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10D DETROIT FREE PRESSTUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1982 Gone ishin' 'udd hotostory by Craig Porter www Jim, mtmummmmmmmrim jv wmwww he promise of good trout fishing arrived with fine I weather on opening day Saturday. For most anglers, though, the fish didn't co-operate. Steve Manczuk, of Acme, summed up most fishermen's feelings with a common angler expression, "Fishing's great, catching's terrible." Still, it was a time for meeting friends along the famous Au Sable River east of Grayling, where only fly fishing is permitted. Fresh warm winds and cloudless skies contrasted with the past harsh winter, and, if the fish weren't biting, there was time to lounge along the river bank, to watch the sparkling river flow through stands of pine and cedar swamps, and to reflect upon spring's renewal. Populist trend? Something is stirring up the electorate Questions and answers as the Innerman and the Outerman recall the triumphs of their salad when spring was always washed ashore in a tide of hock beer Q.

Bock beer. Heavenly days, I'll bet you haven't had a glass of it in 50 years. What made you think of it? A. Oh, I got to thinking about Stroh's taking over Schlitz, which was certainly one of the neatest financial student-body-to-the-right-power-sweeps-with-a-reverse-followed-by-a-forward-pass of the year, and then I remembered my youth in northwestern Ohio surrounded by lusty farmers of German descent, who looked upon bock beer as a strength-giving elixir which would help them grow so much cabbage the sauerkraut factory would have to put on a second shift. You know how the mind works.

Q. I have never been certain about the convolutions of your mind. Incidentally, I heard you muttering the other day about "men being undereducated." What brought that on? A. I am probably the typical spoiled-rotten married American male in the sense that when I am called upon to shoulder simple household chores, it is like bringing in a platoon of marines to settle a quiet little argument between Sparky Anderson and a third-base umpire. The commotion is all out of proportion to the situation.

How do you fry a hamburger? How long do you boil an egg? How do you operate the dishwasher? What do all those buttons mean on the washing machine? When you get through making a bed, why does it still look as though the dog had been sleeping in it? And here's a get-rich-quick tip for you: buy a supermarket and limit Paul Finkel, of Bloomfield Hills, trims deer hair as he ties flies during the night before opening day of trout fishing. PHS i-N, shoDOine to men onlv. They always come home urif of tli of nab nrVtan 1C v. 1 a loccar 'lit urniilH hsmo If made the stew, and they load the cart with fancy concoctions a smart housewife wouldn't touch with fire tongs. Q.

Are you saying that men are dumb? I 9 -v LVj It 32 'It v-5 51 1 A fisherman fishes from the bow of an Au Sable boat while his partner steers with a pole. From left, Steve Manczuk, of Acme, Bob Pankau, of Detroit, and Stan Krzeminski, of St. Clair Shores, share a log during a quiet moment of fishing on the Au Sable River near Grayling. A. Not dumb, necessarily, but untrained, unprepared and, probably worst of all, unaware.

They simply are not mentally or emotionally ready to cross the line, so to speak, and assume the responsibilities of home management and operation. I will go one step farther. Take the average housewife and the average husband, transfer her to the business world and him to the home front, and she will outshine him from here to Topeka, with half the struggle and a third of the fuss. And if that is treason, make the most of it. Q.

It is treason, all right, and if Chemung Hills doesn't bar you from the men's locker room, they ought to. Now let's get into a sensible subject. How is the governor's race shaping up? A. It is much too early to tell. However, I have the backwoods feeling that L.

Brooks Patterson is picking up some steam among the Republicans, and all of those Big Labor endorsements may have nailed down the Democratic nomination for James Blanchard. How far that support will carry him in November is another question. There is a hostility among many voters toward the collection and spending of taxes which still hasn't crystalized, and the whole system meaning business, labor, government in general is suspect at the moment. People want something "(different" without yet having defined it, and I am not sure party leaders on either side know how to deal with it. The election is not shaping up as a typical "Republicans vs.

Democrats." Something is stirring out there, old friend, so hang on to your hat. Q. You mean this might be the Year of the Mugwump? A. It feels more like the Year of the Populist, within the traditional parties. The New Deal is sorely wounded.

So is basic Hooverism. Big Business, Big Labor, Big Bureaucracy the Common Man finds little comfort in bigness these days and yearns for something new, dynamic and of smaller cost. He is probably looking for the Year of the Miracle, and that usually leads to strange carryings-on. I 1 1 1 1 1 I gw4 I I'll 1 ill NJLj.yfv.v -ml 3 JX L' Ik- i-M A pair of waders hangs to dry after a day of Thayer McMillan, of Grosse Pointe, relaxes, with his fishing rod at his side, along the fishing along the Au Sable. bank of the Au Sable.

iianiCS faCSS George Wallace returning to political trail? Compiled by GREGORY HUSKISSON A 1 if ii 1 1 1 1 I BETTE DAVIS, Maureen Stapleton and Martin Balsam are among the stars to be in the real-life drama of socialite Gloria Vanderbilt. The NBC mini-series, "Little Gloria Happy At Last," is based on a book about the 1934 child-custody battle between Vanderbilt's rich aunt and her penniless mother. Gloria hasn't been cast yet. ERIC CLAPTON, the rock guitarist who started out with the Yardbirds during the 1960s Britain's entertainment invasion of the U.S., is touring again. After canceling a 1981 tour because of an ulcer, Clapton will make a stop at Clarkston's Pine Knob Music Theater June 10-11 as part of a 16-city tour, Warner Bros, records announced Monday.

Clapton: he'll play in Clarkston GEORGE WALLACE, while hedging on whether he will run for governor of Alabama this fall, appeared at a forum Monday and attacked the "Eastern establishment press." Wallace, Alabama governor from 1962-66 and a presidential candidate in 1968 and 1972, told a group of Alabama dentists the media "misled people on (Cuban leader Fidel) Castro misled us on South Vietnam, the South Korean matter and now El Salvador." He did not elaborate. Wallace, crippled in an assassination attempt in 1972, said he is being urged to run again but had not made a final decision. ERNO RUBIK, designer of the ever-popular Rubik's Cube, has earned more than $1 million from his puzzle, a Belgian newspaper said Monday. But the designer said he's been so busy, "I haven't had time yet to count all that lovely money." Rubik, in Brussels to judge a "Rubik's Cube" contest won by Luc van Laethem, 24 who rearranged the cube's colors in 33 seconds will attend the world championship in Budapest in June. PATTI DAVIS, actress-daughter of President Reagan, arrived in Nice on the French Riviera Sunday accompanied by eight Secret Service agents for her role in two new episodes of the adventures of the "Pink Panther." The president's daughter plays a journalist investigating a plot by terrorist against the president of the United States.

VANESSA REDGRAVE may have been scratched from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but she'll perform in Boston anyway May 7 with the National Association of Arab-Americans. The British actress was scheduled to narrate a symphony performance of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" with the orchestra, but her appearance was canceled after alleged protests from orchestra members and contributors who disapproved of her support of the Palestine Liberation Organization. PIA ZADORA, Hollywood's latest discovery, thinks it's "fantastic" to be compared by critics to French actress Brigitte Bardot. "She is the sexiest woman the world has ever seen the 26-year-old, 5-foot bombshell told reporters Monday after arriving in London to promote her debut movie, "Butterfly." Zadora was accompanied by her husband, diamond magnate Meshulam Riklis, 57. BARBARA SCHANTZ, the Springfield, Ohio, policewoman suspended indefinitely without pay for appearing nude in Playboy magazine's May issue, Monday filed a lawsuit against city officials.

Schantz, 25, contends in her federal court suit that her "rights of free expression, privacy and due process of law" were violated by the city. She asks that a disciplinary hearing be stopped, that her suspension be lifjbd and that she be awarded million in damages. No leaper, but snazzy Roller Derby Billy was among the worst of 1,500 jumpers competing in the 29th annual Del Mar Jumping Frog Jamboree in California Monday. But had there been a competition for snazziest dresser, he would have won, hands or feet down. The winner leaped 14 feet, 10 inches.

Loclchorns XL -A 1 Cw-Br 1 "WHY OO I HAVE TO PICK UP YOOf? MOTHER AT THE AIRPORT? vfy CAN'T 6H6 TAKE A BROOM LIKE feHfe 060ALLY POES Zadora: compared to Brigitte Bardot.