months.

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-STEELHEADING has plenty of happy moments as proved by the stile this fisherman
“has as he nets a huge Steelhead. This was caught on the Thompson River in the winter
a B.C. Gov't Photo

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"yards - of 15 pound “test

nh. ‘monofilament makes a: Bo0d
~ combination. °

_ Tf you intend to fish steelhead
with a fly, your best bet ig an

:. Atlantic -galnton rod which is
.. specially. made. for fly fishing |
~ Salmonon ‘streams, using salmon.”
se « (coho) flieg;" 2 2a

ke Kon can also fish for steelhead |

me “by drifting thelureat the end of a

_. bobber,. casting with:a lure, or |,

_.. Just letting bobber’ drift with the ©

“current into a bole, with bait on"

L the hook. *

ila - there are many rivers «

the. mainland that have both: «
. ey worms or salmon roe, down. -

“The main thing: is to. ‘get’ the
lure or bait, you can use ‘shrimp,

to the ‘Steelhead: ‘There are “all”
weight and 3 -youshould °

type: that will-carry. your

bait talon the rocky bottom of the,

e'.) ° Spli
the’ ‘bell-shaped : weigh
Ba pencil lead are: a

‘ous streams up-the coast fou
2 their ‘sources. ‘back-in.

oS third énd is attached by a short

- eader to the lure or |

the. angler will never. ‘kiow it,

Other. times it will hit the. lure

like a-torpedo.. --

Orange or pink séem to be the’
‘colors the. steelhead | 0. for, :
probably because the salmon egg:
is a natural food for it, It takes.

fluorescent’ pink; orange or red’

_ dures, simulated roé made up in
$86 clusters, and. ‘flashy tinsel”
ures... .- s

cherry-bobber, daredevil, . tee-.
_ spoon, spin-glo and the ‘wobbling
‘or flutter’ ures. such as ‘the’ -
Gresvig and Jenson’ crockodiles,
to name only a few.

‘Space doesn’t permita detailed”

account of fishing ‘for steelhead,
the etiquette of the pool ‘and the’.

“working”: of the . water, Drop |

into your. favorite’ tackle dealer.
and get his advice on what tackle”

*,to use and some hirits on catching,

“the ‘steelhead, the wily. smoothy

: oo the swift: stream set.

“And if you' can get hold of a:

: ‘book ° on: steelheading, © “Game.
= ane in ‘the’ “West: by Mike: :

"., Cramond is recommended; you.
-to- can get: ‘a better ‘idea: ‘on. how: to"

ae de

' game lakes from previous years,

‘Noted artiong | the lures are the:

Canadian Wildlife

‘Bird studies —

year-long job |

W.A. Morris, a wildlife
biologist with’: the | Canadian
Wildlife Service, describes below
some sections of their year-long
program. If - there “are any
queries he can be reached at 125
E. 10th Ave.,. Vancouver 10; ¢-o
The Canadian Wildlife Service,
Department of Environment.

int mid-January the- Canadian

Wildlife Service ‘conducts.aerial:

surveys, particularly in. the
coastal ‘areas, ‘to determine the
number of wintering wavcfowl,
and their distribution. The counts

include most hunted species’ ag
well as” observations of trum.

peter swans.

An evaluation of the potential
breeding population of waterfowl
is conducted ‘early in May: and

June on selected’ water bodies to:

determine the number. of pairs of

waterfowl: species using :them,

Most waterfowl return: from the
south as paired'birds. -

“The number of pairs resting on
the same lakes during the same-.
period of time on a year-to-year .
basis. gives'a good Indication of .

the potential reproductive rate of

the waterfowl. .
- “This operation is done ‘on: a

‘cooperative basis with the B.C.

. Fish: and. Wildlife: Branch and.

Ducks Unlimited, B.C.

lakes during the latter part of
June to estimate the average
‘number. of ‘young duckling : in
_ relation to previous counts on the

In: ‘mid-August | Canadian
‘Wildife’. Service undertakes a

Waterfowl banding... program

where mallards are known to .
gather prior fo. their - fall -
migration. - These-. -bands,
returned by the public, give
information’ on’where: birds
migrate to, and they also enable
the Canadian Wildlife Service to™
‘determine the hunter-killrate of
ine compared to the ‘adult :

“The Vancouver office also c0-
operates: with ‘the National Kill
-Stirvey by acting as a collecting
‘poltt for material sent in by B.C.
hunters...

‘Each year approximately one
‘hunter in 10, of -some 33,000
waterfowl hunters; ‘recelves a
package. of. self-addressed en-

* velopes asking that the hunter’

return one. - ‘from ' each
waterfowl he shoots during the
Season. .These are forwarded to
the Vancouver office in B.C. for

processing.

By examining approximately
3,500 wings sent in by hunters,
each year, the Wildlife Serivce is
able to. tell what es are
taken and also the sex and age of
. the bird up to one year or older,
examining tie ‘When fran to

‘wings
National Kill Survey,.to deter--
mine percentage of each species

-. Of waterfowl shot by the hunter.
: “This survey istisually- followed
by observations on the ‘same - birds

Usually in B.C. $5 percent of the
are’ made up of mallards, .
pigeon and pintail.

An additional mail survey is.
also sent from Ottawa and again
‘a one in 10 sample is sent out in

the form: of gold-colored. cards

which are retained by the hunter -
mntil the end of the. seasin and
then returned,

Skiers to.

benefit

from logging site

A public: park for year-round.
- recreational activity; ‘including -
what ‘some ‘believe :will be-the -
best skiing on Vancouver Island,
’ will be established -in a natural *

’ bowl on the north facing. slope of °

Mount Arrowsmith. The property
~to. be’. donated ‘by |MacMillan
Bloedel -Limited . comprises
~ apptoximatély 1,350 acres of .
timberland,
_ John, "Hemmingsen, the
company’ 8-sexecutive ‘vice-.
- president, . Natural Resources,

Said-the company ‘has been ad-
vised’ that ‘the’: board’ of . the:
, Alberni-Clayoquot._

‘Regional -
‘District has agreed to undertake:

‘ ewnership and administration of
. the land” or. ‘Fecreational pure.

* Mount ‘Arrowsmith’s potential
for outdoor recreation has long
been evident, but it had not been.
~ developed previously “because. .
the only. routes up the mountain: ‘f,
were steep paths, the bestimown < *
of which is a trail built about 1921

‘for -pack-horse .° trips ‘fron,

Cameron Lake. ‘It: takes: some
eight hours to. make. the climb.
-and descend by this ‘trail, which.
will be maintained and improved.
-by.the Company .as-part. of the’:
recreational. program, .:-

MacMillan : Bloedel- has. “also.
‘undertaken to log. ski run:areas
designated by the ‘Reg inal
District, .

‘The area is accesible ly, MB

"logging roads, open to the publi

we kends
The property i is situated an the ~ evenings, '- weekends
“north: slépe of | Mount. Cokely, holidays. .
-_ between the’ 3,500 and 4,800: foot Relocdtionot about 144 miles a

++. levels; ‘Cokely is alesser peak in’:
“© the Mount: Arrowsmith complex. «.
The. latter;. with an elevation of!
5,962 feet, overlooks the Alberni: - E
Valley" and ie aoe gilt ity oF the jure al
5, Qualicum’ area tral: Van- | he vic par:
: ; oe MacMillan: Bloedel also has

' patining ‘Taclllty. pane both | vehicles. '¢
* Winter and summer: use ee