Roger Stephens, RIP
- Thread starter Wadin' Boot
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Really really sad to read this. Never met Roger in person but always admired him greatly.
I still have a multi page, hand written letter he sent me years ago detailing how he has his boat set up for fly casting. I always appreciated that he took the time to send me that.
Used to cross paths on the water once in a while, and was always greeted with a hearty wave as we passed. I always wanted to stop and introduce myself yet I always felt an odd feeling that I was encroaching on his waters, and was guiding etc so I never wanted to step on his toes. I got the sense that guiding was a bit of a sensitive subject with him.
Typically when I saw him on the water we were both traveling and would cross paths and wave, but I'll never forget coming across him one day fishing off one of my favorite points. I had discovered it a year or two prior and it had been consistently good for me since. Even though I had caught a lot of fish there already, seeing proof that I was fishing a Roger approved spot made me feel pretty damn good.
I do wish I had made an effort to meet him face to face at least once. That's something I need to get better at. I don't like these small regrets that could so easily be rectified.
I will miss reading his posts, his insights into how he approached SRC fishing, and quite frankly I will just miss knowing that any day I'm out there struggling to put anything together, Roger is probably on to location #7 of his day, hooking SRC #17 on a topwater tube worm pattern.
R.I.P. to a true PNW legend.
I still have a multi page, hand written letter he sent me years ago detailing how he has his boat set up for fly casting. I always appreciated that he took the time to send me that.
Used to cross paths on the water once in a while, and was always greeted with a hearty wave as we passed. I always wanted to stop and introduce myself yet I always felt an odd feeling that I was encroaching on his waters, and was guiding etc so I never wanted to step on his toes. I got the sense that guiding was a bit of a sensitive subject with him.
Typically when I saw him on the water we were both traveling and would cross paths and wave, but I'll never forget coming across him one day fishing off one of my favorite points. I had discovered it a year or two prior and it had been consistently good for me since. Even though I had caught a lot of fish there already, seeing proof that I was fishing a Roger approved spot made me feel pretty damn good.
I do wish I had made an effort to meet him face to face at least once. That's something I need to get better at. I don't like these small regrets that could so easily be rectified.
I will miss reading his posts, his insights into how he approached SRC fishing, and quite frankly I will just miss knowing that any day I'm out there struggling to put anything together, Roger is probably on to location #7 of his day, hooking SRC #17 on a topwater tube worm pattern.
R.I.P. to a true PNW legend.
Jeff Dodd
Steelhead
Very sad to read this news. Roger’s personality showed through with his steady, caring and informative posts to these PNW Fly Fishing forums. I’ll miss him. I thought my sporadic participation of late was the reason I had not seen his posts.
My condolences to his loved ones.
My condolences to his loved ones.
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