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    Default Bob Jacklin of West Yellowstone, MT.

    Hi,

    While in Yellowstone, I always stop at three shops: Blue Ribbon Flies, Arricks, and Bob Jacklin's (which used to be (many years ago) Pat Barnes' shop.

    Anyway, Bob Jacklin has never quite gotten the recognition I feel he deserves. He is a great fisherman, guide, shop owner and tier. He has at least one youtube of him tying flies.

    Each year I purchase another of his shadow boxes. I think they are incredibly done. Not just the fly he ties, but the frame and decoration - done by a friend of his in Idaho.

    I found this one to be particularly well done. The fly is his version of the March Brown - he is pretty well known for that pattern.

    The attached photo is not great, but gives an idea of his work.




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    Bob is a top shelf guy, as well as my Sons and my casting mentor.
    He has been giving free lessons every summer for many years.
    I would bet he still dose,,

    Such a nice gentlemen to have a conversation with. His demeanor is one
    that stays with you... I hear his voice in my head as I reflect herewith..

    Humble thats the word that fits him to a tee.

    Thanks for posting allowing me to give Bob the recognition he deserves...

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    Byron - saw your photo on the Blue Ribbon Flies newsletter.... nice fish and you looked good in it too! TL, Doug.
    Doug... a.k.a. 55dougie

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    .....................and--like many of the world's most incredibly important fishermen--Bob originally hails from New Joisey.

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    Byron,

    He also caught a rather large Brown - between the lakes.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z_G1skm6A

    Dapper looking fellow in this week's BRF newsletter...

    PT/TB
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    Quote Originally Posted by planettrout View Post
    Byron,

    He also caught a rather large Brown - between the lakes.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z_G1skm6A

    Dapper looking fellow in this week's BRF newsletter...

    PT/TB

    Thanks PT. I've seen the video and saw the mounted trout in his shop. In the video, he was about as excited as I get when I catch a big fish. I really like that about him. He is really down-to-earth! I really like his shadow boxes. Whoever he has making the shadow boxes is a real artists and, of course, Bob is a great tier.

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    Quote Originally Posted by planettrout View Post
    Byron,

    He also caught a rather large Brown - between the lakes.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z_G1skm6A

    Dapper looking fellow in this week's BRF newsletter...

    PT/TB
    I love his videos.

    I was in Montana soon after he took that fish and mounted it. He took a lot of heat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven View Post
    I was in Montana soon after he took that fish and mounted it. He took a lot of heat.
    That heat coming from a bunch of people who have no clue as to how much Mr. Jacklin has committed to maintaining and improving the fisheries in/around Yellowstone. Guy catches the fish of a lifetime, realizes it's probably fought a bit too long and too hard to survive (I'd guess he's caught enough fish over the years to know), and decides to put it on the wall (he did the mount himself); good for him.

    Regards,
    Scott

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottP View Post
    That heat coming from a bunch of people who have no clue as to how much Mr. Jacklin has committed to maintaining and improving the fisheries in/around Yellowstone. Guy catches the fish of a lifetime, realizes it's probably fought a bit too long and too hard to survive (I'd guess he's caught enough fish over the years to know), and decides to put it on the wall (he did the mount himself); good for him.

    Regards,
    Scott
    I have no problem with him keeping the fish. When faced with a 30" plus fish, would I? Hell yeah.

    But keeping fish, any fish, for whatever reason, is highly controversial today. I don't think it fair to say that anybody who criticized the decision didn't have a clue about Bob Jacklin or his history.

    I brought this up because that decision may be the reason (again, wrongly in my opinion) that Jacklin may not have gotten appropriate recognition.

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