I just saw a post Bernzy has passed away.
 

Sad to hear John Huff aka Bernzy has passed away. A great guy for sure and a great builder. I know he has been battling cancer for the 3rd time I think. I have messaged him a few times over the past couple months to see how he was and I know he read my posts but no reply. I had a feeling it was not good. He will be missed.......and he will be remembered. Rest in peace John.

I just this moment saw this. Godspeed Bernzy. Salute

Sad news
God Bless his friends and family
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RIP Bernzy.

RIP Johnny ........I,m gonna really miss ya big guy ><

Sorry to hear that
May you catch big dreams in the next life
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:( not what I want to see posted when I come on here :(
He will be missed, what a good guy. I really liked John. Glad I had some time to fish with him and learn about making plugs. A real bummer, very sad news

RIP Bernzy

Good guy, great builder. One more gone to green grass and high tides. RIP my friend.

My thoughts are with his family. Rip....
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Damn. He will be missed. :(.
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Good guy. RIP John.

A really good person.
A really good plug builder.
His howdy plug, which Steve introduced me to, is the best walk the dog surface bait I ever fished.

sad to hear it.....
we used to talk for an hour
after he had a few belts
funny guy with a great sense of humor
gods speed bernzy on your new journey

Nice man.
He will be missed.

Sad news. RIP
John.
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Great guy . Sorry . Will miss him
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Thoughts and prayers to John's family and close friends.
May he rest in eternal peace

I'm sure one of the last things John thought of when he was creating this site, was a "Memorial" page....but with all the members we've lost throughout the years, perhaps it would be an honorable gesture to create such a page?
Maybe move threads such as these, over to that page once they've been on the main page for a week?

Just a thought...

A good thought indeed.

I have some of the old Memorial Pages when I ran them on the front end of the site. Maybe I can restore that after I fix the forum (need a free weekend). Good thinkin' Bloo

sometimes life's just not fair... thoughts and prayers to his family.

This is sad to hear . My thoughts go out to his Family and Friends . Bernzy was a good guy . Never fished with him but got to chat a few times . Have many of his plugs . Well made ! RIP

A great memory just popped into my head about Bernzy (kind of). When I first started turning plugs I copied 2 peoples lures (for my own use) to get used to turning shapes by hand......one was John Has 2 oz. needlefish which I caught my first fish on a plug I made on, and the second was Bernzy's "Surf Howdy"! I had that "Surf Howdy" out on the beach at Race Point one day and I could see the stripers sliding through the incoming waves with the sun backlighting them (it was beautiful)! Anyway I was working that "Howdy" across the top of the waves as they came in and I could see the stripers lunge out of the waves and crush that lure! I caught about 80 fish that afternoon! It was a great day and I have Bernzy to thank for it! :)

; ) And he would smile on that

Loved the Howdy - great plug. As a builder it is his legacy, and he will always be the Surf Howdy guy.

Can u post a pic of one? I think I have one and want to do something nice with it if I do.
Thansk

look it up on the net . bernzy surf howdy
its easier than digging one out and take a picture and then download it .
Sorry I hate doing compter stuff unless I am at work .

Duh. Thanks Chris

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; )

I have a couple that are more like a topedo shape .one is pogie & the yellow . I,ll look for the photo .these are the smaller version &&&&&&&&&& to me priceless ><><