This is a sad blog post for me, my family lost a close friend, more of an angel recently. He had been ill, we all had prayed and wished, but God said it was time. I always find it interesting how fishing is such a wonderful metaphor for life. I guess it is my coping mechanism.
I truly have little to say about fishing this week and more about how a man can live quietly and touch so many lives. BV lived in East Texas, I knew something was up when I could never beat him to a door to open it for others, this is the quiet type of politeness folks now call pay it forward and crap like that, for BV that was how a man was given the opportunity to love someone before himself. It really is that simple. Thank you BV for being such an angel to our family, your family and most of all your lovely wife D.
Ok I gotta put a little fishing stuff in here, so if I am to fish the way BV would have it would be:
1. BV would say "Cast right there I just caught one over by that stump."
2. When asked at the dock how was fishing, I would tell em how to catch em. ( there is enough fish for all of us.)
3. I would let the other guy have first crack at the spot.
Thanks for reading and please take sometime to think of those who teach us by example how to live and fish.
Thanks to Eagle Claw and staff, PK Lures and staff and Fins Premium line for the relationships which make this lifestyle possible to touch other folks lives with the craft of fishing.
Thanks,
Steve G
Oh P.S.
You want a good laugh at a professional moment of a fishing guide with lots of experience? I was guiding an existing client and her sister whom had never caught a fish in her life. Well I got so excited when she caught her first fish, I knocked it off with the net while netting it. Now that is a professional moment. I keep telling myself passion for the sport is far better than being calm, cool, collected and professional. : )
It's about the time we spend together!
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