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Show sum Wednesday, May 22, 1974 NINE DAYS HIGH 21 Rugby Club Fights Hard AND RISING by David Mueller Page The score was in some wavs reminiscent of last weeks thrashing of the Muckers by the Dead Goat, but little else was, as a valiant and spirited Park City club matched BYU blow for blow in a relatively clean but hard fought physical contest last Saturday on the Provo battleground. Park City played the entire game a man short (a serious handicap in n a game built around coverage), as several of Park Citys veterans were unable to play due to injuries. The game was to see the return of two of our hometown favorites, Skip Shirif and Steve the Nipper Anderson who both played their usual individually distinctive and fine brands of rugby. Skip found it necessary at one point to remind a BYU player of the illegality of and in the ensuing discussion, the BYU player found himself with a broken nose. Another outstanding individual effort was made by Gary Amendda, and our thanks to newcomers Doug Grayson and Bruce Millar for their fine first game showing. Next Saturday, Park City faces the Provo Athletic Club on our home field.This game will be the last of Park Citys preseason schedule, and the Muckers intend to enid on a good note. Said Coach Mueller, What our forwards learned against the strongest scrum in Utah two weeks ago, and with what our backs learned against the states most explosive backfield last week, our prospects gainst Provo look excellent. The game will take place at 2 PM. Party to follow. It is wholly dependent upon weather, but if we are fortunate enough to get two more weeks of warmth and sunshine, water conditions should be reasonable for the Opening Day of trout season. A series of storms snow or rain could ruin this prediction, but the fact is that we are getting an early runoff this year. Perhaps Im somewhat optimistic, but I anticipate good flyfishing as early as the second week in June on certain waters. It would be good to see the Uinta Lakes open by late June. man-to-ma- One thing for sure, even if the water starts to clear up by the first of June, most of our rivers will still be running extremely high. If you en- hair-pullin- g, joy stream fishing and dont particularly cherish the bargain basement scene out at Strawberry and some of the other popular reservoirs, try improving your catch with the following suggestions. When the water is high and running heavier than usual, the trout will not be in their regular holding positions in the current. A pool or riffle which might produce some good fishing in July or August may have so much water running through it that most of the fish will have moved to a different spot in the river. The harder the river runs, the harder the fish has to fight in order to hold his place. Look for the fish to frequent the extreme edges of the current, in the backwater areas where the stream has overflown its normal banks. When the spring runoff is complete these places will be left high and dry, but now they provide vital shelter to the trout. Not only do these pockets provide relief from the force of the runoff, but they act as setwaters. A certain percentage of this tling pools for the debris-lade- n debris is food for the trout, and as it settles to the bottom in the slack water of the overflow, the trout can feed without having to dart out into the heavy current. I learned this valuable lesson several years ago on a river in Upper Michigan. I was fishing bait in the mainstream of the rise after a heavy current immediately following the rivers two-fosummer downpour. The luck I had is not printable in this column, but I ran into an old timer who had enjoyed great success while fishing the same water as I. His method was simple and effective. He stuck his rake-handl- e four-foof a pole into the streamside alders, and let his bait straight down between the branches into the calm water that had spilled over the normal banks of the river. The trout hit and hit and he kept winching them out through the branches with his hefty pole. Not a delicate technique by any means, but a good one according to the circumstance, because the old fisherman knew the flooded alders offered the only possible cover in the swollen stream. Control & Touch, T ennis Tennis is a game of control, power and speed. Of the three, control plays the most important role if you are to build an overall game. In later articles, I will discuss the attacking game and emphasize on some power , but since it is still early season in Park City, lets concentrate on control and touch tennis. As I mentioned last week, it is imperative to avoid early injuries and to concentrate on attaining last seasons form. Even advanced players have difficulty keeping the ball going across the net ten or twenty consecutive times', but anyone can do it by using this simple exercise. Face your opponent across the net, and both of you stand inside the service line. Now, keep the ball going ten times across the net, hitting it on the first bounce, within the service line forehands only. Sounds easy, but it isnt. Same exercise, but this time take no backswing and concentrate on a good high finishing across from your left eye. By limiting your backswing, you will find that you hit the ball earlier and softer with more control. Now, twenty repetitions will be easy. By clearly concentrating on the you have been hitting with top spin and in match play your h wont let you down. high Steven Kemp Certified Tennis Professional ot ot -- follow-throug- h, follow-throug- h, Remember, too, that the gentleman in the above story was able to get close to his quarry because of the opaqueness of the sediment-lade- n water. And the various objects swept along by the heavy current set up vibrations that allowed him to tread nearer without spooking the fish with his footsteps. Im not saying you should throw all caution to the wind and rush up and slosh in and plunk your offering into the water like youre dropping an anchor. Far from it. The Michigan fisherman was a very cautious angler. He would work carefully into position and thread his rod and bait through the alder branches with great patience. He knew his advantages and used them without penetrating the limits of abuse. follow-throug- Park City Resort aan nnnnnnnnQ Dont forget that the water during runoff is very cold from the snowmelt and the fish will be sluggish. Above all other factors, I feel that this accounts for the success of bait fishermen early in the year, for they are more willing to wait for the trout to pick up their offerings than the lure or fly man. ANDERSONS If you insist on fishing lures or flies when the water is high, try making five times as many casts to individual fish as you would later in the year. A fish might ignore four offerings and then get interested in the fifth. Fish slowly and deeply, using split shot if necessary to get your artificial to the bottom. You will also get a great number of short hits or missed strikes because the trout are much slower both in anticipation and reflex in the cold water. If you miss a first strike in high water, dont give up on that fish, a s trout seem to be far less hook shy at this time of the year. SUNSHINE SALES , i- - r... Start limbering up the old casting arm, Were.aLmost there., , - '4,' 'i. i. . : ALL 4 effective H B B -- |