8 OUTDOOR SUPPLEMENT — MAY, 1971

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THE ‘MINI’ MOVES T

By FRED MILNER

Taking a tip from the textile
trade, ‘the auto manufacturers
and the spacemen, the
manufacturers of ontdoors
equipment have moved into the
mini and the compact field.

This year there is a definite
trend towards lightweight tents,
sleeping bags, utensils, pack
boards, and even dehydrated
food. Not only is the trend

towards lightness in materials
but everything is compact.

With the compact car and the
compact camper moving to the
front in popularity the outdoor
equipment: and the provisions
must follow the same line.

if you are renewing your
camping equipment this year or
are just joining the growing
army of campers here are a few
ideas to help you in camping and
hiking,

Many outdoorsmen are now
using their camper as only a base
for their activities. They carry
exira lightweight tents, sleeping
bags and packboards for over-
night camping on the trail.

Thus they can plan an over-
night fishing trip to some remote
lake or stream, a hike to a piec-
turesque plateau for color photos
of the sunset and dawn or a
climbing expedition ta some
distant peak,

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Hiking and rock climbing
equipment should be purchased at
a reputable outdoors store where
you can be sure the clerks know
what they are talking about.

Be snre you have a good pair of
boots, an extra sweater and a
waterproof covering in your
pack. Mountain weather can be
treacherous, especially at the
higher altitudes.

The new pack boards on the

market have several pockets,
some aS many as six, for
carrying provisions, tent,
Sleeping bags and other equip-
ment. The frame is usually made
of lightweight aluminum,
replacing the heavy wooden type
of a few years back;

The material is usually a
lightweight synthetic fabric that
is showerproof: The carrying
straps are adjustable so as to get

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THESE FENE fine trout were caught on flies displayed in
box. The place? A stream in the west.

Fly fishing can be
year-round hobby

By SILVER DOCTOR

Fly fishing is not only a sport
and a way tocatch trout but-is a
year-round hobby for many fly
fishermen.

In the spring, sammer and fall
months the fisherman is happy
trying his overcast on a iake, a
roll cast on a small stream,
changing flies, leaders, trying
everything and anything to snare
the wily trout.

Come the winter months you
will find him sitting beside fly.
dying vise surrounded by
feathers, wool, thread and hooks
tying up a supply of lures for next
season.

Fly-tying is an art. Examine
the intricate ‘and colorful pat
terns of artificial flies and you
will see the work and
imagination of an artist.

In Alberta and B.C. where
there are many mountain lakes
and streams the fishermen have
found the fly catches more fish
than the metal lure and even the
worm.

that are the favorites of three top
fly fishermen.

They are popular with most fly
fishermen and if the trout are
biting they usualy catch fish.
Some are both wet and dry, in
different patterns, and you

‘should have both in your fly book.

Dry flies: Grizzly King, Royal
Coachman, Silver Doctor, Red
Tag, Cowdung, Iron Blue Dun,
Western Bee, Black Gnat,
Mosquito, Wulff, Red Variant,
Brown and White Bi-Visible,
Quill Gordon, Red Variant and
Ginger Spider,

Wet flies: Royal Coachman,
Silver Doctor, Black Gnat,
Parmachene Belle, Professor,
Woolly Worm, Teal and Silver,
Dark Montreal, March Brown,
Grizzly King, Western Bee, and
Scarlet Ibis.

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the load “high up on your back”, -

The higher the load rests on your
back the easier it is to carry. IE
you have an extremely heavy
load be sure to have a tumpline
Strap that goes from the load
around your forehead.

‘There are small tents, that will
sleep two, on the market that
weigh arly a pound or so and
even less, They fold into one of
your pack board pockets.. They
are made of plastic material and
are waterproof,

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‘There are dozens of types of

. Sleeping bags on the market

these days and the main con-

sideration is the price and what

time of the year you will be using
it,

If it’s for summer then a
lightweight bag filled with
synthetic man-made materials is

_ Sufficient. If Its to be used out-
doors in the winter then.go for a
downfilled bag or other thick
svnthetic material, —

You can pick up plastic plates,

cups, knives, forks and spoons in
a department or outdoors store
and many df them have. survival
kits which include special
rations, fish hooks, compass and
other items for the lost cut-
doorsman,

Then of course there is the
necessary plastic flashlight and
don’t forget to take a lighter and
Matches in a case.

As you see it’s the age of the
mini and the compact for the
outdoorsman. _ '

Wife's mighty mite
packs a big wallop

by ARNIE BARROW

My -wife doesn’t believe in
Women’s Lib. She has her own
strong opinions about things, and
I admire her for that. |

For four years now she has had
her own car, not a grand.car by
any means, but a sturdy, ser-
viceable car bought second-hand
from an old lady who swore she
had never. driven it over the legal
speed limit.

‘ My wife is an eminently
practical woman, Her car was a
means of reliable transportation,
a vehicle capable of carrying her
canvasses and oil paints, her
Seady output of ceramic objects

‘art. :

It was her means of getting to
and from the landscapes and
Seascapes she loves to paint, and
she used it to truck her pottery
from home to the pottery kiln and
back.

It was while returning from a
trip to the pottery kiln that the
car was reduced to a point of
extremis. My wife failed to see a
large pot hole in the asphalt.

The right front and rear wheels
thudded in and out of the crater
and the car's tattered raiment
fell away from it like the clothes
from last year’s scarecrow.

I viewed the cadaver with deep
compassion and turned to my
Wife. “‘She’s dead,” I told her,
“and died horribly.” .

“We will buy you anothér car,”
I said, and I meant it,

“Something neat, petite,
comfortable and with an un-
blemished skin.”

“I'm not interested in looks,

dear,” she informed me, “just
good transportation; something
to carry my things in,”
’. “What are you looking for?” I
asked trying -to'keep justifiable
sarcasm from creeping inte my
manner, “A war assets half-
track?" ~

She maintained her poise.
“Naturally I want a reasonable
‘amount of comfort, good lines but
not gaudy. I'd like to be able to
load large canvasses ‘intd it,
perhaps a ceramic kiln from
time - to - time. 1t should have a
heater that works.” 7

“Darling, ‘no one car can do
everything,” I told her
reasonably. You can’t have the
features of a sedan, the
ruggedness of agravel truck, and
faci
one package,””

. She was silent,-her face ex-
pressively expressionless,

“Take my case," I argued,
“T've always wanted a camper.
Both of us have always wanted a
camper," I reminded her. “But I
had to settle for a sedan.”

“Why did you have to settle for
asedan?” -

“Because I’m in business, I
drive to and from the office. I
can’t drive clients about in a
camper,"

“There’s a lot of false pride in
that statement, Arnie,” she said.
“Transportation . is tran-
‘sportation.” °° ve

The following Saturday I drove
down to automobile row until I
spotted what I was looking for, a

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compact little pickup in robin’s
ezg blue.

“The salesman agreed to let me
drive the demonstrator back to
the house where I sat leaning on
the horn until my wife came out
to have a look.

“You wanted a truck, baby,” I
said, “try this one." oo

. She cheated me out of my
victory by.climbing in behind the
wheel and taking off with an
impressive burst of acceleration.
I didn’t see her again for the
better part of an hour, and by
that time I had been joined by a
neighbor,

My wife wheeled around the
corner and came to a precise
Stop. “It’s nice,” she said. “It's _
everything I need. Pil take it.’

“It’s a truck, honey,” [
protested. ““You don’t want to be
seen driving a truck!”

“Why not?" she said. “It’s
very attractive, comfortable ...”

“Transportation,” I yielded.

“The heater is marvellous, The
engine has ali the power I'll ever
need, There are nice little extra
things, and I can carry
everything including the kitchen
sink in the back.”

“Those Datsun pickups come
very highly recommended," the
neighbor said. ““You Know how ta
fick 'em, Muriel.’*

“They make a whole range of
campers for these buggies,” the

neighbor told me, “One of these 7]

days you should treat yourself to
anice camper to go on the back.
Soft bunks, stove, fridge. All the
comforts of home,’”” -

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JONES

TENT & AWNING LIMITED
2034 West Jith Avenue, Vancouver 9, Canada. .

Reason for this is mountain
trout are spooky and anything
that is foreign to their native
habitat is eyed suspiciously.

Flies and other insects are
their natural food, metal lures
are not, Similarly many of these
lakes are surrounded by rocks
and do not have the soil to sup-
port worms or grubs.

Today the fibreglass fly rod,
the nylon, terrylene, dacrén .or
ather synthetic fibres have
replaced the bamboo rod and silk
line of yesteryears.

If you're not a fly fisherman
and still have some doubts on
casting techniques, fly knots,
length of rods, leaders, what flies
to use and when to fish, my am
- swer is just forget those doubts
and get out there and fish.

Length of rods vary from 7 to 12

. feet and they can be whippy,
. Medium or stiff. They also vary
in weight and this in turn means
fitting different weight lines to

the rods,

There are at least two sporting
goods firms that are now mat
ching rods, lines and reels by
numbers so you don’t have to
worry about fitting or balancing
the equipment. ;

Main thing is to get a rod that
will be of weight that you can
handle and is of a suitable length
for the type of fishing you intend
to-do, ;

For example, {it would be
foolish to try ‘and fish a small
tree-lined stream with a 12-foot
rod, even if you are wading. You
would probably end up with the
line snagged on a branch or the
rod caught on a tree. os a

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