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I will always remember the way he would hold a plug he was inspecting up close and that way he tilted his head so his view around his glasses allowed him to get a good close up view of the plug and he would dissect it and critique it precisely. It was just one of those things I noticed about Steve, he was an individual for sure.
I was honored to have been given one of his pencil sketches last year at plugfest, I have plans to frame it and display it along with my only Flaptail plug, a purple needlefish plug he gave me years ago.
I always enjoyed reading his OTW beach reports and all his posts online, he knew what he was talking about.
I have some memories of fishing with him 6-7 years ago out on the outer beaches many times Bassmaster, Steve and myself would go out on what Steve would call Spaghetti Wednesday , we'd take turns driving, his truck one week, mine the next, Dave's the next after meeting up at Dave's house and fish from before sundown till well into the night chasing bass, the shadow line, the mung lines, fishing 10 ft seas with tins, you name it we did it. The stories and times were good.
Gonna miss Steve, glad I had a couple of chances to see him recently out fishing and at MSBA. It's gonna hurt for a while.
God Bless you Steve
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