From the Chief

Sad news to report.  Pop passed away on November 6.  He was 90 and had been suffering a bit since last hunting season, in and out of the hospital with COPD.  It came unexpected.  He seemed to be improving when I last visited on his birthday, October 21.  Mom wanted me to go through his things.  Pop was getting ready for hunting season!  Pop was a very unique man.  He spent his life amusing me and Mom.  We hunted together since I was 8, missing only those years that  I was in college.  He had a catcher's mitt and he caught me up through high school.  He was my best friend and hero.  I was never to worry about him because he "survived a depression, fought a World War, made it through 3 great floods and survived 5 Republican presidents."  He was a master craftsman.  I  will post photos of the rifle he built for me when I graduated college.  www.wharrisfuneralhome.com

I will be having back surgery on the first day of deer season and I will probably be retiring shortly after.  I am hoping that I will find at least some relief from my pain so that I can hunt and fish again.  I made Bowhunter and JohnW blog administrators and hope you guys keep this thing going.  I have been terrible in keeping this blog active. I just can't sit at a computer in comfort. Carry on and GOOD LUCK.

Oh yeah......I bought a 2013 Chevy Suburban LT, tan with black leather, loaded.  I go and just sit in it to get relief with its heated seats.  That sumbitch will be just great for steelie fishin!  I can haul the entire Pro Staff and their gear!

Hey - Please try to keep the Annual Christmas Fishing Gathering tradition alive.  It's great fellowship and a good way to celebrate who we are.  Let me know if and when.  Pops Memorial Mass will be December 17.