For those of use that knew him, our hearts are broken. He was the most generous flyfisher I ever met. He shared his knowledge, his help, his flies and he even tied flies on my tippet when my sloppy casting snapped them off on my errant back cast. He taught me how to fish Rocky Ford Creek in Central Washington. He named the best fishing spot on the Creek as the Sippy Hole. That fishery is a “No Wading” creek and when I fell in I was afraid I’d get busted for entering the water. He told me; “They can’t get you for wading. Your feet were over your head when your butt hit the water.” My heart aches like I can’t describe when I tell you all that;
CARY MORLAN (aka Linemender) passed away yesterday at 2:20 pm due to complications of a motorcycle accident. He lived life to the fullest once he conquered many of life’s foibles and pitfalls. Everyone who met him liked him instantly. I will miss him immensely and I know many of my friends at FAOL will also. He and Steve Zweber created and perpetually hosted the “CWFI” Central Washington Fish-In.
He sent this picture to me and titled it, “What Retirement Looks Like.”
Joe I did not know Cary personally, but some people you can just tell by looking at their pic that they would be a warm & friendly person, and that’s what I get from looking at the above picture. My deepest condolences go out to his family & friends and to you Joe.
Joe,
I never met Cary, but by all accounts, he was one heck of a man.
I am sorry for the loss, and will keep all who loved him in my prayers.
God Bless,
Mike
I was only able to speak with Cary a couple of times, his love of fly fishing and life came through strongly, he will be missed. My prayers go out for his friends and family.
Never had the pleasure of knowing him either… But he had to be a great guy, Cause I’ve never met a fly fishermen who wasn’t! All our best to his family and espeially you good sir… Know what it’s like to spend time on the water with just such a person! Those were good times!
It’s taken a bit to be able to answer this post at all. I didn’t expect this outcome to the accident at all. I will miss Cary’s friendly warmth, ready smile, his gracious sense of humor and elegant generousity. A true gentleman in flannel shirts and blue jeans.
Condolences to his family, I was lucky enough to have a few email chats with him and he was always cool even when I had a case of the dumbass. It’s really hard to hear as he’s the second internet fishing buddy I know who’s passed away in the last few days.
I read about Cary’s passing late yesterday on his FB support page and I’m still in a fog. He was indeed one of the good guys and will live on through those that knew him.
I feel terrible. I think I met Cary at the one CWFI I went to but it was some time ago. It is always sad when we loose a long time member of the FAOL family but this is another one that hit me hard.
Condolences to Cary’s family. You are in my prayers.
I was very sorry to hear that Cary passed away. I did not get a chance to personally know him, but he always added value to the threads he joined in on and from those that did know him, he seems like a good friend. My prayers go out to his family and friends.
This is not easy to write, there is a hole in my heart with Carys passing. He was always ready to go fishing and would be happy to meet me at the Ford with an hours notice.
We had chatted in the hut a few times and decided we would meet at the very first Idaho Fish In. I arrived in Lowell, burnt out from the road and took a little bit of time to relax, Cary was soon at my campsite with his smile and laughter. We fished together that week, shared a few campfires and tied a few flys. We also made plans to get together and fish Rocky Ford very soon. That happened, many, many times… we made plans for the first Central Washington Fish In while fishing together, that first event drew over 30 friends, and has continued on to this day.
Cary was all about friends and enjoying life, it wasent often that he went fishing alone, he would have one or more of his brothers with him, or a new friend that wanted to learn how to flyfish. Cary was happy with them all, and did his best to assure they went home happy.
Cary loved life, he loved his family, he loved his friends. He will have a piece of my heart forever.
