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SELDOM BUY a fishing magazine
ihese days. When I do I’m soon
reminded why. Recently 1 succumbed
io base consumerism and went on a

buying binge.

When it was all over I had three magazines and
Northern Drugs was about fifteen bucks richer.

A short time later I was enjoying a cup of coffee
and the company of Dave Elkins, who runs a fine
tackle shop wedged between a car wash and the
Radio Shack on Highway 16.

“Hey,’’ said Dave. ‘*I’ve got something you'll
be interested in.”’

He slit the spine of a cardboard box and pulled
out a Life-sized magazine: the maiden issue of
Wild Steelhead & Atlantic Salmon. 1 couldn't
resist, I bough! the new magazine for almost as
much as I paid for the other three.

At home I leafed through the pages of the Jatest
acquisitions. Flyfishing for Trout was first to get
my attention. You may not be able to tell a book
by its cover, but that’s not as true for magazines,

Fly Fishing for Trout has one of those hack-
neyed shots of an angler — with a lookil-me-ma
grin, a baseball cap and cool shades — about to

_ Ielease a dead rainbow trout of huge proportions.

The articles weren't up to much either A few
paragraphs of each convinced me that I didn't
have the patience for ‘*Success wilh Streamers’’,
or “Monster Brookies’’,

Every article I sampled secmed. ‘like something .
‘T’d read before. I moved on to Flyfisherman aud

found more..of the. same, Flpfisherman was
Flyfishing for Trout, in a more expensive suit.

Fiy Rod & Reel was.a good read when it was
Rod and Reef. I’m happy to say it still is. There
are a varicly of articles. Ted Williams writes of
conservation issues with bite and brains.

For the fly tier there is an article devoted to the
finer points of the art. There is a department
devoted to the exotic world of salt water angling
with the fly rod. For those after more practical
fare there is a picce on fly line densities and an-
other on synthetic ouldoor wear.

If float tubes and stalking fish in lakes is your
game, Paul Mariner has wrilten an article on fish-
ing the Kamloops lakes tha! way. All this along
with smatier iniercsting items and some fiction
make FR&R the only fishing magazine of the
dozen or so on the market that regularly gives ils
readership something lo sink its teeth into.

Well, not the only one anymore, — -

Wiid Steethead & Atlantic Salmon is the brain-
child of Tom Pero, former editor of the. Feder-
ation of Flyfishermen’s official organ Trout.
While with FFF, Pero was responsible for some
of the finest ouldoor magazine journalism around.

His articles on the Skeena and the. Miramachi
are provocative picces providing a detailed look
at (hose rivers and the forces operating on them,
The Trout issues examining artificial enhance-
ment should be read by everyone who thinks
hatcheries are the salvation of declining fisheries,

Describing the vision for his latest venture Pero
says: “We believe in quality — in the ex-

_ traordinary power. of words and arl and graphics

io caplure what we feel and think about our
wonderful sport and its rich history. We believe in
the ability of first rate journalism to lead the way
in saving the fragile and threatened wild resource
upon which all depends.’?’

True to his word, Pero has assembled some
stimulating wriling together with some caplivat-
ing images and put them in striking format.

Moreover he has selected submissions that are
timely and have substance. Craig Orr has written
an excellent piece on the state of Vancouver Is-
land streams and craftily knil it logether with
quotes from Roderick Haig-Brown that are as
relevant today as when they wete first written.

Pete Soverel’s ‘'World Ciass Skagit”, tastefully
decorated with beautiful black and white Pholog-
raphs, is a throrough overview of a great river.

Every fishing magazine has ‘‘how 10” articles.

This one does too, but with a difference.

Dry line master Bill McMillan gives a
demonstration of his. technique in a series of fine
Sketches by Denis Point.

Alec Jackson gives us a lucid explanation of
how to te his striking and deceptively simple wet
Hies in an arlicle that. provides some fascinating
insights into how fish see and how one should

fish the “greased line’,

~ The- Atlantic salmon portion of volume one,

~mumber one js filled by editor Pero and novelist
: Tom MeGuane, with articlés on New Bruns-

wick’s Miramachl and - fishing in Russia. Both
make good reading,

Wild: Steelhead & Allantic Salmon may strain
your: pockel book, and {t certainly won't fit in
your pocket — unless you putit in the: back pack:
et of your vest — but. it’s first rate,”

LONG HOURS of practice paid
off for Terrace figure skaters at
the Kla-How-Ya Interclub com-
petition.

The skaters came away from
the two-day event, held in
Kitimat this year, with 15 gold, a
half dozen silver and four bronze
medals.

Daniel Miller went double gold
in the individual eveats, taking
top spot in both the Preliminary
Men’s Figures and Freskate.

Jennifer Kuehne kept up her
medal winning ways In Gold Art-
istic then added silvers in Inter-
mediate Ladies Freeskate and
Sixth Figure and up.

Beating Kuehne out in the latter
was teammate Chella Levesque

who also skated to silver in
Novice Ladies Freeskate.

Grace Mitchell also put in a
golden performance in the Juve-
nile Ladies Freeskate for 13-year-
olds and up, adding a silver in
Bronze Artistic.

Other individual golds came
from the blades of Lindsay
Moleski (Preliminary Ladies Fig-

ures), Leanne Ballinger (First:

Figure), Robby Stach (Beginner
Men's Freeskate), Carol Kozler
(Pre-Preliminary Ladies Frees-
kate, 11 years and up), Wanessa
LeBlanc (Pre-Juvenile Ladies’
Freeskate, 11 years and up) and
Katie Dediluke (Open Artistic).
Carsie Iamele and Erin Goodall
both tallied individual bronzes.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 9, 1994 - C1

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Pairs competition produced an-
other bronze as Kendra Eys and
Mitchell joined forces in the
Level [ event.

Terrace was strong in team
evens, coming away with four
golds, two silver and a bronze.

The Pre-Beginner Manouevres
was a sweep with LecAnna Huis-

man, Stephanie Miller, Moleski

and Nathania Talstra edging out
clubmates Catherine Audet, Jill
Harvey, Kozier and Aisha Manji.
And it was the same one-two
Story in the Formation Four-
teenstep where gold went to
Levesque, Goodall, Eys and
Mitchell, silver to Ballinger,
Tamele, Kuehne and LeBlanc,
Dediluke, Goodall and Mitchell

dais

with new addition Eys took the
Beginner Team Manouevres., for
the second straight year.

Nicole Sheppard and Dana
Randrup added their names to the
list of medal winners when ‘Ter-
face’s 12-member team took the
Recreational Precision gold.

Mitchell and Kuehne shared the
honours for the most medals,
earning six apiece. '

Terrace sent 29 skaters, from
seven to 16 years, to this year’s
Kla-How-Ya, held Jan. 22-23 in
the Tamilik Arena. |

Describing the results as ex-
cellent, club spokesman Julia
Mitchell said they reflected the
dedication of club coaches Tanya
and Leonard Warkentin.

mg High-energy gymnasts

LOCAL GYMNASTS Eva Mateus and Kelly Julseth practice
at the Terrace Peaks Gynastics Club centre in Thomhill. Early
word from the Northern B.C, Winter Games in Fort St. John

was that by Friday night all 12 Terrace gymnasts had secured
medals and could come. home with a lot more hardware, ‘Sea,
next week's edition for full Games results,

CROSS-COUNTRY skiers are
keeping a wary eye on the sky
this week.

That’s because the count-
cown is on to the Kitimat
Cross Country Ski club’s an-
nual Alcan Ski Marathon,
scheduled for this Saturday,
Feb. 12.

While there is slili snow on
the Onion Lake tails, venue
for the event, spokesman
Susan Thome admils there’s
not as much as it would like,

However, the club Is still in-
tent on holding the races at
Onion Lake.

“We don’l want {o change
the location if we can help it,’’
Thorne said.

As of last Friday, Onion
Lake still looked possible even
without fresh snow by race
day.

At worst, she. added, the
route for the marathons may
have to be altered.

Registration for the event
takes place at 9 a.m. at Onion
Lake (on Hwy 37 South, past
Lakelse Lake) with racing be-
ginning at 10am.

for those taking part ranging
from 5km to 30 km,

Entry is free, refreshments
are provided and = every
participant gets a  com-
‘plimentary swim pass ‘to
Mount Layton Hotsprings.

Thorne
marathons are open to all

members of the club.

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There is a choice of distances ©

emphasized the.

regardless of age or skiing
ability. Nor do they have to be.

For more Information on the
event, contact Thoms at 1 632-",

Weather watch is on

number —
retired —

SIMON FRASER University

last night paid tribute to the

athletic prowess of one of
Terrace’s own,

In a special ceremony held
on the basketball court she
dominated for four years,
Michelle Hendry’ 8 ’ jersey
was retired,

Her framed #24 will now.

be on permanent display in
the athletic trophy case,
Hendry finished her

university hoop career with . ©
3,152 points, the fifth highest:

tally in the
women’s
basketball.
A three-time NAIA first-
_ team All American, she was
selected District 1 player of
the year in each year she

history of

played and was twice named
_ NAIA player of the year. _

She set another Inter-
collegiate mark with a

_career field goal percentage
of 66.4 per cent as well as .

breaking nine SFU records.
' Hendry was a meinber of

the the team known as the
“original six?’ which, under

coach Allison McNeill, twice.

made it to the NAIA
championship final and set.

SFU team records.

After a ‘year playing
professionally in Germany,
Heridry has returned to SFU.

“to Join its coaching staff.

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