a antic salmon share a lot of
similaritics with our summer
‘stéelhead: Both fishes are highly
‘prized by anglers the world over
because: of their fighting
qualities; both will chase lures
 fike‘a-hound after a hare; some
members of both species’ will

‘spawn, return to sea as kelts and.

come back to:their home rivers

to. spawn. again; and both have a.

. rich: angling history.

. The “Adantic salmon —
Salmo Salar, the leaper — can
“be:seen swimming up the rivers
that’. ‘flow .through the, Soviet
tundra to the Arctic Circle, in
‘the icy streams draining the cold
‘fjords “of; Norway. and in
“habitats as diverse as the fabled
‘streams of, Scotland and the
rivers of Spain.

Once, great waves of large -

Atlantic. salmon ascended the
then pellucid waters of the
Rhine, passing through many of
the European countries in the
process, Caesar's troops

marvelled at and dined upon -
‘succulent red flesh of the great.
silver. fish leaping majestically» ,

up rivers like the’ ‘Thames. © >

Hundreds of years later, men”
wielding massive rods : of:
greenheart, to which were at-
tached: meticulously machined ©.
reels turned. in: the House: of ©
“Hardy, pursued the offspring of,
the.salmon that’ had ‘eluded the
‘spears: of the Roman Legions, '

with-‘gut-eyed ‘forged hooks

dressed with feathers of macaw, .-

bird..of paradise, jungle fowl,

florican., -bustard . and other
plumage’ plucked’ from the ex-
otic ‘hides of. birds shot in the.
‘colonial mienageries.: °°

These. ornate Victorian lures

“were knotted to carefully tended ©

silk Jines and fished with con-
fidence . under ‘the. : misguided
assumption that Salmo Salar ate
butterflies. Butterflies are not a
staple item on the menu of
British salmon, but those ornate

patterns of Kellson; : “Pryce- "

_Brunswick’s Mirimachi

The Skeena
Angier -
by Rob Brown

-Tannat and the other salmon
fishing giants appealed to the _
‘aggressive
Quarry thus spawning a fly-
tying tradition which continues

instincts of their

to this day,
Atlantic salmon. climb the

‘rivers on ‘this continent too.
‘Streams on the windswept
‘Labrador coast still host large

runs; the salmon ‘of Quebec's
Matapedie _- and New
still
draw crawds * of committed
anglers,

Sadly in most of the world the

table results,
‘" discovered that many races of
: salmon migrated to ice flows off
Greenland to feed on shrimp,

king of sport fishes has been
killed off by the same forces
that are wiping out our wild
steelhead here and now.

In ancient times monks from
monasteries which had rights to
nearby salmon streams ‘strung
gillnets . across

of salmon, Estuary net. fisheries
grew in number with the predic-
The Danes

ome

‘them. and
ultimately wiped out.whole runs.

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 13, “4991 —

“hen proceeded to 9 brazenly fish

: ‘them out.until they were reiried - ; be,
: ‘warnings of the Steelhead Socie-

in by international boycait.
Dams and other results of in-
dustrialization still take their
toll on what is left of the
world’s Atlantic salmon stock.

’ But the most insidious devasta-

tion of Atiantic salmon happen-
ed in Norway where diseases
from pen-reared Atlantic
salmon spread from the hat-
cheries to scores of Norwegian
streams,

After this disaster the
Norwegian government had to
authorize the poisoning of aii
the fish in many of these rivers
in a desperate effort to halt the
spread of disease, and they have
been forced to establish an
Atlantic salmon gene bank as a
Tesult of the experience. .

We have Atlantic salmon on
the west coast of the continent
now, but we have no reason to
rejoice, The Atlantics were im-
ported at the request of a fish

— Page Ct

ty of B.C.

“Commercial fish farmers - —a

rich, - politically ‘astute - and
energetic group of business peo-

ple — routinely expect. losses of

50 per cent of their fish: from
disease. During ‘storms
thousands of farmed Atlantic:
salmon escape their mesh, pens.

They have been caught i in com-
mercial: nets. _Farmed salmon
have been seen. on spawning
beds in Puget Sound,

There is cause. for great con-
cern. These escapees do not
carry the same genetic program
as wild salmon. ‘Will they suc-
cessfully establish themselves?
What are the genetic implica-
tions if they do?

As John De Yonge of the
Washington Steelhead Commit-
tee says, the fish-farm industry
Poses a direct threat to the sport
of angling on the west coast.

When

Harlem
comes
to town

TERRACE — In the world
of gonzo basketball, they’re
the kings — the Harlem
Kings, that is.

Four members of the com-
edy team — which is a Cana-
dian farm team of the
Harlem Globetrotters —
‘were here last week to take
on local wheelchair basket-
ball players.

“Comedy Kings took to the
chairs was a spéctacle worth
every penny of the ticket
price.

* “FE played in a chair once a
lotta years ago,"’ Kings co-
owner Rip Collins says as he
sells- programs at the door,
“But for these boys, it’s their
first time." a

It 'showed., Kings” star
wn Casanova spent
almost-as much time flat on
the floor. as. he did sinking
magnificent 3-point shots.

“Yeah, I fell a few times,”
Casanova’ said after the
game. “‘This is hard, Very
hard. Where's the jacuzzi?”’

Spectators thrilled to the
team’s antics and routines —
especially after halftime
when the teams played
reguiar ball and Casanova
cranked -up the gags.

“TI enjoyed it,’’ he said of
-playing in a chair. ‘‘The
angles are completely dif-
ferent, At first Iwas lost. It
took me a while to adjust."

The 30-year-old grew up
on the streets of East
Orange, in Newark, New
Jersey, These days he stays in
Canada playing and touring

aco-owner.
’” 47 love Canada,’’ he says.
“You don’t have: to worry
about getting shot up here.”
_ The crowd at Thornhill Ir.
Secondary was sparse, but
. enthusiastic and Casanova
_ says he feeds off the crowd.

“IE was great,” he’ said.
“The crowd was Teally Tecep-
‘tive. And vany: time the

harder.” ©

The, game. was held. as a.
benefit’ for the local Big
Brothers. and. Big . Sisters
organization,
hope it. will encourage more

p.m. Monday night
wheelchair basketball prac-
tices at the Caledonia gym.
.The game:.was ‘also
dedicated to the rest of the

equidn’t be here because of
an accident the team had
| three weeks ago in: the. Nor-
thwest Territories.

{ afistthe team's. van, flipped

What... erisuéd:. wheit the —

‘with the team, of which he is. -

crowd's | receptive, we work ;

Players ‘also

people to come oul to the 9 .

Kings team members that -

‘Four teammates. were. left ;
behind with various: ‘injuries

WAAAAA!

HARLEM Comedy Kings
player Shawn Casanova
(above) tumbles. from.” his
chair during last. week’s
wheelchair baskélbail garné
between the Kings -- a
Canadian farm team for the
Harlem Globetrotters —:
and local wheelchair hoop
players. It was the Kings’
first time playing chair bail,
and the different perspec-
tive put the. two teams on
relatively equal. footing.
Later in the game‘ Terrace
youngster Trevor Ujiye
(right) sinks "his first hoop
shot, with a little help from
hls friends. :

on, black lee. between Hay.
River and Fort Smith,
The four. were all former

members. of: the Nigerian na-
tional: team: and ‘Olynipic -

hopefulls: ‘They’ re trying to
emigrate to'-Canada, but a
team spokesman. said their
immigration hearings have
been’ disrupted: by: ‘the: acc. ~

hoped t

peer again’ in’ Edin

Team tags
football win

SMITHERS — They came, they
saw, they touched — and were
touched themselves.

In. what. was the first ever

“touch football tourney held here
_ in, Smithers, local - grid iron

specialists took a back seat as a
Terrace team stole the show.

~ Armed’ with a quarterback
with a booming arm who had
no trouble finding his receivers,
the Skeena team had little trau-

ble-with any.of. thele Snidtiets _.

opposition Oct. 27 and grabbed
the top spot in the cight team
tourney. .

Steve Hidber, who assisted
Neil Floyd in organizing the
pigskin classic, said Skeena
walked away with the tourney.
However, aside from two other
Smithers’ teams who finished
second and third respectively,
the remaining combatants were

evenly matched, he said, and.

the resulting competition was
quite good,
Aside from a few bruises and

Curlers chasing

, pressed

sprains there were no injuries at
the tournament, which was held
beside Chandler Park Middle
School,

While a lot of interest was ex-
in holding another
tourney next year, Hidber was
unsure if a league will start up
here next fall. Both Neil and
himself “have a lot on our
plates so we couldn’t take -the
time to organize it;'’ he said,

to see is an earlier date to hold
the tourney itself,’’ he said.
“We had ‘lots of sunshine here
but there were plenty of -gloves
and hats due to the cold. It was
true football — in the Canadian
sense.”

. With two women taking part
in the tournament — which
helped maintain a fun at-
mosphere throughout the day
— Hidber suggested a future
rule could be added to require at
least one woman on each team
next year.

the big money

Contributed

Smithers’ $63,000 Curling
Classic will be a part of the
Canadian tour this year,

The Canadian tour will have
four categories. Gold events will
feature purses of at least
$40,000, silver events at least
$30,000, bronze events with
purses at least $15,000, and
other events with purses less
than $15,000. °

With a total of 33 member
events listed across the country,
the tour provides total purse
values of more than $1.18
million for the 1991-92 season.

The tour will end with the
$70,000-plus World Series
Championship in Calgary in
March.

Kermode

off to Richmond

TERRACE’ — Caledonia's
‘senior boys soccer team is off to
the provincial championships in
Richmond today.

There had been some concern:

about whether the team would
be able to make the trip,
because players were faced with
the daunting task of raising
more than $9,000. in about two
weeks,

Conch ‘Cam. MacKay. sald,
however, the Kermodes ralsed.
abou 63,500 eases, a wel

_—

The Smithers spiel has
already attracted renowned
curlers as world champions
Rick Folk and Pat Ryan,
1990-91 Canadian champion
Kevin Martin, 1985 world
junior champion Bob Orsel,
and 1990-91 B.C. champion
Gerry Kent,

Local teams not receiving an
invite are able to qualify for the
Smithers Curling Classic. by
either winning the Terrace Cash
Spiel, the Prince Rupert Cash
Spiel. or being one. of the top

four teams in the Smithers Mer-

chants Cash Spiel.
For more information, cori-

tact Gord. Judzentis . at

635-5667.

boys

as several donations, :
The trip to Richmond was

asaured lait week when Graham |
Palmer announced the Terrace.

Soccer Association would hand

over a $5,000 cheque to help

team. on thelr way.

Caledonia earned a berth in
the provinciala when they cap-

tured the zone championship
Oct. 26 with -s 4-2, 8-1 best-of.

three Mictory, over Priace -

Rupert.”

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