Just read this on another board.
Jack Gartside Has Passed:
Just read this on another board.
Steve
Email from Iain Sorrell:
Hi Deanna,
Jack Gartside passed away peacefully last night.
As many of you know Jack was diagnosed with small cell cancer in October 2008. After therapy over the winter months Jack was able to enjoy trips to Florida in the spring and local venues throughout the summer. However in early Fall it became apparent that the cancer had spread and Jack was admitted to hospital last month.
Jack?s fly tying skills were legendary and his impressionistic patterns fooled fish of all species. Gurgler, Soft Hackle Streamer, BMG, Gartside Hopper, Firefly are just a few of the many unique patterns he developed - so often with materials discarded or overlooked by others.
Anyone lucky enough to have fished with Jack will remember his stealthy, heron like approach, relaxed casting and retrieves that breathed so much life into his patterns.
Even on the slowest of days when you couldn?t ?buy a take? his enthusiastic chant of ?Any minute now, any minute now?? would keep your spirits up.
As many of you know Jack was truly one of those rare and special people who lived life to the full and captivated so many of us with his infectious charm, enthusiasm and some truly terrible jokes & pranks...
Jack will be hugely missed.
More details to follow at his website www.jackgartside.com
Perhaps you would be kind enough to post this on your bulletin board,
Kind regards,
iain
Condolences to all who knew him
Sorry to hear, Jack was a unique one-of-kind who added much to our sport.
Sincerely hope he found the answer to everlasting life as well. He will be missed.
LF
Sorry to hear that
I did not know Jack, but I knew his work. He will be missed.
Mark
Sorry to hear this. We met Jack at our HFFA meeting a few years ago. He was a great person and fly fishing ambassador.
It was an honor to have known him even for the short time he was here. To say he will be missed in an understatement.
God speed, Jack
iaflyfisher
I only knew than man from his website which I so enjoy. Condolences to his family and friends.
Trout don't speak Latin.
His Softhackle will always be my go to fly.
Prayers to his family.
A truly great loss.
Sad to hear that. Jack was a true pioneer and innovator. Never met him before but have seen and read interviews and the like. Seemed like a truly class act!
"His paint don't dry"......Lefty
Jack Gartside taught me what a pheasant skin was used for.
"As far down the river as he could see, the trout were rising, making circles on the surface of the water, as though it were starting to rain."- E.H., The Big Two Hearted River
I would have loved to fish with Jack, but that never happened.
I did tie with him once however. It was just the two of us at first and he didn't know me from Adam.
He couldn't have been more warm and friendly and he treated me like a peer.
I'm so glad I got the chance to meet and spend time with him.
He truly was one of the good ones
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart
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