Bd - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 19, 2000

CHRISTIANA WIENS

| SKEENA ANGLER-

ROB BROWN

Book a bright idea

HERE ARE millions of fishermen in North

America and, despite declining numbers of

fish in so many fisheries, the sport continues to grow.

Happily, fly fishing is probably the sector experi- encing the most rapid growth.

I say happily because sportsmen who embrace the long rod have generally served an apprenticeship in other gear types.

The dividend of that is a deeper appreciation for quarry and environment that might have been gained clining to bait casting and its impoverished ethic,

Given the burgeoning interest in fly fishing , it is not surprising scores of books devoted to the pursuit find their way on to book shelves every year.

There are gems among them, but the majority are the how-lo-fish variety; tedious, overly technical, repetitive and bereft of insight or originality.

After wading through dozens of books promising the key to angling nirvana, I've returned to the shore with the conclusion any book with ~Better,"” "How," “Tactics” or “Bigger” in its title is best left on the ‘shelf,

Valuable books are the product of observations, deep thought, emotion and craftsmanship.

That is why the 11 books by Roderick Haig- Brown are invaluable to anglers, beginner and expert alike. 4:4: 5;

In works like A River Never Sleeps or the season- al quartet Fisherman's Spring/Summer/Fall and Winter, the reader is swept along by fine writing born of intelligent reflection and many hours on the river.

His books are about much more than fishing, but when the reader wades the river with him a lot of learning lakes place.

From descriptions in his books, I've dressed a few of his fly patterns and a couple have become promi- nent weapons in my arsenal; not surprising since they are the brainchild of a man who understoad a lot about west coast rivers and how to fish them.

There would be more Haig-Brown dressings in my wallet by his descriptions were not accompanied by drawings or photos and the configurations of the patterns are not always clear.

Now, Art Lingren has filled that gap with a superb book simply titled Fly Patterns of Roderick Haig- Brown.

Lingren, a fine angler, superb fly-tyer and stu- dent/historian of angling in B.C., has spent 10 years researching his subject. ,

He studied Haig-Brown's text, interviewed family members and anglers who knew and fished with him and, where possible, studied the origina! pat- terns.

The result is a highly instructive work which can stand on its own or serve as a concise introduction to Haig-Brown's own works.

Between the front piece author's sketch of the Haig-Brown house, Above Tide his photo of the sun atop sea on the seventy-first and final page, there are many delights and insights.

Van Egan, Haig-Brown's fishing partner, starts the reader off by setting the context in which Rod Hair- Brown created and angled.

Angling history is thematic throughout the book. Besides Van Egan, Tommy Bradshaw, Paul Moody Smith, Frank Darling, Bob Taylor, Lee Straight, Peter Broomhall and other important Canadian anglers surface in the text or tie, influentially, just below it.

Dressing for fly patterns are listed beside large, clear photos of each taken by Jim Schollmeyer, who deserves praise for making fine and functional plates.

The author's photographs of fish, all of them alive and about to be released save for a fat, silvery slab of a coho, are superb specimens expertly captured by rod and on film.

Haig-Brown appears in three photos: once fishing the Gold River and in two sepia coloured prints taken 30 years apart, fascinating pictures strategi- cally placed to enhance the text. “I am not myself a good or even enthusiastic fly tyer,” wrote Haig- Brown.

“T usually turn to the vice and feathers out of irri- tation, frustration or puzzlement, though I some- times have a bright idea that will not be denied.” .

Art Lingren's book is a bright idea that will be welcomed by anglers everywhere and especially by those on the west coast.’

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STAYING IN THE GAME: A Super BM player takes control of the ball during a semi-final game against Forestry Wednesday, April 12.. BM won this game 4-3 with goals from Corey Walde, Brian Barwise (2) and Trevor Lutes. Dale Nace- do, Duncan Stewart and Brian Evans scored for Forestry. BM went on to play the Blazers Thurdsay for the men's playoff title.

Local rink wins B event at Hirsch Creek

By MALCOLM

BAXTER TWO TERRACE teams fought it out for the B title al the Hirsch Creek Mixed Bonspiel in Kitimat April 8- 9 and a three-ender fate in the game decided the out- come.

Up 4-3 after six, Doug Johnson stole one in the next and then took advant- age of two misses by oppos- ing skip Hal Vousden to nail down three in the eighth.

Vousden, together with third Barb Vousden, lead Shirley Tank and second! Ray Tank pulled back one in the ninth but couldn't conjure up the miracle in the last end.

“lt was a good seven-end game,” said Hal Vousden, “But unfortunately it was a 10-end game.”

Winning third Evelyn Johnson, second Randy Durand and lead Lesley Durand joined Doug in ce- lebrating the victory.

In the A event, Greg Morgan's quartet got the job done to take the top event in the weekend's Hirsch Creek

Mixed Bonspiel. In an all-Kitimat final, opponent Pete Dzuiba

jumped out quick with deuce in the first, then stole two more in the next lo take control.

Morgan finally hil the. board with a single in the third in what was to be the beginning of a point run that would make a game of it.

With the opposition lying two, ‘Dzuiba «got caught on his first when the

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BATTLE OF TERRACE: Lacals Lesley Durand, Evelyn Johnson, Randy Durand and Doug Johnson beat out the Hal Vousden rink of Terrace to take the B event title at the Hirsch Creek Mixed Bonspiet in Kitimat earlier

this month.

Falcons clinch final season stats

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THE TERRACE Senior Men’s Soccer Association season ended in one of the season’s highest scoring games, with Super BM and the Internationals nelting nine goals each April 11.

The game started out with Super BM taking a big lead over the Internationals in the first half.

In the second half, both teams settled into a fun game, as the outcome didn’t impact the playoff match ups.

AS a result, the Internationals came back and tied the game 9-9,

Brian Barwise was the game's big winner, accumu- lating six goals to take a run at the league’ s scoring tile.

The winner of this award, and others, was made known after the playoff finals last Thursday.

Games Monday, April 10 saw the Internationals beat the Blazers 4-3, thereby assuring the Falcons second place in the final futsal standings.

The game was tied 2-2 at the half: The Blazers blasted the ball at keeper Gil Rego, who lost sight of the ball on the rebound allowing Willie McCleary to tap it in.

Then, the Blazers caught the Internationals by surprise, when they blasted the bail from the center line kick into the Internationals net to tie the game.

The Internationals then scored again to take the lead and then went into a defensive shell, frustrating the Blazers by holding them off the scoreboard.

The game ended 4-3 Internationals.

In the other game Monday April 10, the Pipers played Canadian Tire, who took advantage of a flat-footed Pipers team, easily winning the game.

Kevin Nisyok scored two of Canadian Tire’s four goals.

The Pipers woke up part way through the first half, scor- ing one goal and controlling much of the second half but it wasn't enough as Canadian Tire finished the game 4-1.

To see who won the Champicnship game between the Blazers and Super BM Thursday, April 13, check out next weeks Standard.

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The Terrace Men’s Soccer has set Friday, April 21 as the deadline for registering teams for the 2000 soccer sea- son.

Teams. “hee d 10 complete th the player registration before

y Sin préparation for season play: .

"Call Jacquiés for’ schediiling information, team and play- er registration, cost and league rules.

Final league standings

GF GA GP WL T PTS Super BM 105 47 18 14 2 2 44 Kitwanga Falcons 61 69 18 10 7 1 31 Cavalheiro's Blazers 74 652 18 9 4 5 31 Internationals S84. 94 18 8 9 1 24 Jock's Pipers FC. 45 42 18 7 8 3 24 Canadian Tire 54 71 18 710 1 22 Northern Knight 432104 18 116 1 J

fall on the sheet puided his rock through the house without making contact. Morgan threw up a par- lial guard on his first coun- ter and Dzuiba accepted the challenge, going for it but with no margin for error. Unfortunalely, he came upa little hot and his hammer

“hung out to give up the ‘ deuce.

Margan then ‘went to work in the fifth. Facing an opposition counter under cover, he pulled off a su- perb-hit and cross-house roll

to lie two, Helped by a Dzuiba wreck, Morgan took two more for a 5-4 lead after five.

Which is where the Dzuiba crew slammed the brakes one, taking singles in two of the next three to leave the score tied at f going into (he ninth.

Which is where Dzuiba got ambushed. With Mor- ean lying two, Dzuiba had a perfect hit and roll on its way when it picked some- thing up, took the other turn

and sailed through to leave

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A single in the first was the only point Oleniuk's Ki- timat foursome gave up as they took it 9-1 in seven.

And in D event Robert Mulawka, Lynn Mulawka, Aaron Menzies and Leree Hadley played copy cat, giving up the single in the first and then taking five straight ends in persuading fellow Kitimatian Don Re- eves lo shake hands.

Morgan with a draw for three.

Dzuiba's crew still made it close, forcing Morgan, third Heather Joseph, sec- ond Jim Morgan and lead Kim McCarthy to use all : eight of their rocks to prab A event — the second time in three years Morgan and Juseph had taken top spot.

In C event last year's A winner Doug Oleniuk com- bined with third Barb 1 Opheim, second Fred Tay- The Terrace Men’s Log- lor and lead Getri Boguski gers Bonspicl runs April 21.

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