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ROB MAYLIN and FRIENDS
MEMORIES
OF ROD
I t came as a great shock wh en I he a rd Ro d Hu tc h i n s on h a d
p a ssed away in June this ye ar. I k n e w he ha d n o t b ee n we l l
fo r a while but had no id ea i t wa s s o s er i o u s . M y t h o u gh t s
i m mediately went out to h i s fa mi ly a n d f ri e n d s , a s I k n e w h e
h a d grandchildren, as do I , a n d how d eva st a te d t h ey wo u l d
b e . Rod was one of the mo s t we ll re sp ec te d a n d p o p u l a r g uys
I have ever met . I ho nestly h ave n eve r h e ard a b a d wo rd s a i d
a b out him in the 40 years I h ave k n ow n h i m, a n d yo u ca n’ t s ay
t h at about many people!
Ro d was a pioneer, an i nve n to r, a gre at an gl e r a n d w ri te r, a
g u ester and was as keen a c a r p e r a s yo u c o u l d eve r m e e t . Hi s
c o ntribution to carp fi sh i n g wa s h u g e, ma i n ly th ro u gh h i s
w ritings in both magazi ne s a n d b o o ks – b o o ks t h a t I h ave re a d
d o zens of times. He was a g re at w r i te r as I s ay, b ut mo re t h a n
t h at , he had a unique gif t o f b ei n g a b le to e n te rt ai n th e re a d e r
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