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ROB MAYLINMICHAEL
and FRIENDS
BOND
wanted to be part of it , an d n o t o n ly w ro te s o m e a rt i c l e s b u t
b e came a founder member o f th e o r i gi na l Ro t a ry L e t te r te a m,
w riting regularly for a cou p l e o f ye ar s .
L i fe and love and fishing to o k ove r o ur live s; we b o t h h a d o u r
u p s and downs and would o f te n l au gh a b o u t i t . W h e n I l a s t
s aw Rod in 2016 at one of th e s h ows , h e le d m e o f f to a q u i te
c o rner and confided in m e th a t h e ha te d t h e c rowd s , b e i n g
p u lled this way and that an d lo n ge d to g e t h o m e i n t h e q u i e t .
He told me how much he wa s e n j oy i ng t he O f f T h e B e ate n
Track stuf f in the mag, h ow h e h a d always s a i d t h e re we re
s o me unknown monsters o u t t he re j u st wa i t i n g to b e c a u gh t .
We laughed about the stor y he w ro te ab o ut wh e n h e en d ed u p
f i s hing a swimming pool!! O n c e a g ue s te r, a lways a g u es te r! !
R I P, Rod… There will neve r b e an o th e r l i ke yo u .
D ave Lane
I have never been the so rt o f p ers o n to h ave a n gl i n g i c o n s t h at
I l ook up to. That’s not m ea n t to so un d co n c ei te d ; i t’ s j u s t
t h e way I am. We are all ju s t s cr u f f y b l o ke s i n g re e n c l o t h i n g
t h at love to fish. Rod Hutc hi ns o n , h oweve r, tru ly wa s a m an to
a d mire for his exploits, an d, m o re t ha n a ny t h i n g , t h e k n a c k h e
h a d for recounting those t al e s w i t h su c h an h o n es t a n d d ow n
to earth approach.
Everyone who has ever fi s h e d fo r c arp kn ows h i s n a me , b u t
i f you angled through thos e h a lc yo n d ays o f t h e l a te 7 0 s a n d
8 0 s, then he will definitely h ave af fe cte d yo u r t h i n k i n g , yo u r
a n gling, your bait choices an d m o s t i m p o rt an t ly re i n fo rc ed t h e
n e ed to enjoy your pastim e to t h e f u l l. I ma ke n o s e c re t o f t h e
fa ct that I modeled my styl e o f wr i t i n g o n Ro d ’ s a ma z i n g b o o ks ,
b o oks that I could quote wo rd fo r wo rd eve n n ow. N o b o dy w i l l
ever have such an impact o n c a r p f i s h i n g a ga i n . R I P.
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