Over ‘the’ y years I’ve heard the
Steelhead Society of British
Columbia blamed ° for
everything from fiyfishing-only
regulations to the spring
freshet. If you've heard similar
accusations, don’t believe them.

The embryonic meetings. of .
the. Society were held in: the
back of Cal, Woods’ flower |
shop in 197.There, amid the
floral fragiances, g handful of
dedicated and concerned sport-
smen — men who realized that

- the fish needed them as much as
they needed the fish — laid the
cornerstones of an organization
that is now recognized as the
major advocacy group not only
for steelheaders, but for all river
anglers i in Ahis Province,

To champion the cause of
steelhead’ is to champion. the.
cause of steelhead habitat. To
this end the Society has fought
for green strips along steelhead ~

«

hampioning |

streams with a great measure of

success, In many place’ where *
the conservation and .enhance-
ment of rivers was required, the -
Society was there to offer finan- *

cial Support or tc pitch in and
do the job themselves. .

‘Though vitaliy interested in. .
enhancement, the Society was -
first to blow the whistle on the ©

dangers implicit in the Kind of

The Skeena
Angler |
_ by Rob Brown

2 I

large-scale megahatchery no-

tions which had done so much
to degrade’ the runs: of native
fish in what was formerly” the
Eden of wild steelhead _
Washington | State.

Before people go fishing. they

‘should ‘no something of the .

sport and the quarry ‘they: seek:
great disservice has been done
and continues, to be done to the
environment through ig-
norance, The Steelhead Society
Tecognized this early on, and
decided one of: their guiding

principles had to be the gather-

ing and dissemination of infor-
mation ofthe propagation,
conservation and enjoyment of

steelhead trout, other salmonids

and their habitat. -

A lot of people fish but sur-

‘ prisingly few -have © thought

mitch about the meaning of
sport and how'to enjoy their

- Sport in a responsible, ‘sport-

smanlike fashion. The Society
continues to encourage and

foster ethical angling practices,

Unlike many sporting ‘clubs, '

the Steelhead Society has no in-

itiation rites and restrictions on’

membership — $20 will get you
a membership, a say and.a vote.
Given ‘this fact, any charges of
elitism are patently absurd, The

northwest branch of the Society °

is’ representative of the. other
branches and the parent. body
insofar as it is made up of
devotees of all kind of sport-

fishing techniques with diverse

_ Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Septamber 19, 1990 — Page B7

political inclinations and differ-

: ing philosophies:

Who. should belong .t to ‘the

- Steelhead | Society: of British
_ Columbia? Anybody who fishes
for steelhead; salmon: or trout.

and cares about wild fish. and

wild rivers, that’s who. Perhaps.
I should add to the list and in-

clude those people who want to.

’ know more about fishing, for

most society members are very

- good anglers and are likely,
-.with a little prodding, to divulge

a secret: or: two. :

: ‘And, if you.act now by sen:
“ding membership fees to The
Steelhead: Society of B.C. ;-Box

33947, Station’ D, Vancouver,

«B.C. V6I 4L7, attention Mr,
‘Art Lingren, membership chair-
-man,; you may partake in a con-

ference scheduled for Houston

-B.C. — the home of the world?s :
largest: flyrod — and‘hear some

distinguished experts discourse

on fish and fishing,
Dr. Art Tautz. AK
about the. current. ‘esearch an

steelhead. Blair Barr, | a forester. :
- will hold forth on the effects. of.

logging Practices ,,.on. water

- Quality. . John Brockley , “will

speak on the Political’ side of
fisheries matters. Bob Hooton, ;
that feisty fellow the commer-,
cial. fishing industry ; dinosaurs
love to hate, will stare’ ‘into. his.
crystal ball and give those i in at-
tendance his prognosis ‘of
Skeena steetheading to come:
Herb George and Pat Michelle
will share the aboriginal .
perspective, And last, but. cer-
tainly far from least, Steelhead
Society president Dr.~ Ehor
Boyanowsky will give: a’ slide
show on angling experiences,
Following that we will all go
fishing and I will catch twice as

many ‘fish as everyone else —
" honest, Sée you there. . ;

-SPORTS. NE

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283

WS

TERRACE STANDARD

-SPORTSCOPE-

Mountain
bikers
tangle

KITIMAT — Telkwa’s Glen
Buchanan crashed his way to
victory in a northwest moun-
tain bike race held Sept. 2 in
Kitimat.

Buchanan actually only
parted company with his bike
once in the lap competition
— a good showing given the
boulder-strewn course in an
event where riders live on the
edge of control,

He finished the three-lap-
event on Kitimat’s cross
country ski trail course in a
time of one hour and 43
minutes. He took the lead on
the first lap and held on to
the end, aided by the narrow
trails that made passing dif-
ficult,

Trailing Buchanan were
Kitimat’s Jussi Jaakkola and
Mark Belsham, = and
Terrace’s Colin Parr, who
finished fourth.

The hill climb segment of
the race saw Jaakkola turn
the tables, passing Buchanan
at the last second for the win.
Behind Buchanan, in third
place, was Tyler Cochrane,
followed by Parr, who main-
tained his fourth-place tradi-
tion.

The steepness of the hill
| climb, combined with the
shale roadbed, forced riders
to push their bikes up some
sections of the gruelling race.

SKB
Wreckers
top tourney

TERRACE — They did it the
long way and the hard way,
but the SKB- Molson
“f Wreckers came. through the
«| back door to win this year's
Larry “Swanson Memorial
Slo-pitch tournament. ;
[© The Wreckers picked up
[first-place prize money of
’ more than $1,600 by beating
"fF out Prince George’s Western
‘Staging in the final.
‘Third went.to West Point
Rental ‘of; Terrace, and a
‘| Burns Lake team ‘claimed
fourth. The ‘consolation
round. saw. Port Edward's
 [ Northern, Selects’ cruise to
victory.
- Among ‘the tournament
{stars were. several Terrace
| players. Tournament MVP
‘was’ SKB!s Dave Kirkaldy,
‘and vest infielder was Danny
Bolack, also of SKB. Best of-
ifensive player honours went
to. ‘Brock McFarlane of
Western Staging. West
'Point’s -Richard: Klien was
Inairied best outfielder.

. course played tough with no goif

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SHARP SAVES sometimes require a bit of air time. And that! Ss exactly what Northern Drugs goalie Mark
Dhami gave to block this tough shot by a Sanberry invader during Friday night's under-14 boys youth
soccer semifinal. Impressive talent was also displayed on the giris side, as a Kinette defender (right)
shepherds the ball just inside the line to gain precious yards.

Golfer drops lead

SMITHERS — Terrace’ § George Munson claim-
ed low net in the seniors division at .Smithers'

Northern Open 54-hole golf tournament Parlier’

this month.

Munson marked a 209, which. was good for

first ahead of Smithers’ Glen Green at 210, and
Terrace’s Chic Henderson at 216.

Other Terrace golfers i in Smithers for the tour-
nament included Dale: Ward, ‘whose. UT on.
34-handicap -put him ine second. for low’ net in’

‘C’-flight.

In championship ‘flight, Kitimat” § Bd Fit:.
zgerald stiot-a sizzling 33 on his first nine:for a.
“one-under-71 first round — the’only ‘subpar
round in the tournament — to bécéme the first.

round leader in the tournament

on 18 than one over;

due

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Fitzgerald traded the lead with Burns Lake’s
George Noth and Steve Kerbrat of Smithers. But
a blistering 34 on the final round’s front nine put
the Kitimat golfer one shot up on Noth and two
ahead of Kerbrat, and the litle appeared to be
west-bound.

But Kerbrat made the Smithers crowd happy
by making up the difference in‘a hurry, starting

. the back nine birdie-par-birdie. He then held a
* one-shot lead over the Fitzgerald and Noth until

the 343-yard final hole, posting a par-four finish,

- while the challengers both bogied.

The victorious Kerbrat! $ 223 total edged ¢ out

<3 tournament. .-

(76-73-76:228). and . “Fitzgerald
__(11-80-74:225) by two strok |

.' More than 240 go icipated in the Sept.

Volunteer Crisis ©

TERRACE — Warm weather
and sunshine smiled an Terrace
Youth Soccer Association
playoffs that wrapped up over
the weekend.

A cliffhanger under-14 boys
final saw Sanberry slug it out
through regulation time and
overtime against Rotary before
breaking a 2-2 tie in a shootout.
Sanberry made the final on a
5-3 win over Northern Drugs,
and Rotary — the regular
league champions —~ also got in
by beating Northern Drugs 3-1.

In the girls soccer’ playoffs,
regular season victors Richard’s
Cleaners decisively knocked off
the Kinettes 3-G for the playoff
trophy.

Cedarland Tire outshot Nor-
thwest Sportsman 3-1 to take
the under-12 division title. The
two teams beat out Brady’s
F,C. in semifinal action to earn
berths in the final. Bandstra was
the league champion team in
that category.

And under-10 boys action
witnessed Skeena Cellulose’s

5-1 trouncing of the league

champion Surveyors.
Registration was marginally
up again this year, with well
over 500 children involved. But
Terrace Youth Soccer Associa-
tion organizers warned things
may not be as rosy next year.
“We desperately need more
volunteers,”’ says Nora Phillips. -
“Or else youth soccer in Terrace
will have to be cut right back.”’

The five- and six-year-old
divisions — representing about
150 children — will be chopped
next year if more es
aren’t found, Phillips said.

. Eight: out of 13 positions « on
the organization’s executive re-
main unfilled, she said, adding
that’s unacceptable given the
number of families involved,

More parents should
volunteer their time, she added,
if they want their children to be
able to continue participating.

The organization's annual
general meeting is Oct. 2 at 7:30
p.m. in the library basement,
and all volunteers, new and old,
are urged to attend,

‘Ing with the farm team.

- Hockey League last season.

' the most of the opportunity.

Kansas-bound

TERRACE — Wade Flaherty is on his way to Kansas City,
: Missouri — the farm team for the new NHL expansion — ;
club in the San Francisco bay area.
The Terrace hockey player signed with the expansion
team over the summer and leaves this week to begin train-,

Flaherty backstopped the Greensboro Monarchs toan
-untikely playoff championship in the American East Coast -

Backup goalie through much of the regular season, he
was elevated for the playoffs, where he kicked in and made

' Flaherty rode'a .950 save percentage and 2.25 goals-:
against average through the finals io be named ‘

_ Greensboro’s playoff MVP, leaving his coaches jubians
and opposing teams ‘frustrated.

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