Jeez Jimbo,
I had NO idea. I knew Fred Rogers well enough to say hello and give him a fishing report from Smiths Point. He had a house about 100 yds from the access point and one day our paths crossed and we struck up some conversation about the beach and fishing and the like. He was always very keeny interested in my comments about how they fed and swam, what they ate and what the time and tide was when I was out there. He always knew the exact, current tide and more amazingly the EXACT lag which was occuring that day. Pretty incredible since I NEVER saw him in the water or tacking a cast. Some neighbors told me he would often swim in Madaket Harbor which his property abeached (hmm, that might be a new word ?).
He loved walking that beach and from his quiet, friendly demeanor I always left feeling that I was blessed to meet people like that in this crazy world of ours. And to think what an integral part of the defense of our ways he was !
Thank you for this and I have a great feeling inside recalling the conversations we had right up to his last season.
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