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E$EEP WtÊÊÊKÊÊBËÊÊMÊËÊÊÊBKKMÊÊtÊÊÊÊM * ' Orono Weekly Urnes, Wednesday, March 15. 2000 7 Tim's Fishin' Lines PARLIAMENT Tim '$ Fishin ' Lines will be a column packed with Infor- , motion for anyone interested in sport fishing. Tim will include his time honoured tips, experiences from past fishing trips' and monthly recipes in his column. Tim lives on Concession 4, in Orono, and is a Grade 10 student at Clarke High School. ♦ I'll start with a past fishing trip to Wilmot Creek, south of the C.N.R. railway, for early season steelhead. It was early, but a totally legal fishing fishing trip because, in the Region of Durham, rainbow and brown trout season is open all year, south of the C.N.R. Be sure to check your Ministry of Natural Resources regulations book, before you go out, to be sure the creek you are going to is included. (If you don't already have a regulations book, pick one up at Orono Lumber). Make sure you don't cast on the north side of tracks, as charges can run from $25,000 or a year imprisonment or both, to as high as $100,000' or two years imprisonment or both. Rainbow trout, also known as steelhead (scientific name - Oncorhynchus Mykiss) season season opens on April 29 and runs to September 30. South of Hwy. 2, in Durham Region, it is extended to December 31, I only had about three hours to try and set my hook into a hefty, hard fighting steelhead, when I arrived at the creek two Saturdays ago. But when I rounded the bend, I saw most of the pools holding, holding, good trout were occupied by fellow anglers. Water conditions conditions were pretty good, with clear water in the rapids, but in the deeper fish holding pools, the water was murky. The Wilmot was not flowing like other creeks were when the snow had melted. The water level in Lake Ontario has' dropped from last year. The weather on this day was very nice, and a big change from last month when my stepdad and I had a great time ice fishing. F.or a bait rig, f used fresh tied row on a small size eight hook this trip. I used a small and very sensitive float, made by Thrill. I had two small split shot on, but these may vary depending on the size of float used. I was fishing slow pools and logjams, which did not require a lot of weight. Weight is needed for faster currents so the roe can be car-; ried down quicker. Always make sure your hook size, weight of split ' Bv: Tim Rypstra shot, line and float size all match when steelheading. Also make sure.the reel action is right for the rig's total weight. Be sure the tied row is as fresh as possible. This might mean you have to tie it on at the last minute, on the stream bank. Sharp hooks are a must, if you want to set the hook into the tough jaws of a spring steelhead. Float sensitivity sensitivity is also important because steelhead in early spring hit lightly. Never use more than ten pound test line, even if the fish look like they weigh more than twenty pounds. Lighter lines reduce visibility and will reward you with more hits. Though this combination has worked in the past, on this trip 1 did not reel in a steelhead. steelhead. / Recipe of the month This month's recipe is my favourite. » Take a large frying pan and melt enough butter to completely completely cover the bottom. • While the butter melts, get two shallow bowls ready, one with beaten egg and milk, and one with a flour, salt and pepper pepper mixture. • Dip fish in the egg, then in the flour mixture and place in frying pan. • Before it cooks too long, sprinkle on a bit of seasoned salt and onion powder. • Cook fish till it is crisp and brown on the bottom, and flip fillet over. ' • Put a small portion of seasoned seasoned salt and onion powder on the the golden side. • After a short cooking time, on the second side, add a few drops of lemon juice and cook the fillet till the" fish flakes apart. ' ■Now you will have what 1 call, Tim's Double Dipped Fried Fillets, for a delicious meal. Keep your eyes, open for the next, 'Tim's Fishin' Lines' where Tim will explain how to preserve row -- fish eggs. HILL Clarity is something members members of parliament had problems problems with this week. The problem had more to do with bleary eyes and lack of clarity in our minds, after a monotonous all night voting voting secession brought on by the Bloc Québécois strategy to stop the passing of the Clarity Act. I must admit I'm not used to this kind of activity. I'm struck by the irony of trying to keep a clear head on the issue of clarity. The Clarity Act states the need exists to ask a clear question, as well as seeking a substantive result, to any question as fundamental as breaking up your country. The legislation has both positive and negative aspects. It's negative because it makes people focus on the concept of separation. Most constitutional democracies don't even consider consider such a concept. The French constitution even states that France is indivisible. indivisible. But the positive outweighs the negative. The positive being that we can not be tricked, or be hoodwinked, by the separatist into losing such a fundamental right as access to the rule of law. And this is also why oür government requested the ruling of the Supreme Court. Initially Lucien Bouchard accepted the court's ruling. 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They want to win their game by stealth, a form of secrecy that doesn't allow Quebecers to understand what the consequences ofseparaüsm are, And what they did in the House this week is clear evidence evidence of how they are willing to abuse the rules of procedure. procedure. One night they refused to rise and be counted. Then they accused the parliamentary parliamentary system of being undemocratic when the speaker noticed none of them standing and simply didn't count their votes. Meanwhile most Quebecers, including some separatists, are mature enough to realize that if they can't muster substantially more than 50%, then their cause isn't worth pursuing. It appears the Bloc is really really making some kind of last stand for their cause but no one appears to be listening. Which is good news for Canada. This is illustrated by Lucien Bouchard's trip to France, How ironic separatists separatists go back to their old monarchical past to ask for the blessing from a country that abandoned them centuries centuries ago. This is pitiful and illustrates illustrates the true weakness of the separatists' position. The most important point the Clarity legislation makes is that it can put an end to the endless referendum pro- * cess in Canada. Viewed this way standing up to the separatists separatists in the Commons is well worth the effort. Canada has lot many economic economic opportunities, not only in Quebec but also in the rest of the country because investors are unable, or not willing, to take a risk because of the separatists' threat. I'd argue that as much a an 18-cent differential in our currency with the United States is likely related to the separatist factor alone. Although bleary-eyed, and somewhat grumpy, those of us who want to bring an end to referendum madness find, in the end, the inconveniences inconveniences of this week well worth the effort. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ORONO WEEKLY TIMES $25.00 a year. REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL--INCLUDE CHIROPRACTIC Ernest Schroeder, B.Sc. D.C. Doctor of Chiropractic 7486 Thompson Road, Kendal, ON L0A lEO Telephone (905) 983-5510