ROB BROWN _ Excalibur : «long i in canine time) from Terrace to Kispiox. - has: ‘her: nose: pressed to inside of the -windshield of the: Kigpiox ‘Valley residents ‘passed: the half century mark that year.. ik in thehead fron ~Pawsome and .Zo0é" took apprehensively: at the driver’ ‘and ‘step out: -Pawsome” ‘bounds into the. nielee,. “before the: Jabs realize: what's: happened, as Zoe, ‘looking strikingly white. and- awfully, puny next. juings ‘down: cand after a frenay of. sniffing de-. cides she. belongs.” the-home pool... Bob--answers ‘the. door. vm late. I apotogize.. Some, cement” and Slaughtered a Boose” “this” “morning; ‘of fading: Kispiox : forest. Above: us. bamboo: “den! akes: are suspended: ready to. be .split,: -and: lacqueret “bamboo: rods, some sold and waiting to be ship: “ped, others: waiting to be:cast. - Rods: nowadays. are built from - the’ hydrocarbo- Saurs: ‘roamed the. earth: ‘Carbon fibre; or: “carbon, “graphite was: the ‘result: of NASA's. quest fora Face. Not long: after the: race. was.won cofiimer- “cial ‘applications , pire. Before: that; rods. were’ made: of cumber-. ‘up recalcitrant schoolboys, and casting flies. Panda’ bears are not bears, ‘they’ are“raccoons. ‘ood but. a grass. And. the ‘Brits, a country with~ ugh ‘grass, Some: long: forgotten genius disco-. “Weréd that: by: splitting. ‘bamboo into six laths: and. “hues to this day. :“Bob- is: one “ofthe: craftsmen: carrying on. the tradition. ‘The’ bamboo rod, he says,.is a:work i in, progress... It is: sironger than’ gtaphite: and casts as. [| well: or. better, To: this end: he ‘is experimenting ” _P-with hollowing, splices,: different. ‘Vapers ‘and dif- i éonietric: shapes. We. cast his ‘rods, Tell. stil Jooking | for Excalibur. Bob: tells -me there’ §.n0. problem, ‘t ‘that he ‘poured * hardwoods like (Greenheart: With. imperial, : expansion | ‘came silk: for clothes and ‘fly--lines, | which -weré formerly ‘made of horse hair, exotic.” plumage, which. soon: festooned salmon flies; - ‘and bamboo,’ light ‘and resilient, ideal. for’ tuning. ‘8 rich,: lorig angling. tradition. embtaced ‘the - Mm 6SKEENA ANGLER [oe . .-Pawsome the Thornhill: retriever; ” “ “Sit: up, . arrow: Straight, i in the: front: seat. They're antsy and_ ‘badly: in: “need. of ‘a pee after.the long trip (excruciatingly . - Zoéhas:her paws.on the dash’ and’ Pawsotie as we turn: at” ‘the ‘sign ‘announcing River.. Watch a “Fly: Rods: cand ‘start-down::the” Clay? S: driveway, runner up. in’ the: worst driveway” in the. valiey- “contest held.‘two yéars ago at the Fifties Dance ‘| - "+a stomp not held to" celébrate- the-golden’ ‘age. [- of. Rock: and’ Roll,’ but’ the: fact that'a half dozen - As I-bump™ and thump « over. the Iumnpy foadway, 9oking for all the world:as if it has been recent-” | “ly shelled. by heavy” artillery, T Wonder. what the | drive up the, stoad to the ‘winner’ 8 house. must ‘be |: Before’! Thanksgiving, ‘Labrador. ‘Tetrievers and “turkeys led bya’ puffed. up Tom. are’ the ‘welcom-. |. dng committee to: the Clay's spread. ‘After that. J- “it's ust, the labs, doing . the | greeting. chores: a aq Ripples, Flow> s(bitches’ both) and ‘Quzel, the: ‘hy- af brid: ‘found asa homeless’ pup’ on’ the. steps of | ‘Wrinch: ‘Memorial Hospital: on the cold: winter ‘checked. in: and. out. “of that, institution aftet a - squirming; tail- -wageing,: drooling, muscular ~ | “-black’.canine ‘mass: pressing’ itself - against. the - side: door of ‘the pickup. I. open the‘door ‘dials up. hér-Border-collie’ " geries “and. sprints off. : “to-this ebony. pack, refuses to‘leave: the saict- Gary. ‘of the ‘cab. After: @ tug’ on her collar she - oh Bob's three mules: have’ clomped | ‘up. ‘to “the: fence to sée' what the, fuss: is ‘about. Seeing no- * body i in the’ ‘shop, I make my. way-to the. house; i ~ stopping on the way ‘te look, down on the, Tiver, We. walk back to the, shop. I 8 Jong: ‘and nartow | ‘inside. The. walls are.covered with pictures off - “the fishers’ and fish dgainst. the -russet: backdrop |: culms ‘that look ‘like the: haridles from giant gar- planed; shaved, scraped, “glued, baked, finished - Against the. wall-is‘a: ‘tack full of : “nated: forests that stood before and when’ dino- a ‘tough’ ‘but light. material required for: the space. , like the construction: of:fishing rods from. the: ‘spun. ‘fibres: of earbon, m praphite, - g innovation was ‘iapites by war technology, . while Bamboo or Tonkin’ cane was a’ result’ of :- British. colonialism: ‘during. the: ‘time: of its ‘em--, pling them into a-hexagonal strip,” he. could... “ereate™ an: exceedingly strong tod, blank’ and -the ‘foundation of a- ‘tod building, tradition that conti : # "hit ihat. they’ fe. fine.: ‘Thanks, he. says but Tm pee m= TERRACE STANDARD & POR «The Terrace Standard, Wéchesday, May 12, 2004-85." “onthe turf "PLAYERS jockey: for position on the sun- dappled — ~ field (tap‘and below) at Christy Park in one of-the . first soccér games. of the season: last Tuesday.-. “Canadian Tire-player Nick Gascon, ‘Tight, shields’ - thé “ball “from: a Cedarland: Tire opponent in - under-18. boys. action; The Terrace Youth. Soccer .. ‘Season. is“ now underway, | but the . organization” was‘ initially short’ of coaches “and may. stil be - hil : “eoach Mike. Carlyle, who. ‘added’ he can, see the: swimmers, ‘improve. ‘through the: seaso _.. THE ONLY young Terrace-player: “- sélected for.the B.C, Cup Hockey: ~ Tournament returned ‘to town with “couver a three assists-urider. his: belt against the other provincial leams, : 7 ‘got. fourth or fifth -because a cou- ~ looking for volunteers. JEFF NAGEL PHOTOS - eee at ‘Swimmers set new best marks i inP.G. By’ MARGARET. SPEIRS: . POINTS NORTH. Swimmers. scored ‘a number . ~ “of personal bests in. Prince’-Gearge’s Moose - aa Meet during the: weekend of April 16 to 1852. 2 ..“For_a ‘number of-those swimmers. this’ is a we prep: meet towards the ‘provincials or. the com : petition ‘at the end of thé’ season, 89 ‘seeing: the, said. team. best times“is quite relevant. to. us,” Two. ‘swimmers broke’ club records: lo] Allison Knoedler broke the club recotd in. othe, 200-metre individual: medley with. her rime ; of 2: 34.15: : _ on» The previous record, time of 2: 37. 95 was set a, Gn 1992. ee aan he” Pandas’. favourite. food, bamboo, is, not a ae ‘Guld racke up oxpadoncs at B.C. Cup. ‘By MARGARET SPEIRS . They beat on’ a pena Taylor. Quinn, 16; : Team © ” ‘North - ‘played. “pretty? “good”. “There were: “Six teams and. we. “the ‘team ple ‘of beans ed for third,” he “said, ete The. team. layed. five game tied, Fraser Valley:1-1 and tost 2-1: “ They: lost to: -Oksnagan 5:3 and. “go Vancouver Island.5-2, | . "We did good :for a: -noith: ‘eain * and we’ Were really: close: to: ‘all. : came. sécond,”: ‘Quinn ‘said; adding they. almost ‘tied Greater, Vancou ver, who. Won. the: touinainien Pa oe Players: from Pri 2 2002, by two-tenths of a second: $e “the records: “changing,” Carlyle: said. individual medley. “clubs ‘nationals ’i in Winnipeg in August.. igs ~ Carlyle’ said ‘the. Moose Meet’ was quite exe: the Kootenay. team’4-2,: ity: shot to’ ‘Greater Van- oo - et owas satisfactory. : any ‘goals, “he said. We tied the team. thal - t ‘Dakota Algor broke ‘the ie ‘and i2- ‘year-old “ girls. chub, record ‘forthe 200-metré backstroke, witha time of 2:51.97, beating the. old-iecord” af 2:52.10, set by .Allison Knoedler i in July: *, Tt was quite’ exciting for-us to: see ‘Allison’ s “record. being broken ‘wilh: ‘Allison competing ‘at: a fational. Jevel.now and it’s quite :positive., to “ ‘Knoedler* stop ranking from thé short course *") §eason was :26th7in' Canada: in the 400-metre - ‘Knoedler-is ‘preparing fot proving Is and ° citing for thé 10:and under swimmers who had: - Williams “Lake and * north ‘to : Whitehorse: ‘look pari-in.the event - Quinn thought his performance MT played: okay, ‘Laguess couple: of ‘assists: but: did “Along -with: ‘towing. ‘off their - alent: to.1éam‘ scouts, playe had) the . opportunity, 10 try opt’ ‘for. an ” 17 ‘the: ‘opportunity to compete in. the Olympic. sized pool. against a a higher level of. competi- . tion. SPs The’ young swimmers had the opportunity to . - compete: against more swimmers: at their level, Swimmers -throughout; northern'“B.C.,. ‘plus: a team from.Edmonton’ attended the meet. . ‘Whether. Algor: ‘and: Knoedler will move ‘on - to the’ Olympics in “the. futuré, Carlyle. said he. doesn’t Know... The, ‘main ‘goal. is. to work to-. wards unit érsity scholarships a “Tf we can get them to Continue ‘ihrough to university is‘the goal- for: us,” he’ said, “The next: meet, ihe. Subway. Northwest. Re-- : gional ‘Championships, ‘takes place din: ‘Terrace. ‘the weekend ‘of: May 14. to. 16, “pet: on iivilation to, the camp. > Hei is hoping fo be- invited, ey *“-berta’at Chri imag, . ee “Last. “year’s | won. the silver. meda ~ players will receive. an evaluation’ inthe mail and the top 46. Payers . “The. Osoyoos: camp picks | the top '11-B.C, players. and adds them “to the top-ll players from Alberta. to'-form: Team Pacific, which. tra- | i vels'to- ‘the: World: ‘under- 17 Hock-~. Challenge: in’ ‘Lethbtidge, AL Team. rane team. .