with a fly rod, but if you Want tojoin us, I suggested to Dave, you’re more than wel- come. I’ve got to make a call in the moming, said Dave, but if you'd like to meet me on the Lakelse River around noon, that’d be preat, The parking lot at the head of the trail to Herman’s Creek at noon would be fine with me, I said. You know it? Sure, said Dave, you"ll recognize me: I’m the 50-year- old guy who's going bald. co When Matt and I got to the spat Dave was already there, whistling one of those high piercing whistles a guy whistles to get someone’s attention. At first 1 thought he was whistling at us, which would have been a strange thing to do since there was no possible way we could have driven by him. As Matt and I detrucked, a little Jack Russell lemi- er emerged from the brush. Dave scooped up the fellow and extended his hand so we could shake a paw. This is Bo, he takes off after rabbits, said Dave nadding, in the direction of the cute, floppy eared pooch with the intelligent lock cradled in the crook of his left arm. Yesterday he ran off after a rabbit and got lost. Didn’t come back for hours. I was really worried. When he did retum, [ shook him by the collar and scolded him, They’re a really sensitive breed. He sulked all day and it threw off his bodily functions. As he was telling me this, Pawsome, whom Matt had freed from inside the canopy, was bounding around like a thing possessed, burning off the pent up energy acquired on the short trip from town. She's a two speed dog, I told Dave, full on and full off. After suiting up we made our way tothe river. Davelold us he’d once operated some kind of fabricating business on Vancouver Island, but the stresses that come with a small business wore him down to the point where he sold the works, acquired same high end fishing tackle lines, filled his decaying van with samples, then struck out on the road. How large is your territory? [ asked. All of Canada, said Dave. ; Dave is the rep for Winston Rods, fine fishing pales for which I have a soft spot. Finlay had a 10-foot six-weight Winston which was, before it blew up in my hand on the day of his funeral, the nicest praphite rod I’ve ever cast. Dave also carries Islander reels, golden, superbly machined machines that have to be at the peak of reel quality. Dave was particularly keen that I try the new line of Air Flo lines, a British brand whose braided and weighted lead- ers I originally encountered some 10 ycars ago. My expe- rience with thase contraptions was not happy, but I had never encountered any of the campany’s lines. When one company comes up with a tackle innovation, its not long before all its competitors are flogging their vari- ation, The kitest innovation is multi-ipped lines. At first, Rio came up with them and before we could say poly vinyl chlonde, Scientific Anglers 3M, Cortland Line, and now, Airflo had one, Thave a Rio for my two handed rod and a 3M for my six weight. Their Achilles heel is the connexion between the changeable heads and the running line, On the Rio, the loops were solid but a little large and clunky. On the Scieatific Anglers version, the loops came apart, Naturally, the first thing I loaked at on the Airflo was the loop. It was clear plastic and appeared to be integrated with the fly line, preventing any hinging and making it highty unlikely to come apart. ‘The texture and fecl of the line was different from any- thing I'd tried before. It was stiffer and shat through the guides more smoothly. Cracking is a perennial problem with PVC fly lines, but these, said Dave, are made of a polyurethane polymer and are guaranteed apainst cracking for five years. The feature of these lines that will really appeal to the salmon fishers in this country are the fast sinking tips. The fastest, which sinks at slightly more than seven inches pet second is made with tungsten and sinks tip first, a quality that should make it ideal for getting down to the level sack- eye, coho and springs prefer. I didn’t get time to try it aut, but Airflo boasts that the sink rate of their lines is indepen- dent of line weight, something that no other line can do. Intriguing alsoare Airllo’s leaders, Built on a monocore, these are guaranteed to sink at varying rates, the most dense plunging botlamward at six inches per second. cutthroat. When you gel right down to il, | told Matt as we drove outto the lake, lines are pretty much the mos! important part of your tackle. : That's the most fish I've ever caught, said Matt-who wasn’t concentrating all that hard on my sermon, I’m gonna like this fly fishing, coe Stacey Clarke gets re ady to step during the midget girls trip to Quesne! late last TERRACE MINOR FASTBALL RE up to the plate month, Clarke also pitched her team to two wins during the tournament. Terrace Thunder shut out Quesnel NO ONE has to tell Terrace’s girls midget fastball coach Nolan Beaudry that winning is supposed to be a good thing. But when his team — The Terrace Thunder - went to Quesnel to check out other provincially ranked teams Jast month with a shut out Beaudry was disappointed. He hoped the tournament would offer the girls more competition before the provincial kick-off in Langley July 14-16. . “It was still the best competition they could get,” said co-coach Nolan Beaudry, who was also disappointed by the absence of two key Quesnel pit- chers. Beaudry commended the girls for their ability to stay focused despite their large leads in more than a few games. “The other teams really earned their runs,” Beaudry said, “We're pitching better than we have before,” In addition; Beaudry said, the girls have started thinking their way through the games by calling their own pitches and controlling game tempo. The tournament started slow when the girls beat the Quesnel Blaine 4-3 in seven innings. Pitcher. Pam Austin charted five strike outs in 116 pitches for a solid start to the three-day tournament. Cat- cher Jen Vanderlee gat the organizer's nad as the Thunder’s game MYP. By game two, a combination of strong Thunder hits and an abundance of errors on the part of the Quesnel Glen had allowed Terrace to gain con- trol of the game. They creamed the Glen 12-0, with pitcher Janine Garnequ notching nine Strike outs in 65 pitches. “The other teams really earned their runs. We're pitching better than we have before.” — Nolan Beaudry, co-coach Terrace Thunder. “She was amazing,” Beaudry said. Garneau threw five near perfect in- nings (hrowing no more than 15 balls per inning. Thunder pitcher Stacey Clarke took her turn at the mound in game three against another Quesnel team called Tolko. Clarke charted nine strike outs in a 10-2 final. In Game Four, the final game of round-robin play, Terrace faced an in- experienced pitcher who walked 13 balls on base, adding up to a 19-4 Ter- tace win. Clarke charted seven strike outs in her second game on the mound. By the time semi finals came around, the Thunder were down to two pitchers after Janine Garneau twisted her ankle. Terrace drew Tolko in semi-final action and Thunder coaches played Pam Austin, knowing Austin’s ability lo rise to the challenge. “She just keeps petting better as games go by,” Beaudry said. Austin out threw Tolko 15-0 with four strike outs while the team stayed disciplined and finished strong, The Thunder racked up 10 hits in a huge fourth inning to blast themselves into the finals where they met none other than the first team they played, the Quesne! Blaine, By that time Austin was working her change-ups and blasting balls past Blaine hitters. Blaine managed to scare one run in the firsi, four in the third, another in the fourth and one more in the fifth to finish four runs short. The game ended 10-6 Terrace and was called for time after five innings. Ball diamonds busy TERRACE Minor Fastball is hosting a Swing into Summer tournament for minor fastball players of all ages June 16-18, The invitational tournament will host fastball players fram Smithers, Telkwa and Kitimat in all age groups. Games will be held at Eiks Park, Cassie Hall and Riverside fields. Fight for first takes to the fields games. The team sils with a Sports Scope At the end of the aftemoon we'd all caught a few nice’ THE SIX teams competing in the Terrace Women’s Soccer League are in the middle of a battle for top Spot. Both Artistic Hair and Blessings have swepl the league with four wins. Mo- nica Rauter leads Artistic Hair as the top scorer, with seven goals and Paul Teix- eira leads Blessings with 11 goals. Flower Power’s top scor- er, Janet Haw is keeping her team in the standings with four goals over all, helping Flower Power maintain a two win, two loss standing. Molson is struggling with four straight losses., Lisa Clark and Leslie Rob-' inson are leading theit team with one goal each. Tracy Faith, goal leader for Cedar River Physio, has bagged six goals in four one win, one tie and Iwo loss standing, After four games, Alm-. wood Royals is ranked with one tic and three losses. Karen Klenk is the team’s lop scorer, beating the goal- ie five times. Internationals fight for league top spot FIELDS AROUND town were kept busy this past month with men’s soccer teams battling for the top Spot in the league. The Internationals are the only team in the Ter- race Senior Men’s Soccer Association (TSMSA) thal remain undefeated, - with five wins: and two lies. The top team faced last year’s league champions, Super BM in a tight defen- sive match a week ago. The two teams battled for control through out the game. But it was only in the last five minutes that the Internationals pounded: the ball out of the air and placed it deep into the Su- per BM net, giving the In- jernationals a 1-0 win. In another close. skirm- ish, Super BM faced the Pipers. _ The Super BM took the lead in the first half, but the Pipers fought back scoring the tying goal on a penally shot, leaving the game with the teams tie at two. In an attempt to keep up with the Internationals in league standings, the Pipers later faced FC Al- can, June -7, FC Alean knocked off three goals in 15 minutes early in the game, bul the Pipers came back and took control of the second half, when Martin Sterner scored twice to: give them ~ the lead. Chippy play resulted-in’ three players being thrown out of the game, giving the Pipers a one man adyan- tage. Ho But FC Alcan kept the score close, moving the ball into the Pipers zone Men's Soccer Standings Through June 8, 2000 GP Internationals FC Alcan Super BM Jock’s Pipers Ruins FC Falcons Gitsegukla Tigers Varsity Kickers Northern FC - Oa neon .7 aK o ~3 GF GA W L T PTS 37 10 5 02 17 34°23 «5 21 =«16 30 6 4 11s ow 27 19 3 22 11 14. 24 2 30 6 17 98 2 40 4 8 2 1°31 4 13 25 1 60 8 8B 21414 «3 and pouncing on a rebound to tie (he game al four. .- Later on, Pipers defen- seman, Mandecp More quickly put a shot in the net, ending the game with a 5-4 score, Team rosters are set for the season, bul anyone in- lerested ‘in joining. the league can: put their name on the teapiie’s wait list by fegistering at the Terrace _Atena recreation office, ” “weekly = play The cost for registration ts $65, - Anyone. interested in kicking the ball around in a more relaxed environ- ment can drop in lo the Thursday evenings at 7 pm at Skeena Junior Second- ary. -: For more ‘information call Frazer Dodd, 615- 0008 of Terry -Marieau, ~ 632-7378. Geritol rugby SENIOR MEMBERS of the Terrace Northmen Tugby club are heading east June 24-25. Players 35 and up will be playing a short game against ‘senior Prince George players late Sa- turday afternoon with a golf scramble scheduled Sunday afternoon. “With the later kick off lime on Saturday you can leave either Friday after work or Saturday morning,” says game co- organizer David D. Hull. Terrace players will stay downtown at the Ramada Inn, with the ever popular Coaches Comer pub, casino, pool and hot tub. Ernie Dusdal has con- (acted most, if not all, of the past and present players of the rugby geri- lol set encouraging to come out this new aspect of Northmen Rugby. The emphasis is on fun and camaraderie. If you are over 35, or just feel like it, and have a positive attitude, yon are invited to throw the ball around and plan for our first trip with the old- limer team. For more in- | formation call Ernie Dusdal at 638-1664 (home) or 635-6126 (work). Tennis, anyone? A FREE tennis fair is putting out a call to all Terrace tennis players. The Terrace Tennis Club and Tennis B.C are sponsoring the Wilson Tennis Fair, June 19 at the Halliwell courts. The fair will give ten- nis enthusiasts, both young and old, a chance to try out the latest Wil- son lennis gear. It’]] will be open from 6:30-7:30 pm for players aged 9 to 15 years and for aduit players 7:30- 9:30 p.m. For more in- formation call Ada, 635- 9695. Volunteers wanted TERRACE Minor Fast- ball hosting B.C.'s best fastball teams al the pro- vincial bantam cham- . The ladies night high session, — | top honors. in the low pionship here July 7-9 and they need your help. To make the tourna- ment a sucess, organizers need announcers and help with the opening ceremonics, scheduled Friday, July 7. Call Kelly at 635-7144 for more information. Ladies night success THE SKEENA Valley Golf and Country Club let the ladies take over the course, May 25, and low hidden hole competition teed off with Shelley Fisher clinching the high hidden hole and Debbie Carruthers and Jacely Galloway tying for top spot in the low hidden hole, First place in the clos est lo the pin competitig went to Melancy Py the 0-18 age category, Brenda deJong in the 19- 26 citegoty, Elaine Johnson fn the 27-36 age tange and Aida Sarsiat in the 37 and over calegory. -Melaney Pylat and Linda Kawinsky shared pult competition,