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ROUNDBALLERS (from
left) Jay LeGault, Don
Smith and Mel Ninnis
jockey for position.
They're
playing
what!?
Yes, the time-honored game
of roundball is going on in
earnest right now - despite the
seemingly seasonal disparity.
Such concerns are irrelevant
to Terry Gregg and participants
in his Summer Basketball
League, which meets Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 7 and 8 p.m.
in the Minidome.
As of this morning, the
standings look something like
this:
Team One, captained by
Todd Young, is 4-1.
Team Two, captained by
Tom Brigham, is 3-3.
Team Three, captained by
Mark Tuson, is 1-6.
Team Four, captained by
Tad Smith, is 4-2.
Team Five, captained by
Mike Baze, is 3-4.
Team: Six, ca, ptaiaaed by
Marty Rae, is 4-3.
TOM BRIGHAM goes in for two over Brad Hargens
(nearest) and Pat Rhodes while Mike Ashley and Grant Fox
(extreme right) look on.
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LANE-DRIVER DAVE SUTTON threads a crowd en route to the basket
Tuesday. From left are Sutton, Jim Hillier, Mark Morgan, Scott Eichhorn,
Marty Rae and Paul James.
BATTLING THE BOARDS under the 'Dome Tuesday are, from left,
Grant Fox, Terry Gregg (partially obscured in background), Marty Rae,
Pat Rhodes, Mike Ashley, Todd Young, Tom Brigham and Brad Hargens.
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HEADING UPCOURT on the drive Tuesday in the Minidome is Jay
LeGault, pursued by Tad Smith (center) and Don Smith. The teams play
four ten-minute quarters and generally call all their own violations. There
are six teams in the fray.
The sharp shock of a large salmon striking a trolled lure breaks
many leaders each year. To combat this, trollers often use what is
called a shock leader.
This is either monofilament that's a lot heavier than your main
line or even a couple of feet of wire. The heavier section of leader
also stands up better under the sharp teeth of a big fish.
The easiest way is to use line that's about twice the test of your
main line for the last two or three feet of your leader. This can be
attached to your main line with a small barrel swivel, since it won't
have to go through your rod guides.
It's best to tie the heavier shock leader directly to the swivel or
ring that is on'the lure and not use an extra snap swivel. The heavier
leader will change the action of your lure, slowing it down some. If
you're using a flaslfer or dodger, that won't be as important as when
you're trolling the lure by itself. Just check your speed to be sure
you're going fast enough to get the best action.
Anglers who use the popular down riggers often go to a leader
that is 30 or 40 feet long. They have this heavier leader extend from
the lure at least to the release clip at the downrigger. This can be
fastened to the main line with a blood knot so it will go through the
guides easily.
The ultimate in this shock leader business is to use wire for the
final foot or two next to the lure. This will practically end that
problem of having a salmon saw a leader in two with its sharp teeth.
Since the short piece of wire will not go through your guides, it can
be attached to the monofilament leader with a small barrel swivel.
Tent camping is showing a resurgence today, even in that bastion
of recreational vehicles, the private campground.
Kampgrounds of America, the largest private camping system in
North America, reports that one in four of its summertime campers
uses a tent. That's a big increase over a few years ago.
One reason is economics. You can get the basics for tent camping
for around a hundred dollars. That would about pay for the hitch for
the tow car for a trailer. You get a lot better gas mileage on a car,
too.
The Camp Cook and I go both ways, depending on the occasion,
and like them both. One of the biggest joys of tenting is its closeness
to nature. The lullaby of night sounds in the woods as heard through
a tent is one of the greatest in the world.
One time when the middle of the day is good for fishing is when
the heat of summer brings out the land-based insects in large numbers
along streams.
Trout, being opportunists, Will wait in their various hiding places
to dart out and pick up the meal that has blown or fallen into the
water.
This is especially true if the stream you're fishing has a certain
amount "of shade from trees along the shore. These land-based bugs
are the main reason stream fishing can be so good in July and
August. You can catch the insects and fish with them, or drift
insect-like flies or nymphs in front of the trout.
The water is usually low and dear, which makes the trout wary.
So approach streams or holes with care. If you let yourself get
outlined against the sky waving a rod back and forth you will
probably put the trout down.
A gentle cast is also of great importance, so that your bug or fly
lands gently and then drifts naturally past where a trout is waiting. If
in doubt about where the trout hang out, the fish themselves will
show you. Watch quietly and you'll see them rising to take the bugs
that drop close by or are swept to them by the current.
A preferred hiding place will have cover which is also close to
where a current sweeps food to them.
The late, great Roderick Haig-Brown, who had few peers in the
world of fishing and writing about fishing, has been given a highly
appropriate honor by the B.C. Ministry of Recreation and
Conservation.
The Provincial recreation area on the Adams River has been
renamed the Roderick Haig-Brown Conservation area in his honor.
Haig-Brown's series of books about the life of a river are classics.
They doubtless will become more valued as time passes. He was
equally well known in Canada for his work in conservation of fishery
resources.
He was the first to recommend that lands be acquired along the
Adams River to protect their world-famous spawning beds. The
Roderick Haig-Brown Conservation Area covers some 877 hectares
(2,442 acres) on both sides of the Adams River over the river's
I l-kilometer (seven-mile) length from its source at Adams Lake to its
outlet at Shuswap Lake.
A fitting tribute to one of the great men of fishing and
conservation in North America, and the world, for that matter.
When the current of a stream comes against a big rock, the water
surges up from the bottom as it builds up in front of the rock and
then splits to go around.
This upward movement carries food up from the bottom. Trout,
waiting in the relatively calm water right in front of the big rock,
thus have food swept up, right in front of them.
You can use this upward moving current to drift a fly or light
spinning lure in front of a trout's nose right along with that natural
food. Cast far enough in front of the rock so that your fly or lure
will settle to the bottom before it reaches the rock. If you work your
line right, the water will carry your lure or fly right up to the waiting
trout.
How far upstream to cast depends on such things as the speed of
the current and the depth of the water. This technique also has the
advantage of having your gear working along the bottom first. If the
trout happen to be there, seeking out nymphs or other aquatic life,
you give yourself the chance of hooking one there before your gear
ever gets to the rock.
If you've watched movies or TV shows of bass tournaments in
the southern U£., you've seen how these pros bomb across a lake,
casting up a storm, never stopping, never resting.
This frenetic casting has always seemed out of keeping with one
of the basic charms of fishing - the relaxation. Sure, we all want to
catch fish and once in a while get a big one, but we need relaxation
and a change of pace, too.
Now comes a news release about the most recent/winner of a big
tournament, a 65-year-old mortician. He beat all the run-and-cast
anglers by anchoring and fishing slowly, nearly all the time within the
same 100-foot circle.
While the others raced across a big reservoir, he caught the biggest
fish and had the highest total weight.
Refreshing news, that. It's good to see that even a pro could load
up without being a whirling dervish. That's encouragement for us
who like to relax and still catch fish.
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