§# 2 e t I % 'mmoimm I find it increasingly diffiâ€" ult to find enough time to vrap up my own flies and »ven worse to get out and show someone else. But I‘ll be glad to do what I can though this column, if you have a pattern or tying problem. This will necessitate a phone call on Believe me, this is a sant way to speed up the best procedure is to get special dispensation from the Department of Lands and Forâ€" ests so you can set traps and keep the rats under control. We suggest when resetting the traps you keep all fingers in the clear. Brought from the intSs IS THE TIME OF YEAR when the fly fisherman settles in cosily for the winter and Prepares to wrap up next seaâ€" son‘s supply of feathered and {urred deceivers. of.cold weather and you‘ll reap he benefit next Spring when ~ou want to go fishing and not fly tying. year to watch it. ture, they cover with ice very quickly and setting them may prove difficult without losing 2 finger or two." _ water into walls. This is the time of year when the muskrats dearly love to dig holes in banks. If this happens to the banks of your trout pond, you could wake up some morning and find the pond as dry as Mother Hubâ€" mmmnammmmmuup each year with illustrations of huntfing dogs, guns, fishing gear etc., oR their covers. Eveamorenmuinxmtbepeoplewhohuythhtypod card.Wedon'tmeanthntthewoflxmmdoem’tnndthem tohlstrionda.butlargenumbeuo!themmpnrchaudby Deonlotowhomtheoutdoorshuouto!boundauthetop of a church steeple. pond which has earth retaining IF YOU AREB ONE of the forâ€" i6 EKING 8. Â¥4, MAY THE JOYSs OF THE YULETIDE BEASON GLADDEN YOUR HEARTS AT CHRISTMAS TIME o ED. BERGMAN JEWELLERS LTD. is a pleaâ€" temperaâ€" #wTG Outdoor Writers by Herb Smith _ O¢ _ and In its new Christmas progâ€" ram, the southern country has made a feature of the distrib ution of presents to thousands of needy children by the plumâ€" ed serpent, and every year bigâ€" scale presentâ€"giving takes place on December 23. The wellâ€"known bearded figâ€" ure was ousted by Quetzalcoat], the Indian god, half bird, half snake, who was wérshi?â€"ed b the Aztecs before the Spanisl invasion. MEXICO DID AWAY WITH SANTA CLAUS In 1930 the authorities in Mexico decided to abolish Sanâ€" ta Claus during the Christmas festival as they considered him out of place in a country where snow is seldom seen. If your memory is good, you will recall this was a partiâ€" cularly filthy day and hunters under ordinary circumstance, probably wouldn‘t have bothâ€" ered going out. Have you tried shooting on a Game farm yet? If not, you are missing a lot of good sport you can‘t get anywhere else. MANY THOUGHT INTEREST in pheasant shooting on the Game Farms would fall off with the coming of cold weaâ€" ther. Such has not been the case and Irvin Fromm at the Clearview Farm in Hespeler had fifteen shooters out a week ago Saturday. your part, but you should be able to find enough time for this. After all, its part of fishâ€" PP T4 § : P t\ . ,V',:f o :">. Sobéring Thoughts: â€" For mos, CaiaisH 0# . 16« | 202500 For Christmas also iz WATERLOO edge off festivities. In others, sickness or death of loved ones will make the day less joyful and the observance a little more solemn. And, if statistics released in Ontario within the past few weeks are any criterion, there will â€" be a goodly number of households where Yuletide preparations and celebrations started out on a gay note and ended in grief and tragedy. In most of these instances, however, it will not be because of poverty or because some member of the family is lying at death‘s door in a sick bed that the day will be saddened. Statistical tables show it will be caused by some person or our most sacred of religious festivals. Unfortunately, however, not all homes in Canada will have cause to celebrate this ham festival. For some families, th by Wils Herrison For most Canadian families Christmas is the most joyous *3 4‘ mume":'wnu & ul mdm Mz%nmwmd shining children‘s eyes and of street. It is happiness. It is all this and more â€" for it is also handiwork of culinary artists. * G. E. TABLE RADIOS * AUTOMATIC TOASTERS * TRANSISTOR RADIOS bued with the Io HEARTH RADIO a little too some, the signal for mmddmm.-t:,- May Christmas happiness and good cheer be yours on every day of the New Year, and for many years to come. May we continue to enjoy your friendship during that time. HEATING SERVICE 21 ROOSEVELT SH 3â€"%073 WATERLOO RUSS ROBINSON * SUNBEAM MIXMASTERS | * FLOOR POLISHERS * SUNBEAM PRYPANS tends into the New Year. fy.* The. however, arises . behind the wheels d:v-hl motor cars and start home _ ,. or ‘other social events after _‘ having "one or two just to be . .. (Continued on Page 16) â€˜ï¬ WATERLOO 24 4 °%