Saying Good-Bye to Billy Pate; "The Pocket"

 

Billy Pates boat as his ashes are placed on the Down Tide at "The Pocket"

From the Editor; Gary A. Anderson:

Yesterday, 05/21/2011, Billy Pate, with close friends, family and fly reel, were laid to rest in “The Pocket,” one of the most desirable places to fish at Buchanan Bank, on the edge of the Back Country. A tarpon-rich area of flats and channels that stretches out for more than 20 miles before the open sea is reached, with a

cull-d-sac of about 30 X 30 feet, where for some unknown reason tarpon migrate there and follow the turn around to head another direction; coined “The Pocket.” On April 18th, 2011, saltwater fly fishing lost a pioneer, Billy Pate, a big game fisherman, with a passion for life, “The Pocket,” Billfish and Tarpon. His record 188-pound tarpon on 16 # test, was in the books for over 20 years and many more accomplishments in the billfish arena, including the first blue marlin landed on a fly! He also, collaborated with Ted Jurasick, to create the first anti-reverse reel. Billy was also a conservationist and fly fishing advocate and was one of the founding members of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. It’s the place where Billy Pate used to camp for years. The Pocket is legendary, a place where etiquette was learned the hard way, giving way to first come, first serve but stay to your claim as claim jumpers, in a polite gesture now days, gives way to new occupants. Billy Pate rests now where he fished with many of his own from previous years; Jack Brothers, Jimmie Albright and Cecil Keith too name a few, together again with a Pocket full of memories and some Tarpon, too...

 The Billy Pate Reel, too is a rest as it is cast into "The Pocket."

Old friend, Dr. Stanley Sherman reflecting thoughts of 'Days gone by'.

Genesis3:19b " for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
'I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee' (Ezekiel 27:18).
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust 

 Billy, Rolling Down Tide!

BY GREG POLAND

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Bass Frogging

 

Froggin Bass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cane Pole Bass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANE POLE BASSING...Story on its way, ya' al come back now Ya here!

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Jet Ski Horror

They say, one mans trash is another mans treasure but in today’s lesson, one pigs pleasure is in all; a jet ski horror to those who would enjoy the outdoors on a clean, pristine lake, primed full on spotted to Florida Largemouth Bass and an environment to have yet been contaminated by those who really do not care about anything except themselves, until today! I only can hope that you read this article, if you were the sows to have almost destroyed a complete marine habitat, as well, the FWC, its officers and those of our County Sheriff’s dept., as somebody may be able to trace back the serial number, which was almost sanded off, and model number of this two man Wave Runner GP #WRA7007, Serial #0801785.

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"Would George Fight or Surrender Over Today's Budget?"

Ten simple words to live by:

PRINCIPLES BEFORE PARTY, PERSONALITY, AND

PROFITS, WITH DEEDS NOT WORDS.

Paul Grant Truesdell, Chairman
Ocala, Florida - January 2009

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Alex Snitker Crashes Media Event

Alex Snitker Crashes Media Event

Why is it that America's third parties and independent candidates are ignored or escorted out? I thought the country was about 'The People', not just the elites and or those to who capitalize against you, John Doe public and me Gary A. Anderson, a Original Tea Party Member; The Florida Whigs, where we practice the common principals to which Paul Truesdell set forth, Chairman of the Party: “Principles Before Party, Personality, and Profits, with Deeds not Words.” I FISH, I VOTE, I CAN!
Though I do not approve of any disruption of an event to which one is not invited, Alexander Snitker made an appearance too which did send a message; we to are of the people and though we may not have the pleasures of the invited guests, we have the same rights and the sooner the press picks up on this, the more fair our elections will be. The press, along with over 20,000 page views on my Political Blog site, The Political Sandbox, shows promise,and 23,676 others, from Facebook like this, it still does not allow me the same freedoms of my neighbor Marco Rubio, at being invited to anything other than my mother-in-laws for dinner; maybe?
While all the Press is awed by the presence of the royalty at-large, little things like Agenda 21 are not only changing our lives but taking away our Countryside, while we chit chat about dropping Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Why is it our very own Government is supporting through multilateral and bilateral assistance to promote and protect human health under the Foreign Assistance Act; supporting the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), WHO, UNICEF and the USAID as the principal U.S. Agency responsible for carrying out spending programs, along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) also support international health programs. USAID provides bilateral assistance for health programs in almost 50 countries.
“I'll bet if you trimmed back from those 50 countries, you could quit looking at hurting our own people, at the expense of others! That is where I would start trimming. Biblical proverb says one must first help themselves before helping others. Might be a good practice to follow.”


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Green Lizards; in Memory of Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich

Sport fishing education and information from the Florida Keys to the ends of the earth. - Green Lizards; in Memory of Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich

Written by Captain Greg Poland

From the Editor, Gary Anderson: When you lose a good friend, let's say a guy like Billy Pate -- the man who really fathered fishing for things like tarpon and sailfish on a fly rod -- it's a hard hit. Add a second friend -- a guy who had two Super Bowl rings on his still-beefy hands, and could handle a 125lb tarpon as well and as gently as he handled pigskins in the days -- and it makes for a hard week. We thank Keys editor Greg Poland for this touching commentary about his good friend and football legend Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich.

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