That's how I remember him. I didn't mention his weight. But I recall him as being large and looking just like Ward Bond.
The picture in the fly plate of his on this site (scroll down to it) looks like the Royce I knew. It was a number of years ago. Perhaps he really slimmed down.
If the photo there does not look like Ward Bond (with glasses) you haven't watched "Wagon Train".
http://thebasspond.com/topic/2538/Fly-Collector-s-Dream--Buz-Buszek-Plate-plus-Tom-Nixon-Royc#.T6G_-xwVFPc
And, if you read the comments by Gary Borger in Royce's book "Practical Fly Tying", Gary says: "And with those massive hands of his............".