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()
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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.
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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
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