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The Seaforth News, 1942-11-19, Page 6PAGE' Sp Fishing The e m s an e 1 t i e A k e ae 13 Then on with my Mae West It's exactly 2.40 when I leave the �ltional Forks dispersal hut, just ample tint, 'to _ finishuish a cigarette, put on my scarf "HOW are .they` biting ,'is one of aI d ""Mao -,West," and then gaunter th first questions asked by any eat to my aircraft where 0" of the vi {tors as they enter the gates of crew is holding my parachute ready, C. ada's national parks. And they, It's a lovely day, Sunny, with a few ar not referring to ' mosquitos, A; elands a couple of thousand feet UP. ho iday in the nattoual• parks would I note that the wind is blowing gent - no be conlllii�te for these visitors ly\fromn time South and that visibiltty's un ess they' 1}M.d .an opportunity to good. As always, my aircraft looks as ma tch their wits against the wiles of clean as a new pin, th game fish for which the parks The fitter whoa standing 011 the are famous. wing helps me into the cockput, and s a prime feature of most of Can- hands me niy Helmet and gauntlets ada 's national parks is the many and a map, Long ago I learned that la es and streams contained within'it is essential to be comfortable in their boundaries, it is only to be ex- an airplane; and, you know, a SpitfirePec ted fiat fishing is a major at- is small enough to sit in, even with - traction. In BanffNational Park alone out all the impedimenta which a there are 150 larger lakes and at tighter pilot has to carry with him on THE SFAVORTII NEWS ' THURSDAY, NQVBMBER 19, 1942 againet the white cloud, I try to Count them, but at present the specks are still too far away. Anyhow, as they are still below us, they won't attack. We are passing over St, Omer and approaching Lille. Although I haven't yet had time to .examine the ground, I can already recognize certain land- marks, for I'm daily becoming more and more familiar with theme. 1 spot the airdrome near St. Omer. ;It is just visible as a small square. Two narrow strips cutting across 'it are the runways. Just behind me is a large green. patch, That would be the Foret de Nioppe, and immediately below us is time canal which runs from ;Dunkirk to Bethune, We are almost on top of Lille now, and the bombers are flying in close formations in front of us. As least 20 streams well worth fishing. these occasions. I'm looking at them, their bombs Frere a fish hatchery ,is maintained As I look round the airdrome, I can leave in a shower and flash towards Where more than 2,000,000 young fish see other pilots climbing into their time ground, The Ack-Act Gets Thicker of half a dozen game species are aircraft and settling themselves com- reared annually for stocking the park Portably. Over on the far side of the If only I could follow them down, Waters. field one of the other squadrons in and watch them explode on their Stocking many of the lakes and our Wing is also getting ready to target! But I've been on too many of streams scattered over the vast area take off; I can see airmen running these shows to do that sort of things,' covered by the mountain parks is no about. This squadron is due to leave t Por I know that at any minute we are easy matter, The fry are loaded in shortly after us and ^to form up on likely to be attacked by odd lions cans and taken by the hatchery truck us as soon as we are airborne, Iwho will dive down and try to break as far as roads will permit. There Hello! the Wing Commander's air - up out formation. All the way from they are transferred to the backs of Craft has burst into life; that's the the coast there's been spasmodic 84E - pack -horses for the long ride over signal for all of us to,.start up. I Sok but now that we are over Lille high mountain passes, along the runs give a few pumps to rlchen the mix - it's much thicker. Still, nobody's hit. of deep gorges, and sometimes tune in the cylinders. As I press the The bombers 'have launched their through wooded areas where only the self-starter button and turn on the second salvo of eggs and they fly trails, used by deer, moose and other magneto switches my airscrew begins through as if there were nothing to wild animals lead to some alpine to revolve, and some sheets of flame hamper them, and then start to taro lake deep in the heart of the noun- belch out from the exhaust ports; I through 180 degrees. We ruin with tains. can feel the heat of them on my face. them — steeply' in order to off pro - In Waterton Lakes National Park Suddenly, with a deep roar, the en - another fish hatchery is in operation. gine picks tip and I throttle back tection if they, are attacked at this One of the most popular fishing spots until it ticks over regularly. moment when they are more vttlner8 in this park is Crypt Lake. From its Next I wave the airmen away from able. I cruse squint up continually into the icy waters the fly fishermen take an my wing -tips and follow the Wing sun because I know that if an attack i'ec- abundance of cutthroat trout, Fight- Commander as he taxis round the is made en will conte from that direc ing Rainbow trout are the main at- side of the field, 'We jolt over the tion. Thenthe warning 'voice: traction in Bertha Lake and in the ground, and just before turning into "Hello! Two 109's at nine o'clock Anderson-Carthew series of lakes. wind and getting into position for above. Watch em." Here even the beginner may catch taking off, I press the switch on my I. I look up to the left. Yes , there his limit in a few hours' fishing. At R/T set; a few seconds later I hear they Are —two black brutes with least 15 other lakes and half a dozen that familiar wave and faint crackle slightly longer fuselage and blunter streams in. the park provide moun- in my headphones, Then a few wing -tips than ours, I wonder, will tain trout and several species, I bumps and we are airborne. Anglers in Jasper National Park Slowly we climb up along the seeking Rainbow, cutthroat, brown coast. At twelve thousand feet I turn and lake trout will find a dozen flail- on my oxygen. ing lakes within three miles of Jas -1 Well, here we are at 18,000 feet per town, headquarters of the park. and approaching Blank -on -Sea. I Eastern speckled trout have been suc- close the radiator flap, and although cessfully introduced into the Maligne I'm only wearing a sweater over my Lake system and the angler has a shirt and trousers, I feel quite warm choice of many varieties of game fish with the hood shut. in Jasper's numerous lakes and My clock shows that according to streams, A new hatchery has just schedule we should be sighting the been completed in this park, but as bombers, with their escort of Spit- fires provided by a neighboring Wing, within time next minute or so. There they are, approaching from inland; they are quite easily recognizable by their shape, and by the close form- ation in which they fly. We allow them to pass us, and then we climb up above, always keeping them in full view. Rendezvous in the Skies Half -way over the Channel we take up our battle positions by increasing the distance between aircraft; that's so that each individual pilot may watch the sky all round them. Slowly — it seems slowly, because by now we are high up, but actually our speed is well over 280 miles an hour — we approach the French coast, and cross 1t near Boulogne. I can see one or two of the puffs that appear all round us. Above the noise of my engine, I can't .hear any sound of explosion. The puffs remain quite innocuous until one busts about twenty feet from my starboard wing, and very close tb the aircraft on my right. I hear the faint "crump," and can see the vicious orange center as it explodes. The airplane next to mine rocks slightly. I look round quickly;•{ all's well — the pilot has put his thumbs up. , Now the silence has been broken by the controller back at our base. He tells us that there are enemy aircraft climbing up towards us from the southeast, a message acknowl- "Channel Sweep" by edged from the Wing Leader by .a curt "O.K." Hearing voices iia always a Squadron Leader a comfort, and these are crystal clear yet it is only in the experimental stage. When it is in full operation it is expected that the waters of Jasper National Park will have a greater lure than ever for the angler. Here is a happy combination of good fish- ing in lakes and streams easy to reach, amid surroundings unique and inspiring, Rainbow trout are taken in beauti- ful Lake O'Hara, in Yoho National Park; also in Emerald and Wapta lakes in the valley of the Kicking Horse River. Lake Waskesieu in • Prince Albert National Park is teem- ing with pike and is now being stock- ed with battling small -mouthed bass. Clear Lake, in Ridng Mountain Nat- ional Park, offers pike fishing and is at present being stocked with Rain- bow trout. Atlantic salmon, speckled trout, and swordfish attract anglers to Cape Breton Highlands National Park and several small lakes and ponds in Prince Edward Island Nat- ional Park contain brook trout. Around the many Islands forming the Georgian Bay and. St. Lawrence Is- lands National Parks game fish com- mon to the Great Lakes and the UP. per St. Lawrence River are caught in abundance. Altogether the national parks offer to the angler, old or young, beginner or seasoned fisher- man, a variety of game fishing amid lovely surroundings unsurpassed any - Where, in my headphones. Let's imagine we are in the dis- Suddenly there is the warning persal hut, waiting to be briefed for voice of the Wing Leader: "There a cross -Channel sweep. As voice tias they are — right — three o'clock," the . Wing Commander — me and as I look in that direction, I can fellow who leads our 'Wing — enters just see them as flies in the distance the hut, all chatter ceases, We are getting accustomed to seeing him each day sit on one of the tables and. say with a smile: "An easy one to day, chaps; just a 'quickie' over St.i Omer and back via Calais," or some-' thing like that: But today it isn't such 5' W AFiRI N'1. r,Irena"•rl Alp., a 2quickie," as we are flying some + 'r rer Perth anti Peron Ones t i what farther; the target for the al°s Solicited, Term on Appliearte; bombers is Lille,1 .tro, Steckchattels and real 88031. We discuss the order of takeoff, " nn"*ry R. R. No 4, Mitchell ''hone 414 r 8 .Apniy at this ()fee( and the order and position in which . we should fly: that's a most Import. HAROLD JACKSON ant .dotail,'for otherwise everyone of Licensers in Enron and Perth r.oiw- us might start milling round and the ties, Prints reasonable; anriafnetinn sky world be full of Spitfires looking guer aranteed,Vori 'in41<b;at:tathnr+V7i for each other., on 601; It, R. 4, Seaforth. AUCTIONEER they dive on to us or on to the bombers? Neither. Just then two Rainbow Trout taken at Lake Edith, Jasper National Park, Alberta Spitfires from another squadron You , see, our job is to watch the above come tearing down; one of bombers and prevent them from be - them is already firing, for I Can see ing attacked. It doesn't matter if we some red tracer coming from his can- don't shoot down any enemy aircraft; non. Good show! One of the 109's other squadrons on our flanks and reels kind of drunkenly on to his above us are there for that job. So back with white and black smoke long as the bombers get back safely pouring out of him. The other one? to their base we shall have done our No, he seems to have got away. all + stuff. right. But the first 109 is now a blaz-r 'A few minutes' later and we are ing mass of wreckage and leaves be= crossing the balloon barrage at hind a trail of thick, black, oily Dover, The .bombers, fly straight on smoke. towards their base whilst we turn to I can't watch any longer because the right and make bur own way our own squadron's being threatened, home, and the Wing Leader has ordered us to turn to the right — into the at- NEW TYRES FOR OLD tackers. So, gently, I ease the stick forward and look all round me. Two Thousands Go Back to the Army from more black 109's flash by at terrific AI Historic Pottery speed, and disappear before I get a Thousands of old tyres a month are chance to open fire on them. I let now being made new for the ritish them go, a lesson I've ]earned since Army in a pottery works in Stafford these tweeps: never follow a Hun shire. down. Long strips of piled in a storeroom which was once the decorating shop. Covers for giant tyres are being vulcanised over pits where china clay used to be left to keep it damp. The finished tyres are stored. Worn tyres come to -day from the Army's transport lorries,. motor cycles, and trucks, not to mention from the other Services and from buses and the Civil Defence organis- ations. With a fraction of the rubber needed for a new tyre, they go back rejuvenated, fit to do again the mile- age they have already done. Three hundred workers have been trained by key men from Fort Dun- lop to do the job of re -treading. Two thirds of them are women. In the moulding shop, ,once 'a pottery store, are miners discharged from the pits for physical disability. The pottery people have not sur- rendered the whole factory. In one tread rubber lie shed the damp clay spins into "util- ity" tea -cups, and they are still mill- ing clay for the whole range of, "utility" pottery. • There's a man in a large New York building who lunches every day in one of the building restaurants. We sat down beside him the other day and saw him carefully pocket the one lump of sugar that came with his coffee. "You see," he explained, "I'm taking it for a horse. It's just a de- livery horse but I've become very much attached to him and every day he looks for a lump of sugar. I can understand sugar rationing so I can go without it, but the horse wouldn't r t4 . He'd think I was mad at him or something." Rockefeller Center Mag- azine. Want and For Sale Ads, 3 weeks 'SOc GounE er CheckBooks We ire Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and, Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. 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