Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, March 29, 1993 TAG: 9303290445
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Bill Cochran
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
3 The Roanoke Rifle and Revolver Club's shooting program takes off in earnest Saturday, with the first of eight matches scheduled for April. The club has so many competitions this year that "it has been a real pistol" to get them all on the calendar, said Harvey Bulaski, the match director.
Saturday's event is a Scheutzen-style match, which is competition for shooters using a single-shot rifle (more information from 362-8147). On Sunday, there will be a bigbore silhouette pistol match (982-5655) and sporting clays competition (345-9733). Another sporting clays round is set for the 18th, as is a high power and IPSC match. On the 25th, there will be a rifle silhouette match and smallbore silhouette match.
The competition is open to the public on the club's shooting facilities located on the Franklin County side of Windy Gap Mountain. The match schedule, along with the phone number to call for information, is listed weekly in Outdoors You Go on the Monday Outdoor Page.
\ The lure of fly fishing
3 A fly fishing seminar scheduled Saturday and Sunday at Wintergreen Resort is designed to appeal to the growing number of anglers who are hooked on the sport - or soon will be. The program will feature Lefty Kreh, one of the most recognized fly fishermen in the world.
There will be fly tying, fly casting and fly equipment demonstrations and exhibits. Participants will be able to select gear from 50 exhibits and even try it out on a nearby casting pond. Trout, bass, salmon and saltwater fly fishing will be featured.
The cost is $8 per day, $14 for the weekend; $2 for children 12 and under. Wintergreen is located along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Waynesboro. For more information, write for a brochure - send a self-addressed, stamped envelop to The Fly Fisher's Symposium, P.O. Box 706, Wintergreen 22958 - or call 800-325-2200.
\ Feast fit for king of game birds
8 Turkey hunters are accustomed to meeting unexpected challenges, so when the roof caved in on the LancerLot, the Roanoke Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation had to go hunting for a new spot to hold its annual banquet. The April 8 event has been moved to the Marriott and the ticket prices, which include the membership fee, have been boosted by $5: singles, $40, couples, $60. Tickets are available from members or may be purchased at Trebark, On Target and Capitol Guns.
Money raised will go to turkey research and habitat enhancement, including a new program just outside Roanoke, said Jeff Fletcher, the chapter president.
\ Ice water si tough on love
17 There is nothing like a bucket of ice water to dash the ardor of most anyone, and that includes a tom turkey. Often by late March toms are doing considerable talking, but this time they are mostly mute. Considering the March weather, who can blame them? Their emphasis likely has been on self survival rather than procreation.
All this could mean a slower start for the April 17-May 22 season, something many hunters would applaud. During recent springs, there has been the general feeling that the peak of the gobbling activity has occurred a week or so prior to opening day.
\ Arrows flash amid dogwoods
24 The 89-acre Sherwood Archers holding near Hanging Rock normally is ablaze with dogwood blooms in late April, and that's when the club holds one of biggest tournaments of the year, the Sherwood Dogwood Shoot.
"We get people from all over the state," said Steve Smith, club vice president. "It is like a prewarm-up for the state shoot (May 29-30 in Newport News)."
The two-day Dogwood is what Smith calls a multicasual event, which means you just show up and fire at 28 targets positioned amid the spring blossoms. Registration is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m on the 24th; 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the 25th. A truckload of trophies will be awarded. Additional information is available from Smith, 345-4945.
\ A fishing event for the optimist
30 This is the 25th birthday for the Cave Spring Optimist Club Fishing Tournament on Smith Mountain Lake, and there is going to be some special celebrating. For one thing, club members plan to release a tagged fish worth $25,000 to any contestant who catches it.
As in the past, there will be cash prizes for the anglers who land the heaviest largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, muskie, crappie, catfish or walleye during the three-day tournament. If you catch one larger than any landed during the past 24 tournaments you'll get a $500 bonus. All this means the biggest purse ever for the tournament - $34,700.
Tickets are $25 and may be picked up at tackle shops or ordered from the Optimist Club of Cave Spring, P.O. Box 1276, Salem 24153 (add 35 for handling).
by CNB