THURSDAY, March 22, 2012 • 15
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‘Broads With Rods’ is just one of the many activities that Mharie Sinclaire is involved with. She is an active participant in the fishing comminity in Merritt. Phillip Woolgar/Herald
Woman hooked on fishing Phillip Woolgar THE HERALD
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Nice Avant-Garde Cameron Mitchell, 14, won a $50 prize for his work in the 6th Annual Community Arts Show in the ‘Best Kid’ category. The ‘Best Overall’ went to Cassandra Donen, who won $150. Submitted
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Mharie Sinclaire has amazed many throughout the Nicola Valley with her uncompromising energy and passion for fishing. “I have been fishing since I was four years old,” she said. “That’s a long time.” She was hesitant to share her age, but by the way she moves — both mentally and physically — most locals are blown away when they learn the truth. When asked how she does it, she summed it up with one example: “I started having problems with my back so I took up walking and snowshoeing, then the leisure pool,” she explained. “My bone density improved by 30 per cent. You can work on it... I also fish six months of the year.” Sinclaire recently started ‘Broads With Rods,’ a local fishing group that is already 25 strong, after only about two months. Each member learned about Sinclaire through word-of-mouth and realized the benefits of learning to fish from a woman of her calibre. “I’m the head broad,” she
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said. The group has so far had a meeting and workshop. Their first trip is planned at one of the lower lakes on April 29, but an exact location hasn’t been determined. She is equipping members of her group with an entomology kit, which will help them identify species of insects and allow them to make decisions about which type of fly to use, which is all a part of the art. This time of year is exciting for the woman who lives by the motions of her fly rod. “I just do fly fishing,” she said. “I definitely don’t do ice fishing. That’s far from what I do. I don’t believe in it.” She said she releases the fish she catches and fish caught on the ice “don’t stand a chance. “Fly fishing is very meditative,” she said. “If I catch a fish, then that’s a bonus.” Each Broads With Rods member pays $20 to join and gets all the benefits of ‘The Trout Express,’ the other class that she teaches. Those one-on-one day lessons cost $250. “I do about one of those per week,” she said. “I do that in June, July, September and october, not in August because it’s too hot and the fish aren’t biting.”
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