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A legend passes
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"The reason you have a good vision is you're standing on the shoulders of giants." ~ Andy Batcho
Nice article, thanks for sharing!
Heartwarming! Y'know, I'll bet there are a lot of those guys spread around the country. Unsung legends, the ones who put the footings under our present fly fishing structure. Thanks for the article, a Good Read.
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There's snow on the roof but the fire still burns in the oven.
My dad called me last night and told me we had lost George. He was a fishing partner of my dads in years past. A true gentleman.
Regards
Rich
Kerry
Thanks for posting this. He sounds like he was an interesting fellow and made a quiet impact on the sport that has and will live for generations.
Dave
" If a man is truly blessed, he returns home from fishing to the best catch of his life." Christopher Armour
I, too, appreciate the post. Thanks,
I agree that there is much that enriches us which could soon be lost, personally, but also to fly fishing in general. Look at all those in the 70+s... Mary Dette, Joan Wulff, Ralph Moon, George Barnes, all the others. Harold Demarest, 95+, can still tell stories of selling cane to the past masters.
Embrace them while we have them.
Kat
Thanks Kerry for passing this along .
For God's sake, Don't Quote me! I'm Probably making this crap up!
Thanks for posting Kerry !!!
I agree with Silvertop. There are so many great legends spread over the country that have been important & still are important to fly fishing & fly tying. It is from these people that both you and I have learned from, & the reason we are fly fishermen/ & women (& some of us are pretty dang good tyers)!!!!! I have even been lucky in my lifetime to get to personally know a few.
The legend never dies only the Legends body gives up. What a great story and a sad loss to our comunity.
Thank you for the post. It was very touching and I am sure he was as well.
Philip
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If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson
Excuse my spelling and grammar, I hooked Mondays and Fridays to either fish or hunt.
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