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Old 02-25-2014, 12:50 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by BigFish View Post
Toby I am gonna defend Flaptail here and say he won for no other reason than he was a great and giving guy to all and he absolutely slayed the fish all season and had the best Fall by his own account he ever had and he just happened to pass away at seasons end.....it was hard earned and deserved! I will also say John Habs may have gotten the vote in a form of a tribute given his death but he was also a very generous and giving person and a great fisherman. Both were as deserving as anyone else alive. My .02 cents.
Larry, don't get me wrong, John, Steve and now Mike are all great fishermen who contributed a ton to the site. I just don't feel it is a fitting tribute to win such an award after one passes on. There are better ways that we can honor these guys.

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