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I know most of the younger guys didn't personally know Tim. Every striperman knew his books, articles and his passion for this thing we do.

It seems he probably had a heart attack or some other health issue that took his life. I will miss him as I fished with him and learned much from him even though we were the same age.

Tim forgot more about catching stripers than most of us know. He was a great fisherman but humble beyond belief about what he knew.

He's the one who gave "he who cannot be mentioned" his nickname. He knew our waters like the back of his hand.
So now we count him with Silent George, John Habs, Al Peline, Flaptail, Bob Samualson and the legends like Charlie Murat, Frank Woolner, Stan Gibbs and others I cannot remember.