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Current Issue - Professional BoatBuilder Magazine Current Issue December/January 2024, Issue No. 206 — Table of Contents On the cover: Boatbuilder Reid Bandy’s custom 32′ (9.7m) foam-cored carbon fiber sportfisherman, named 31, is fitted with its single 300-hp (224-kW) Mercury on a Porta Bracket in his Edgewater, Maryland, shop. The finished ...

Hollow-tied bucktail for the win.

With Colin Crozier

https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/3-tips-for-resident-striper-fishing-this-spring-summer

3 Tips for Resident Striper Fishing this Spring/Summer - Orvis News The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are the primary spawning and nursery waters for about 80% of all the Atlantic striped bass stock. Spawning occurs in April and May, and the young fish remain here two to five years before. . .

Shawn Kimbro graciously invited me to back him in a picking and singing session at the Coastal Conservation Association fund raiser in Northern Virginia where we helped raise some $ and a ruckus in favor of the fish.

We were paid with whisky.

It was some fun.

Sad:

It breaks my heart to let you know that we lost Dave last night to a massive stroke. He was working on his boat next to our casting pond when it hit, and was flown to Tulsa for care. But he broke the tippit and drifted gently back to the deep water, the wild that he loved and spent a lifetime exploring, writing and painting about.

We shared 30 wonderful years together and I was able to see, first hand, the huge mark he made on our sport. He was so honored when Fly Fisherman Magazine recently named him as one of four greats that make up the Mt. Rushmore of fly fishing. But I think he left an even bigger mark on those who knew him and who got to share a river with him. The shimmering leap of a trout, the heavy pull of a largemouth or the feisty dance of a bluegill were things that he dearly loved, made his heart race and brought out his big smile...every time!

I can't fathom life without him yet. For all these years we have done everything together. But, if I learned one thing from Dave, (and I learned many), it is to take on each day with willingness and curiosity and go out there and keep casting forward.

My kids are here with their arms around me and I’ll reach out when I can. We will come together for a celebration of Dave’s life, but we don’t know when that will be just yet.

Thanks to all of you who have touched our lives so profoundly.

With love,

Emily