ed story passes away

[Normand]

ed story founder of feather craft

http://www.riverrunoutfitters.com/20...fishing-world/

[Bamboozle]

That's too bad. The times I spoke with him on the phone he was a lot of fun to talk to and always talked to me about my home waters.

[nighthawk]

That sucks! My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

[JohnScott]

Feather Craft, in my experience, was an exceptional mail and phone order business. The times I did business with them, the people there were friendly, everything went just right, and a couple times on small orders they just charged a minimum S & H fee, like actual postage.

For all the good things to be said about Feather Craft's products and services, which is a tribute to Ed and hopefully will prove a monument beyond his passing, for me the best part of the website was Ed's story telling, his way of pitching a product, and his anecdotes about unusual flies and fishing techniques in his "Ed's Web Specials."

I can only hope that whoever succeeds him as the heart and soul of that operation can maintain it with the class and in the style that Ed Story embued it.

[mnklagoon]

i agree with john on this one. he was the J. peterman of flyfishing!

[Chuck441]

For those who remember when Ed banged out his mailings on a typewriter, the glossy, full color catalogs were, well, "boring". I understand the need to compete, and would probably have done the same myself, but I used to get a kick out of his blatant misspellings, and non-PC jokes. He will be missed.

Chuck

[plaidad]

I used to work about a mile from his shop on Manchester Road. I spent many lunch hours over there. He was a great guy!
George