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Fish-a-zines

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.

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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

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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 ©

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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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