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By
PETE
MILLER
Citizen
Staff
Writer
Right
in
the
middle
of
the
lake
on
an
island
that
appeared
no
bigger
than
a
button
the
big
bull
moose
stood
silently
obli
oblivious
¬
vious
of
the
Northern
Mountain
Airlines
Cessna
185
humming
through
the
clouds
500
feet
above
Even
the
throbbing
of
the
float
planes
260
horsepower
engine
failed
to
make
him
raise
his
head
to
watch
the
intruder
He
was
obviously
used
to
hear
hearing
¬
ing
the
charter
flights
buzzing
overhead
He
just
stood
there
in
the
middle
of
Stuart
Lake
The
pilot
Bruce
Hallock
smiled
when
I
pointed
out
the
animal
You
missed
the
other
four
that
were
standing
in
the
field
on
the
lakeshore
he
said
The
plane
banked
on
the
right
over
the
scores
of
islands
that
punctuate
the
long
body
of
water
and
then
aimed
in
the
direction
of
ojr
destination
Cunningham
Lake
Some
of
the
islands
below
us
bad
been
logged
off
and
a
net
network
¬
work
of
rough
roads
divided
their
MILLER
FISH
onnt
enough
surfaces
so
that
they
looked
like
someone
had
thrown
a
huge
chicken
wire
net
over
them
The
pilot
followed
a
narrow
channel
and
soon
had
his
plane
skidding
into
a
smooth
landing
on
Cunningham
lake
He
taxied
toward
a
sandy
spot
on
the
shore
of
a
small
bay
and
said
Thats
where
the
fish
are
He
was
right
I
did
catch
one
a
twelve
pound
char
but
visions
of
fighting
my
waj
back
to
the
plane
though
an
aggres
aggressive
¬
sive
squadron
Of
leaping
fish
didn
t
materialize
But
that
didn
t
matter
The
isolation
clear
air
and
perfect
silence
more
than
made
up
for
the
reluctance
of
the
Cunningham
giants
to
impale
themselves
on
Pilot
Bruce
Hallock
with
Cessna
1
85
at
Cunningham
Lake
Freedom
is
a
Northe
my
over
size
fishing
hook
Within
inches
of
the
shore
the
water
was
broken
almost
con
constantly
¬
stantly
by
brilliant
red
Kokanee
that
had
moved
into
the
sand
and
gravel
beds
to
spawn
You
could
have
picked
them
up
with
your
hands
There
were
hundreds
of
them
All
too
soon
I
heard
the
drone
of
the
returning
Cessna
float
plane
faint
at
first
and
then
becoming
louder
as
the
tiny
speck
became
more
visible
It
was
all
over
too
soon
The
ride
back
to
Fort
St
James
seemed
shorter
And
the
big
moose
had
gone
Solitude
Maybe
But
for
how
long
Back
in
Prince
George
pulp
Misse
By
Tiny
Bennett
Toronto
Telegram
A
few
hours
spent
at
a
sight-lng-in
range
for
big
game
rifles
recently
quickly
showed
me
how
some
hunters
can
miss
easy
smell
and
all
I
called
Northern
Mountains
chief
Ed
McPherson
His
company
he
told
me
has
nine
aircraft
and
one
helicopter
operating
in
this
area
and
up
in
the
cold
Northwest
Territories
The
Fort
St
James
float
plane
base
boasts
the
lone
whirlybird
along
with
the
companys
largest
aircraft
a
Grumman
Goose
Also
a
Beaver
considerably
larger
than
the
five
passenger
Cessna
I
flew
in
The
Fort
St
James
base
was
established
in
March
of
1959
and
has
been
carrying
sportsmen
lumbermen
and
mining
people
all
over
the
north
ever
since
Six
or
eight
flights
in
one
day
from
there
is
routine
As
Northern
Mountains
ter
shots
at
moose
and
deer
The
scene
was
the
heavy
cali
calibre
¬
bre
range
of
a
local
Rod
and
Gun
club
who
decided
to
throw
open
to
all
hunters
their
sight
in
fa
facilities
¬
cilities
as
a
civic
project
I
went
along
to
shoot
a
little
rn
Lake
ritory
is
dotted
with
lakes
all
but
one
of
the
firms
aircraft
are
equipped
with
floats
The
lone
wheeler
Is
based
at
Prince
George
Airport
But
what
happens
when
the
lakes
freeze
We
put
wheeled
skiis
on
them
says
McPherson
Well
the
big
char
is
cut
up
into
steaks
and
is
safely
stored
in
the
freezer
The
Kokanee
are
finishing
up
their
love
making
along
the
edge
of
Cunningham
Lake
Pilot
Bruce
Hallock
probably
has
one
more
month
before
his
plane
is
equipped
with
skis
Life
goes
on
But
its
more
beautiful
in
some
places
d
Shot
It
Coul
full
bore
stuff
and
spent
all
my
time
there
helping
bewildered
shooters
The
first
man
to
seek
assist
assistance
¬
ance
was
firing
a
low
cost
but
serviceable
rifle
with
a
good
scope
New
Fishing
Retreat
Is
Mission
of
Priest
COLVILLE
LAKE
NWT
C
P
M
e
m
b
e
r
s
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Oblate
order
have
been
described
as
speci
alists
in
the
most
difficult
missions
Rev
Bernard
Brown
is
engaged
in
just
such
a
mission
It
Is
not
building
a
church
or
taking
the
gospel
to
the
In
Indians
¬
dians
and
Eskimos
of
the
Arctic
Thats
routine
for
Fa
ther
Brown
after
18
years
in
Canadas
Far
North
and
any
way
he
has
his
church
He
built
it
himself
His
mission
Is
out-and-out
promotion
of
a
fishing
lodge
the
most
northerly
In
North
America
Father
Brown
wants
to
lure
tourists
preferably
well
heeled
to
this
barren
land
only
200
miles
south
of
the
Arctic
Ocean
Its
a
land
rich
In
natural
resources
Father
Brown
says
it
also
is
teeming
with
fighting
game
fish
al-
Bright
Objects
REGINA
CP
-
Police
con
continued
¬
tinued
to
investigate
the
sighting
of
a
Inilliant
object
in
the
sk
Tueda
night
RCMP
constable
Lome
reigtison
sjUI
he
watched
the
object
foi
time
minutes
A
group
of
teen
ageis
lepoitedthe
object
as
33
to
-10
feet
in
dia
diameter
¬
meter
ANNUAL
MEETING
Hospital
Improvement
District
No
10
Notice
is
hereby
given
of
an
annual
general
meeting
in
zone
No
3
of
Prince
George
and
District
Hospital
Improvement
Dist
No
10
as
required
in
the
regulation
governing
the
dis
district
¬
trict
meeting
will
be
for
the
purpose
of
1
Election
of
one
nw
trustee
2
Trustees
report
on
years
activity
and
financial
report
3
General
discussion
Meeting
will
be
held
Monday
October
30th
1967
in
the
Blackburn
Rd
School
at
800
pm
most
asking
to
tie
on
to
a
fishermans
lure
This
Is
not
a
story
about
the
big
one
that
got
away
or
you
should
have
been
here
last
week
The
fish
are
here
now
and
says
Father
Brown
a
prolific
letter
writer
in
addition
to
many
other
ac
PFfilA
complishments
Colville
Lake
Is
overpopulated
and
needs
to
be
thinned
out
Three
fellows
from
Am
herstburg
Ont
took
75
trout
between
them
one
day
Anoth
Another
¬
er
fellow
hooked
50
grayling
on
consecutive
casts
then
threw
them
back
Special
pair
1
499
OUTDOORS
WfTH
SAIMO
v10l6
I
really
hate
to
admit
it
but
for
all
Intents
and
pur
purposes
¬
poses
the
fishing
season
is
Just
about
over
for
the
year
Of
course
there
will
be
steel
head
trips
and
a
bit
of
ice
fishing
but
the
time
has
ar
arrived
¬
rived
to
put
tackle
away
for
the
winter
And
so
this
will
be
the
subject
of
our
column
this
week
With
glass
fibre
rods
there
Is
little
you
need
do
to
keep
them
in
good
condition
over
the
winter
months
A
light
coat
of
wax
and
possibly
a
check
of
the
ferrules
to
clean
off
any
dirt
and
they
can
be
stored
away
Incidentally
never
leave
a
rod
set
up
for
any
length
of
time
The
fei
rules
can
oxidise
and
It
is
the
very
devil
of
a
Job
to
get
them
apart
Steel
rods
If
there
are
any
left
should
be
well
dried
and
rubbed
over
with
an
oily
rag
Split
cane
rods
in
turn
require
the
most
care
never
store
them
in
a
case
and
ifaf
all
possible
do
not
leave
them
standlngup
in
a
corner
they
can
take
a
set
If
you
do
REELS
TOO
Fishing
reels
are
all
too
often
neglected
and
are
much
easier
to
clean
before
the
dust
gets
really
hard
A
drop
or
two
of
oil
does
not
really
do
much
good
if
the
reel
is
still
dirty
And
Incidentally
if
you
use
your
steelhead
reel
for
heavy
trolling
as
many
people
do
novels
the
time
to
get
rid
of
the
grease
you
put
in
last
spring
In
cold
weather
this
will
congeal
and
make
it
vir
virtually
¬
tually
impossible
to
even
turn
the
handle
Fishing
lines
are
not
too
easy
to
handle
The
monofila
monofilament
¬
ment
types
do
not
need
any
precautions
but
linen
steel
After
six
shots
all
of
which
failed
to
hit
a
four
foot
target
at
30
yards
he
came
over
and
asked
for
help
The
trouble
was
apparent
The
scope
mounting
system
for
his
weapon
was
a
series
of
grooves
in
which
the
scope
blocks
fitted
and
when
In
were
set
up
tight
by
screws
that
cramped
in
the
blocks
But
when
he
had
set
the
blocks
into
the
grooves
he
had
fixed
them
close
together
Instead
of
extending
them
as
far
apart
as
possible
This
short
base
mounting
of
the
scope
allowed
it
to
sit
at
a
wild
angle
to
the
line
of
the
bore
You
could
see
the
offset
by
eye
by
merely
looking
down
at
the
lie
of
the
scope
in
relation
to
the
barrel
So
we
loosened
everything
pushed
the
blocks
to
the
front
and
rear
ends
of
the
grooves
and
L
PURCHASE
Ell
1
SIMULATED
SEAL
APRES
SKI
BOOTS
Regular
2195
pair
or
fly
lines
are
a
different
matter
All
three
should
be
removed
and
stored
on
large
circumference
drums
Cer
Cereal
¬
eal
boxes
are
ideal
FLY
LINES
Fly
lines
should
always
be
dried
and
if
they
are
the
type
that
requires
dressing
this
should
be
washed
off
and
a
light
dressing
applied
Nothing
induces
rotting
quicker
than
fish
slime
whether
it
be
on
lines
or
nets
More
than
one
good
net
has
been
ruined
because
of
Fish
Protein
Expensive
OTTAWA
CP
Want
to
gel
In
on
the
ground
floor
of
a
new
industry
that
looks
like
it
might
go
places
The
experts
say
youll
need
about
18000000
The
industry
is
fish
protein
concentrate
manufacturing
conference
on
the
topic
heard
the
economic
facts
of
life
in
a
paper
presented
today
by
Re
sources
Engineering
of
Canada
Ltd
It
estimates
a
manufacturer
would
need
about
3500000
to
establish
a
plant
to
handle
100
tons
of
raw
fish
daily
2400000
for
related
costs
and
12000000
for
a
supporting
fleet
Assuming
a
cost
of
three
cents
a
pound
for
landed
fish
and
not
allowing
for
profits
and
taxes
on
the
plant
unit
produc
tion
costs
would
be
38
cents
a
pound
Cost
to
the
consumer
would
be
49
cents
a
pound
al
allowing
¬
lowing
four
cents
a
pound
for
profit
and
taxes
A
comparison
shows
that
FPC
is
potentially
a
very
eco
economic
¬
nomic
source
of
animal
pro
protein
¬
tein
brought
up
everything
tight
again
Now
the
eye
could
see
the
scope
and
the
barrel
In
fair
alignment
and
all
it
took
to
get
the
rifle
zeroed
in
was
a
few
shots
and
adjustment
for
centering
with
the
Internal
sighting
movements
In
short
order
the
rifle
was
on
target
and
our
man
was
getting
some
decent
shooting
practise
Friday
October
27
1967
being
left
dirty
It
doesnt
take
a
minute
to
wash
them
out
in
soap
and
a
warm
water
and
will
pay
dividends
when
you
net
the
first
big
one
next
spring
Lures
are
subject
to
more
abuse
than
most
articles
in
the
tackle
box
usually
they
are
stored
away
while
wet
and
even
a
slight
rust
spot
will
grow
like
Topsy
over
the
winter
Some
anglers
I
know
especially
those
who
troll
the
saltwater
store
spoons
and
spinners
in
a
Jar
full
of
kerosene
or
coal
oil
If
polished
beforehand
this
stunt
will
keep
them
bright
until
next
season
WADERS
My
own
fly
box
is
usually
quite
a
mess
after
the
season
Neighbour
m
THE
CITIZEN
9
Your
Gear
Carefully
Coud
Gef
Ruined
Over
the
Winter
is
over
and
requires
a
lot
of
careful
sorting
Flies
make
a
wonderful
dinner
for
moths
also
If
you
store
your
fish
fishing
¬
ing
files
in
a
loose
state
a
few
moth
balls
will
keep
the
little
devils
away
from
your
pet
trout
getters
Waders
take
an
awful
beat
beating
¬
ing
It
is
much
easier
to
remember
now
which
foot
leaked
during
the
last
trip
and
get
it
fixed
If
you
have
trouble
finding
the
holes
try
holding
a
lighted
flashlight
inside
the
boot
while
in
a
darkened
room
You
can
usu
usually
¬
ally
spot
the
tear
easily
And
as
a
last
reminder
do
not
leave
waders
or
for
that
matter
any
rubber
art
articles
¬
icles
folded
up
Hang
them
in
some
dry
place
and
they
wont
crack
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