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l9¢5 By Tracey Doerr 'l-i pulrr liar qt rixhlut‘ I’r‘tll’A .r: wad may at “‘an t’l‘r'H‘ i'l‘mé‘ H That pretty much wrarn up the way Werner Suksturt reels about fishing. The Paisley restdenl has Jusl puhlishcd his own llrsi hunk called ‘Black in» mi Lily Pads‘ Fishing Tips and Tales from the Saugeen.‘ Sukstori got the idea for the hook arm it: sluppt‘d writing a humorous column or fishing tales for the Walkenon Herald Times a few years ago He was nflen stopped on the street by fans who wondered Wiial inp- pened to his column. "After three years, I ran out of ideas. It got to be too much work, hm people said I have (0 write, even nun-fishermen asked why I stopped writing," said Sukstorf. So. after taking a course in selflpuhlishing, silkser planned to put together his book for a retirement project. But once he got started. he couldn't stop The book hit the shelves last weeks "I'm quite happy.- lI'Q‘vlike halving a baby, although I‘ve never had one." His ‘baby' is a collecLion of 47 short stories. two of his favorite fish recipes. colored pictures of the Saugcen River. maps and canoe rnutes and sketches by Walkerton artist Lynn Schniirr, Although the cover and title of the book may give the wrong impression, it is not a how to fish book "It's more entertaining than anything iL‘.\[‘l’L‘\~ lit} lie\\and [‘illillsllpil)‘ lln Ilshmu and how li‘h a time Inr thlllL nplnr null and on lg llrilulL" ' Sukslorl‘ i‘.|\‘0rllL‘ story i». called 'Saugcen Odyssey It is .1 till: about i) father who phinncd a fishing trip will illx sun when asked ll ill: wax hlnllng ll good timcl the Sun responded that he vms hllred Suksttlrt' ihoughl tuck (\n the day's events and all the wow drous things he saw in and around thc river and wonders how rill this grlindrur tan he classified as boring. He writes, " I aim in love In love with :i mcr called the Saugccn." Suksiorl‘s love for fishing may have something to do with not being allowed to fish when he was a cluld. He grew up in a ilshing Village in Germany where fishing was so commercialized that only landowners were given the pnwlcgc. thn Sukstorf immigrated to Paisley in 1957. he purpose» Iy bought a home beside the Saugeen River where he spends much of his time fish- ing. After nlmosl 40 years, Sukstorf still hasn‘t grown tired of it. "I have 143 days left to retirement and l'm looking for- ward tu it. I'll be a full time , fisherman." Black Bass and Lily Pads is available in Walkerton at Holst Office Supplies. In Paisley zit Bud Rier's, Cowan‘s Canoes, Dillon's Market. Elora Soap Cor, Mnjury's Barbershop and Paisley Specialties. Werner Suksiorl is proud of his iirsl attempt a! pub- lishing and wr rig a book titled ‘Black Bass and Llly Pads)