George Harvey was 93 last year I believe and still did a little fishing. He has not done the shows since he was 91 and I haven't had any contact with him this past year.
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George Harvey was 93 last year I believe and still did a little fishing. He has not done the shows since he was 91 and I haven't had any contact with him this past year.
fcch,
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Mr. Chandler at 81 years old
Bud Caruso turned 80 years old this past spring. During the summer he resides, alone, in his motor home at the Yellowstone's Edge RV Park, some 20 miles south of Livingston, MT.
Five days a week, Bud goes fly fishing. He says he needs the weekends to rest, and besides there are more other people fishing on weekends. Most everyone who shows up at the RV park that inquires about fishing is sent to see Bud, and he enjoys taking anyone and everyone fishing and sharing his intimate knowledge of the surrounding countyside. Somedays you'll find him takng kids fishing. Other days he's out fishing with the kids' grandfathers. He takes pictures of most people he fishes with, and routinely gives these persons copies of these pictures, and continually adds to his large scrapbook filled with these memories.
For those person's who might be lucky enough to share a day fly fishing with Bud, be forewarned: When he says he'll pick you up at 8:00am, start looking for him about 7:30, because he gets itchy in the morning to start early. His rods will already be rigged and mounted on the roof rack atop his old Jeep ready to go!
His speciality is fishing small mountain streams, and he'll take you miles into the mountains where you're likely to catch handfuls of cutthroat. However, you'll have to keep up with him, crawling down mountian sides of rocks, and you'll likely won't return until late in the afternoon.
In the evening, Bud usually shows about around the campfire, to swap lies, eat a dish of ice cream, and make plans for another full day of fishing ahead.
John
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Rich,
Sounds like SCR in NorCal. I have seen pictures of Joe and Joe Jr in the photo gallery holding some very large fish. My wife and I fished there in April and landed some big ones.
Regards,
Bill V
Not sure. Its either oldfart or old geezer.
Bill V-
You nailed it. SCR. Yes, Joe has caught some mighty big trout there at the ranch and has lost even bigger ones than are pictured. Wish I could spend some time and learn from him. Glad you got into them there as well. I love that place!
Rich
I've got to second the William Fitzgerald nomination made by Fishbum. Bill is just a great guy. While I've not had the leasure of fishing with him yet, I sure hope to one day.
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These are the idle thoughts that posses a man's mind when he's not able to fish.
Easy, Hans W.
Uncle Dan died last year at 89. Since then and because I fish alone for years at time, it's me.
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Is not the sky a father and the earth a mother, and are not all living things with feet or wings or roots their children? Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is!
-----Black Elk, Lakota Sioux Holy Man 1863-1950
from: "Black Elk Speaks", pub 1932