What a great guy Paul Karnicki was. He was one of the first guys I ever met down the canal and he treated me like gold from day 1.
I can't count the number of times he had me over the shop to B.S. and talk about fishing. You could stop by there any time and Paul was always happy to see you. Stan Kuzia used to be there often too, along with many of the canal regulars of the day.
Here's a good story:
I was about 16 and just got my license when I met Paul at Bell Rd one day. It was the fall of 1986 and I was standing out in the rain casting when he pulled up next to me and asked me where I got the zziplex. He thought it was it my father's rod
I told him some guy named Rob(It was Robc22 I later found out) was fishing with one up near the herring run one night and he told me where to get one, so I got one from Ron Arra shortly afterwards.
I never ran into Robc22 again for over 25 years, then saw a couple of his posts here and connected the dots.
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