Keeping Old Memories Alive......

[Dave H]

Sitting here killing time before I attend another Celebration of Life for a friend passed too soon I started thinking about others I've known who left too soon and for some reason Bruce Gerhart came to mind.

I remembered I'd submitted a story I wrote about Bruce some years back and looked it up.

Here's a link to it and I hope a few of you knew Bruce and appreciated him too.

http://ariverneversleeps.com/devlins-run-steelhead/

Been a sad couple of weeks for me, having lost two friends and with an old surfing pal in hospital fighting Pancreatic cancer not far from losing another most likely.

Ah, rainy days......................







Take care.

 

[OldBlackDog]

Well written.
Can relate.

 

[Cuba Libre]

Ditto what OBD said..... Thanks. I only met Bruce a couple of times... your explanation of his hearing loss and his go- git- er approach to the river now makes sense ... Both times I met him on the river he was doing a lot of loud talking and he didnt waste anytime to get his gear in the water. At first I figured him to be akin to the plague ( anyone who fished steelies in the 70s and 80s on the Island will know who I am referring to ... ) from the mainland that arrived in a pack and aggressively swooped through "our" steelhead rivers . But I was told that he was a first rate person and a fishermen that was willing to share his knowledge. You have certainly confirmed that....

 

[Derby]

A great man... enjoyed a couple great conversation with Bruce on the banks of the Thompson river over the years when he would haunt that river.....