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• Things..are tough all over. Un-
employment •1s , ereating night -
'Mares in Canada. he Laos situa-
are
d..�he blacks,.
trop Is Confused.;
rising in' Angola And there's hell
to` !pay' .,in Cutba.. And dogyou
known .''something? 'h don't : give. a
diddle.' ' • . .
.,NormallY
,. these 'circunnstanaes,
.''would be' of .the utmost concern
to me.: But at• the; moment,, i.
1couldn't . care less. Lett . them ; all
go. to it, ;I'm too busy getting
ready for.. Opening.. Day; ' .
To the non -fisherman; this May
.seem, puerile .and irresponsible.
$ut Drake ,had' • his... gam. es', of
bowls ,before'g'oing'�- out to clobber
:the Armada. And .I'm • going: to
enjoy oiie . more Open rig.•'. Day,
;even. if 3 emergefrom the .bush;
at, .the .end :•of .it to find that
Canada• has declared. war on
Castro:
What is; 'Opening'. Day? What
does ;it signify? Well, on the 'sur-
face, it is merely a day 'on/which
about .a ,hundred thousand:' Can-
adians pour' 'into, the' wilds at
daybreak; seeking, the .lives of a
;few .thousand .trout. In' the;, pro
.cess, . they .. alienate their wives;;
•catch `'more • colds thaw trout, and
straggle home exhausted but lap.
,t .r
:.#-lowever;••there's `a,great deal
more to it thaii .that, •underneath:
Tfs a response to an atavistic
impulse as : cornpelling as • that
which makes a : wolf'' howl at
the •. moon, •
During the winter;' this urge
's'hunbers tinder the tranquilizers
• of ' overheated' homes, television;
and ;big meals. The trout'' fisher-:
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Bill Smiley .nw:
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roan', looks:•and facts ;like any hon-
est citizen. Ile is no More _ 'fiery
than the trout itself,: buried in
mud: at the ' bbttoin • of a • stream,
sleeping ' the.. winter away.'
But when. the raw .winds of
April. blow, and the ice. breaks
'up, look out. The rainbow Swarms
up the 'streams, :; to spawn. The
lovely speckled darts. The vora
cro:us::brown prowls. 'And within
' the 'fisherman, ,soinethuag: savage
and :primitive 'Stirs and.calls.:'�.By
Opening • Day,' it 'has stwellect to
•a, lust that will be appeased ;iy
nothing '• but the blood' of, a ,six-
inch trout. .
'Opening' Day. ha's, for • the trout
fisherman _the. significance, the
rsymbolisni,_ the grace and pas-
sion that .the bullfight holds for.
.the aficionado...
.Here, ',there's no use going on
:like •' this. I'11 try to ;reconstruct
the' ritual , of :Opening". Day for
you, and perhaps .you will see
for Yourself.
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First ::of ' , all, • it must .be ' ap-
proached with ' the proper .,feel-•
ink' You don't just pull' on some
old,' clothesand barge .into the
bush with; a fishing, pole. Noth-
ing of ,the sort. No more than
you'd think. ,of rushing ` up •. to the
. first attractive vvoman..you ' saw
and ernbracing her rudely:
What` you do 'is start driving
into the country about 3 .weeks'
before Opening: Day: Every .time.
You 'see running' water ,you stop.,
'You drag *your. wife out of the
car and ' : eagerly exhort her .to
"just look'`at the water:". .`•
A11 she ;can see, poor soul; is
a muddy ''little, stream: 'But' you
know perfectly well til;at the hole',
below the bridge is b.(tiling urith'
speckled. 4nct you will bet any
amount that there la at least one
huge rainbow, or maybe a .pair„
lur4ing• behind that big lob which
you :aresure would be there if
only the • water were' clear, ,
'That's the way 'you work ui?
to it, gradually. Vau just• go out
'into' the country and spot all the
places where the:. trout #re as.
.thick as flies.: This saves'; a_lot
of time on Capening Day. And of
course, you //keep it.. to yourself.
You ' don't , want. a whole crorvvd
of those • fellows 'from the ' ;city
jammed around you w1uie'.you're
catching your limit.. ;
The night before Opening
for the . fisherman, is like the
night before her first. •big dance,
for a maiden, ,The air is electric.
with excitement. And while you'-
re getting your gear together
some of the other chaps drop :in,
just too see if you're all -set. •
And no, they..can't stay a' min-
ute,• ` becaus. e ' we • have to - get ''up
.at four, •so well: be , right at the
pool at first light well, maybe
a short one, and makeit light,
.And first thing you. know; it's' 3
• a.m. arid. , you haven't 'started
looking• for.. your waders. .
Three . hours' later, .'you tatter;
out of . • the house; . feeling.. as
..though you'd, been .clubbed. But
the , :cold air hits y..ou. and •your
savage, primitive , instinct begins
to': surge again, ,' And you , sneer
down the .street, at the • darken;ed
houses . of all: the little, soft peo7
,pie .,who are still in ' bed:
• And you. race. ,for the stream,.
blood poinding;' through the raw,
dark •morning.., With, the •heater on
high. And .you 'slip up that back
road and 'park' a .quarter mile
from .the` •pool..•so nobody •will.
follow • you and spoil , that first
glorious' 'cast.
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And you' stumble: through the
bush;/ careless,,in• your hut'ry to
be the ' f irst, • and alone -And in
the 'dark,' You', tear your.pants
and go in Over the tops of: •you"'
'waders. .But; the wild exultation
•drives.•you .°i,,• -indifferent . to dis
comfort.
• And you :feel your way , along
the little path, past • the big ..stump)
until you..know• thepool is .just:
ahead. And:'' you stop -'there and;
breath' deep in the darkness, and
you feel. good, ` and • alive And
carefully;',' by touch, you put"your.
)bait, ion .:Then, the black,:turns to
gray, you advance'.' cautiously to
the ' pool's; edge, and %prepare. for
:you'r'first :cast of the season, feel-
rng : like', a king.
And . swiftly • comes the first.
light new,, to • reveal; ' 'standing
g
shoulder; 'to., Shoulder, nineteen:
grout.. fishermen, ;ringing the:' pool.
. A letter from Mrs. Edgar.
Guest • of Uranium City,' written.
on • April 17th,: 'says.- that ..the:,
'snow is finally ` melting. and . they',
•had: lots of . it up there. The' lakes
are. `.breaking •.up and thea barge
should . be in next month, :she
added:
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favoured wtih a very , lovely solo:
.Mrs. Gordon •'McPherson 'spent
Sunday in ''Exeter' with. Mr. and.
'Mrs.: Fred Thonrpsoli and family.
Thirty-One,.•.Members. of, the"
Woinen's Institute ;: went ..by bus,
to Dunlop Inn to ,.attend a ban- .
quet to •.honour theoccasion` of
the closing . of , the Sunshine Sis-
ter year in•. the : I istitute. Mrs.
Ernest Gaunt called the• roll and
each rziembei revealed her ident-
ity by pinning a :corsgge on her
Sunshine Sister. •. A. most'. delici-
ous turkey .dinner • was•.•enjoyed,
Mrs. .Barbour give :a reading'
Mrs: Charles' McDonald proposed
a toast to • ' five new 'L members:
-.Mrs.:. H. ' Cooper. replied.:The new
mernlbers .•were • asked'' 'to stand
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a reading:. A •sing-song,'.was' led:
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lutherford ' at . the,' pirano . Read-
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Rutherford,' 1V4 -s. James: Aitchi-
'Mr. and Mrs.: Carl Johnston
and family, Bluevale, 's,pent.• Sun-
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• erly Ann Todd.: .'Congratulations.
Returning .from Wingh m
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rn•proved::..health:. : • p •
'Mr ' Wallace : Miller who , has
been, a' patient for the past four
weeks in ':Victoria' Hospital,'' ung.
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day.. He' •.is progressing favorably.
Mr.' . and '.. Mrs.,. .Ross .Ganirni`e'
were :'guests ;'at. the Cook -John-
ston wedding in Loridoii recently:,
Miss "W. D.: Rutherford left
on . Sunday' • to •'visit Mr. and Mrs: •
.Gordon . McIntyre ' in Richmond
Hill. Muss Rutherford, will ..,joiri
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