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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-02-26, Page 4Part 4 The Times•Advecattt, .Fibruary 26, '1,5! .et's Talk SP•.FIbTS By DON: 1109M, BOW" ,CrR,AVETT Sports Editor CANADA'S REST LIVES RIGHT iN EXETER Looping out at the weather from the first - floor level of Our sports office, even we can tell it certainty isn't the time of year one would be reach- ing for the old fishing pole and racing down to the favourite .stream. However, we've heard a few hope- fuls in town speaking about the long sought day when they would be able to accomplish their present dream, so we thought despite the fact the weather isn't co-operating, we'd pound out a few lines on the fishing industry. For some time, we've been after Al Guil- ford to fill us in with the info about his hand -tied fly hobby .After seeing samples of his extraordinary work, we were simply fascinated at the skill Al had to offer in this profession. A couple of days ago, we re- l. ceived a letter Froin him break- ing us in on the history, his personal thoughts and what he has accomplished to date with his hand -tied fly procedures. A couple of days ago, we received a letter from him breaking us in on the history, his personal thoughts and what he has accomplished to date with his hand - tied fly procedures. We thought it would be inter- esting to all sportsinen of the water game to hear the comments, so we printed it. Dear Boom: "Although I know you'll never be able to catch a fish (even if it were enclosed in a fish bowl) or won't be able to even cast a reel in your profession on the ice lanes. I've worded some knowledge for the fly -type fisherman with the hopes it will come in handy for them and solve clay may even help you. You know the fish stores are not always plenty ful near the lake! "Over 2,000 years ago, a man named Ichthuol- kos tied a trout fly. A trout fly now is a complex, precise, stylized and colorful bit of steel, wool, fur, feathers, tinsel, kapok, nylon. etc. Ichthuoulkos had no idea of the repercussions that would result from experimentng by wrapping a hook with a bit of wool and a couple of brown feathers. "Some 1,500 years later, Dame Juliana Ber- ners, abbess of an English nunnery, wrote the first book on fly, fishing and fly -tying. At least 12 of .the patterns she described are found in an angler's fly - box today. "Authorities estimate there are now at least 50,000 patterns. We do know in the US alone there are over 200.000 amateur fly-tyers, and it's logical to presume that each has conceived at least one pattern he believes to be original, "There is a tendency for fly fishermen to collect "patterns" rather than "types". This is where this tyer is "beating his head against a stone wall" til an attempt to make the angler see that it is hope- less to expect to collect all patterns numbering 200,- 000 and not good "fishing sense". basic "We have narrowed the field down to types -ll dry flies, five wet flies, four streamers - 20 in all -plus a few nymphs. (A dry fly floats on top of the water. a wet fly sinks into the water, a nymph is the insect before it has reached the winged stage and rises from the bottom.) "Our other major problem is to get the angler to realize that he spends hundreds of dollars for rod, reel, line and other accessories and overlooks the fact that the fly on the end of his line is actually the most important thing! "We create high grade and exacting flies for the experienced angler who desires a beautiful,, authentic. "living" thing "working" for him on the most important part of his equipment --the last 20 inches of his leader! Each fly is our masterpiece; if not it is discarded! We sometimes feel like Rem- brandt would probably feel after having put his very soul into a Mona Lisa, to be asked to paint a • thousand more, all the same! "There are two kinds of flies, the "attractor" type and. the `original". The "attractor" is . one that the fish hit out of curiosity or excitement, The : "original" is tied to imitate some form of actual bug : life desired by fish. One must study entomology and learn in detail its life span from larvae and nymph to the winged stage -when they lay their eggs and die. Some 70 per cent of what a fish eats comes up from the bottom and 30 per cent down from the top. The bottom bug life is the fish's "bread" and the top its "cake". "A fly to be successful. must have life, color and action. This means the fly-tyer must carefully select his materials to show (a) life, such as moving. parts that look life -like, (b) color, for eye appeal, (e) action, so that even in motionless water, parts of the fly move? the fly darts about and in cases ap- pears to breathe. "It is a known fact that fish can distinguish colors, hear, talk, possess intelligence, instinct and reflex actions, that they have a memory, can smell, and have a sense of taste..They can even feel the texture of a fly and will spit it out if not soft enough to their mouth. All these things must be taken into consideration by the fly-tyer, as well as proper con- struction, durability, balance •and various other tech- . niques.(( The materials for flies are brought in from all.parts of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Far East and kind friends donate various wild life fea- thers and furs here in Canada. Only the top-notch materials are selected and used, on the world's finest English Hook. "Our 'flies are viewed and used by many experts all over the US and Canada. They are used from Florida to Hudson Bay and from British Colum- bia to Nova Scotia. "The Northern Sportsman magazine has re- cently ordered large displays for their offices in Fort Frances, "Gateway to Canada", to show the thousands of visiting anglers each year, • "Negotiations are now under way for therm to be oit display in the West Sr Northwestern Sports - Man's Show at North Bay in March at the Northern Sportsman's Booth. The Hamilton Spectator states they. are "the best they have ever seen". "H. L. Streg of Hamilton states he has fly - Mittel , melt Europe,, Africa and most of Cana- da and has never seen elt perfect flies that produce ao well. "It is aft enthralling hobby, and one that has attracted many who have never fished, To the angler, there is a special thrill in taking a trout or niuskle Oil a fly he has tied himself. If you don't believe this, try its" Yours truly, ALVIN L. , GUILFr RD ribe, ?•...itcIh. 1:11 Open Series Friday; Bantams Lead WOAA Group Finals AL GUILFORD, EXETER'S 30 -Year Hobby Catch Fish His Fl yes FLY -TYING EXPERT, WORKS ON FISH BAIT BY DON GRAVETT Do you have a h..bby? if so, how much time do you spend with it? Does your hobby intrigue you to the extent that you find yourself working away at it until the small hours of the morning? We know for a fact that many people throughout this district do have hobbies. Many people in this district collect foreign Cur- rency as one medium of interest, while others invade the stamp - saving game or picture collec- tions. We doubt that any. of these '.hobbyists have a profession that givekthem more satisfaction than the one operated by Mr. Al Guil- Bantams Blank Mitchell Team Exeter Bantams left little ; Uni.ted States, and are classed as doubt of supremacy in the best-! "tops," He has several samples of -three series with Mitchell at the present time being shown bantams last Saturday when they throughout the two countries, pumped home five unanswered According to .lir. Guilford, ford, of Exeter. Mr. Guilford's hobby should make the fisher- men glow with glee, as his interests lie deeply in the hand - tied fly profession which he has mastered to perfection over some 30 years. . A native of the United States and a former sergeant in the United. States Army, Mr. Guil- ford lost his U.S. citizenship when he joined the Canadian Army in 1940. Since 1947, he has worked at a clothes cleaning + business in Exeter. With his 30 years of fly -tying experience be- hind him, his chief ambition is to become a fly -tying instructor to one of the bigger fish clubs, which in turn could place him in ; employment in or near its area. 1 We say Mr. Guilford has his hobby mastered to perfection be- cause his flies are so exquisitely made that they are being used in many parts of Canada and the goals for a 5.0 victory in the : ninety per cent of the fish are third game of the league's best- ; caught by ten per cent of the of -three semi-final playoff. ' fishermen because they use good Centre Rickey Boyle fired two tackle and they use it skilfully. of the winner's goals while Fred , "Fish flies cannot and never Lamb, Fred Wells and Don Cann' cashed in for singletons. 1). u M ps Exeter took a 1-0 lead in the' to first period, made it 2-0 in the . cE - second, and then wrapped up, the decision with three more in the third. From Command The game was cleanly played'. as only two penalties were • ' will become a machine job," he said. "Someone will always be ' able to do the job more exiiertly and better in •quality with the flavor of individuality added, Machines of today can never do this. One of the golden secrets : of successful fishing is having ' carefully designed flies, selected to show life, color and action when being retrieved," Mr. Guilford has indulged in many types of what are called "fishing flies." In the fly bracket, : he has made ants, grasshoppers, i hollow hair mouse, of the type ` used by Indians a couple of hon- dred years ago, spider -devil bugs, nymphs, hellgrammites, crickets, Bantams Np Seaforth 3.2 Exeter Bantams took a 1-0 lead in the best -of -three group finals. in Seaforth Monday night when the locals pulled a hard- fought 3-2 win out of the fire in (he third period. Fred Lamb fired the first two Exeter goals while centre Ricky Boyle notched the winner at 12:43 of the final period. Exe-) ter's Freddy Wells assisted on all three of the winning. goals. I,c,rle). 3, Sen forth :t Wc.191.11941. (,nui, Leslie Howard:defence, Don ('aura, Lester Hey- wood; centre, 'Ricky Poy1e; Wings, Fred Wells. Fred Lamb: alter- cates, Doh Srhrnedt'r, Don Cowper, 11nh 1lroilrt is l(. Dilly Wright,Peter' 11c1''allt, 11tke ('uslnnan. SP1 %l lilt 1'I1 (,nal, hones 1 nyes: defence Bruce stale, lien Bedard: 1t Centre, Bon -1 k kF'r: Ings. ,llnl Carter, Pairs Matt: alternates, ,lint Sills, Jack Popple, .rr+n ain, Earl (amphell, James (solemn, stub Papule, Tom Phillips, First Period1 19xeter. Lamb (\Veils) »_1:30 --Exeter, lamb (Wells) .. 11:10 Penalties --- Carter ((ripping) ,42, Second Period Scoring -- None, Third Period blood -suckers, and caddis, ; In the wet type, he has pro,! duced bumble puppies, wooly i worms, bucktails, hoper flies black flies, and of course, all kinds of the well-known name species. He has made flies to attract just about every kind of Ontario; , game fish. "It's a terrific hobby, and I ! work at it almost every evening," Mr. Guilford said. "If anyone would like a sample or two, 11 may he able to help them out, but naturally I can't give thein to everyone," called throughout the sixty min- i utes of action. 11JTt Ti1�Li, Goal, T,ltn Mc- Naught: defence, Gam'''. Robinson, Paul DSetz: centre, Ken Appleby: wings, John Cook, Bill Warren: alternates, Ron 'Buckner, KenWorden, Bob Ellison, Ron 'Pauli, :(lean Robinson, Dirk Poch. EdDleboldt, Ken Osborn, Ken Mor- rison. EXETER. - Goal, Lesile Howard : defence, Don Cann, Lester Hey- wood; centre, Ricky Bnylr wings. Wells, ens, Fred Lamb; alter- nates, Peter 11cS'alls, \like ("ush- nlan, Billy Wright, Don Cooper, Tnhn Nagel, Fred Smith, Bob Broderick, Bob Schroeder, First Period 1 -Exeter, R. Boyle (F. Lamb) _ . -. 11:15 Penalties - Lamb (tripping) 1.1:10; Osborn (boarding) 1S:02, Second Period 2 -Exeter, F. Lamb (P., 'Royle, L. Heywood) _ 11;26 Penalties -•- None. Tl+lyd :Period. 3 Exeter, R. Boyle (F. 'Wells. E. Lamb) ..,25 4 -Exeter, F, \Yells R, ( Boyle) 7.17 55 -Exeter, t1. Cann (1.. Heywood) 10:31 Penalties - None, Exeter b, :Mitchell 0 RCAF Centralia advanced past the first round of the Training Command playdowns in Exeter 'Monday night when they bom- barded a visiting Hamilton club 14.1. Oddly enough, Hamilton took a 1-0 first period lead at the 5:03 mark when Hunter slap- ped in a pass from Pelletier. However, before the period end- ed Centralia struck hack with a pair of quickies less than four minutes apart to take a 2-1 lead. From there on in, the local sta- tion was never headed. Centralia pumped home four unanswered second period goals and then climaxed the landslide with eight more tallies in the final twenty minutes of play, • Dick Fabbro was the big gun for the winners as far as the scoring was concerned, as he scored' :four goals. Moe Goheil, "Woody" Wooden and 'J'ed Cay- • outte each triggered a pair. i Single markers came off the sticks of Gil (leekie, "Sonny" CUFF CLEANERS -- Maurice Richard, one of the celebrities who attended the London Sportsman Dinner, asked this corner how things were going out at the local RCAF Centralia station. The "Rocket" if you'll remember, was the guest speaker at Cern tralia's sports banquet a few months back, which was where we first met him .. The Montreal ace also inquired about 11;'0 Moe Gobeil of the station. Apparently Moe and Richard are old buddies . George Hayes, famed NALL. linesman who also at- tended the banquet, enjoyed talking about the an- nual appearance il-nual.appearance of an octopus on the ice in the first playoff game of the Stanley Cup semi-finals played at the Detroit Olympia , .. The thought couldn't help but cross our mind that .it looks as though he won't have to worry about seeing it this year . Centralia made short work of Hamilton in the first round of the Training Command playoffs Monday night with their 14-1 victory ... Camp Borden, Trenton, St. Johns, Aylmer and Clinton are also in- cluded in the Eastern Training Command playdowns ... Dashwood brootnball artists, who failed to find a league this year in which to play, keep right on racking up exhibition victories , ,.. They added two more this week against Hensall and Zurich - Lucan's Shamrock tourney on March 14 will feature a contest between London and the champions of Detroit in the bantam division. Jimmy Skinner will be on hand once again . , . This Saturday, Exeter bantams, and pee weds, along with Hamilton bantams, will invade the ice lanes at Lrtcan. Lambeth provides the opposition for the local pee wee squad while Lucan .faces Exeter iii the bantam contest. Hamilton plays Ailsa Craig , Mickey Mantle still un- signed, Mel Alen should be bumping his gums with his favourite Saying of "low about that'll Burke, Bob Henderson and Sam- , son. . 1 Gregson, who guarded the twine for Hamilton, played an outstanding game despite the fact that he let 1.4 shots get by him. The Hamilton goaltender played with a cast on one hand and came up with 45 saves with several being of the phenomenal variety. Centralia will meet the winner 1 of. the Aylmer -Clinton series which is being played in Aylmer 'Saturday night. Centralia 14, 'Hamilton 1 ' I 11IL'iON - (4oal, Gregson: de- fence, Savoie, Hume; centre, (lar: Rungs, Hunter, Stillwell; alter- nates. Flanright, Stu' WI, Fisher, Cochran, i'elletler, Zclinaki, Kal- 1inchuk, (If1N'PIr1J tat --- Goal, Senechal; defence,' nobeil, Bourque; centre, F'abbrot wings, Burke, 1feLaugh- 1)n; alt erne( es, (;eekie, Samson, C'ayouette 'Humphreys, C'allherry, Wooden, 1ir(7arvey, Henderson, First ',Period 1=lfamiltoit, Hunter (Pellet ler) _ 11:03 2 -Centralia, ('ayouette (Burke, Gerd( ie) _. 14:33 3 -Centralia. Fahhro (Mcl.attgltlin, Burke) .. 11:2., T'ennit,ies .- Snutrh (hocking) 6,43; Kailinchuk (tripping) 7.45; (lay (tripplug) 18:06; \lcl,,augltlin (slashing) :On, Second Period 4...('eniralla, 1''abhro (McLaughlin, (;nhe)11) 3:03 5 --('eat calla. Tabora ( nitrite, McLaughlin) ...., 5:22 6 (:eotralia, Burke (Fahhro, 11i'L9ughlin) _..10:50 1-(''ent,atla, ('ayouette (Samson. (,eobell, 1.9.22 penalties - (`lay (tripping) 7:40; Burke (interference 1 11:34: Plum - ph reys (t r i n p 1 n g) 16;10; Clay (kneeing) 17:34, Third Period 8 -Centralia, Clohell (linurntre) 6:08 9 --Centralia, 'tt'norlen (Pali berry,Humphreys) 12:96 10 -Centralia, Iiend.erson (Wooden) 12:20 11- Centralia,. Fabbro (C;ohell, 13urktet 16:37 12 -Centralia. Geckle (('ayouet(0, $atn>son) 1:6:53 1.3--(`antra,lla, Wooden (Burke) ._ .. , 17:40 1I--•('ent)a11a, (sobers _ 16:03 11--floattalia, Samara' 19:n() Praia] its --- I•Intne (ptaahing) 4:141 Pelletier OW Ing) 8:42, Phone 102 for HARVEY'S' TAXI 24-HOUR SERViCi 3-Seaforth, Akker (Campbell) .. _ 3.34 4--,rraffnrth, Phillips Papple)_ 9:70 5 -Exeter, Boyle ''tWells) 12;43 .Although Exeter 111 oh a w k s i five semi-final 3-1, Minus threw. Haven't stepped into their WOAA :of their regulars, including the Intermediate • "B" group final loop's most prolific scorer in with Mitchell Red Devils, an- Mary Shantz, Mitchell wrapped other Exeter club is hot on the up their playoff series with winning trail in WQAA minor comfortable 4-1 victory right on league playdowns. Clinton ice last Friday night. F'laying,'.Coach Bob' White put: the tribe through. an extensive drill in the local arena over the weekend and feels that his club is ready to roll, • Exeter Bantams, coached by Perry Boyle .and "Bunny" Ford, have swept ,past Mitchell ,end presently lead. a best -of -three group final with Seaforth 1-0. The local bantams knocked lifitehell out of the running by copping the third and final gine of their series on home ice with a 5-0 decision. in the first game of their playoff in Seaforth, Exe- ter edged the homesters 3-2 on a late third period marker to give them the series edge. The second and third games will be played in Exeter Friday and Sat- urday, Mohawks Start On Friday Exeter Mohawks will swing into action this Friday night when they open their best -of - seven Group 1 final with llfitehell Red Devils in Exeter at 9:00 p,n1, Mitchell registered the second best record in the league over the regular schedule with eleven wins and five losses to place next to the league winning Exe- ter Mohawks xeterMohawks who posted a 14-2 win -loss record. Mitchell bumped off the fourth place Clinton Colts with consider- able ease in taking their best -of - Zurich Midgets Whip Mildmay Bob Johnston triggered home three goals Tuesday night to pace Zurich Midgets to a 10-3 victory over Mildmay in the first game of a best -of -three WOAA Midget "D" playoff played in Zurich, Bill Overholt and Don Johnston each blinked the light twice" fort the winners while single markers came off the sticks of Earl Wag- ner, Larry Bedard and John Masse. Second game of the series will take place in Mildmay Thurs- day night. Hockey Statistics Mitchell 4, Clinton 1 (.11'itrhell wins the best -of -five series 3-1J GROUP 1 FINAL (Best -of -Seven Series) Fehruary 27--J1:Itrh ell at Exeter (9 p.m.) Marek - Exeter at llitrhell (5:38) fi-Mitchell at Exeter (9:f(1) •-•Iaeter at 3Iltcltell (5:30) 10 -Exeter at Mitchell 15:3(1) 1 ;---hitchers at Exeter (9;001 14--.11itrhell at Exeter t nnl 'Tentative playoff date for Mit- chell home flame. Local Team Gains Finals Exeter advanced into the finals of the :Men's Intertown Bowling League last Saturday when they eliminated Fergus Browns 9.2 in a final five -game playoff. Exeter .now meets Fergus Black & Whites for the league champion- slip. High five rolled for the win- ners came from Bob Osgood with 1.279 while Cap Foster placed second with 1125, Osgood enjoyed a 303 in his highest afternoon game. F xeter P, Fera,,• Bromna 111 431C.11,YTflf4 B. Wettlaufer. 270, 294, 238, 133 124, 1524, 1f. Brint- ,nell, 199, 150, 7.19, 227, 225. 994: J Gibson. 190, 196 117, 21 217, 1188; 1, Fuller, 132, 191, 204, 203, 226, 1M0; C. Foster, 219, 115, 191, 255, 275, 1125, B. Osgood, 24T, 303, 292, 222, 225, 1279, Totg1--- 5632. ,,,111,M 1„„N„e,,,,nm,,,,,,,,mm„nm,,,,l,,,,,,el,,,,,! „1,,,,,m,l,,,gminimum l l l I ll lll I l II l HIM/ GROUP 1 WOAA INTERMEDIATE FINALS First Game (Best -Of -Seven Series) EXETER ARENA Friday Feb. 27 9:00 p.m. Mitchell Red Devils v5. Exeter Mohawks BOOST THE MOHAWKS BY ATTENDING ALL HOME GAMES Lcading The Field why don't you try the '59 Chev Today '58 Chevrolet Delray 4 -door sedan, turn signals, air condition heater, low mileage, like new condition. '55 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 -door sedan, custom radio, turn signals, heater, washers, two- tone finish. ( '55 Plymouth 4 -door deluxe sedan, 8 cyl. engine, automatic transmission, whitewall tires, low mileage. '55 Dodge Deluxe 2 -door sedan, custc,m radio, signals, heater, special two-tone. 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