Same here.Old Man was the one who nominated me for the Back Room....
I don't think he liked the younger crowd that much. I tried to be nice to him once and got ignored, that's my brief experience. To each their own.Only thing I'll add to my already briefly wrote is that I'm pretty sure OMJ was not a fan of mine....I never really got it out of him why. But I was always a fan of his. I hope he's on a skinny blue line somewhere with a big-ass smile on his face!
26 midge?… I think OMJ would bless this smart ass response.I know he didn't like @clarkman, hell, I don't like Clarkman. The photos of some of those gators he hooks scare the shit outa me. Hanging your ass over the water in a little float tube and fishing a fly the size of your d*** is not for everyone.
I forwarded this thread to his daughter. Hopefully they're reading it!Maybe this has come up, but if he were my family, I’d cherish these comments and stories. Great way to keep his memory alive. Hope they get to them somehow. I always appreciated his post and presence. His banter was as good as it gets.
Have you seen the size of his flies? If so masel tovfly the size of your d*** is not for everyone
He posted many times about his Nat Geo CD maps!I tend to think that Old Man Jim enjoyed his maps. Personally I have spent a great deal of time looking at, and following maps. Maps of all kinds, such as the Gazetteer, ranger maps, Thomas Guide, topo maps, historical maps etc... Of course todays technology is far superior in many ways, however the value of a paper map is exemplified by the vast knowledge that Old Man Jim acquired over the years. Undoubtedly he pondered over those maps at home, using a pencil to circle points of interest. And out in the field, those same maps were likely folded away but frequently spread out over a rock or the hood of his car. The simple joy of exploring "thin blue lines" with nothing but a map, a compass, and an odometer, is something worth experiencing. I am certain that he had lots of fun with those maps.
I thoroughly enjoyed OMJ's intolerance for Swimmy.I don't think he liked the younger crowd that much. I tried to be nice to him once and got ignored, that's my brief experience. To each their own.
Me too! They were the antithesis of each other and provided a lot of fun content. It would have been so fun to have video footage of Swimmy taking Old Man out fishing. I wonder if Swimmy knows about Old Man’s passing. I think he would want to know.I thoroughly enjoyed OMJ's intolerance for Swimmy.
This one reminds me of the sayings of Forrest Gump.