when you get older, it only takes one little slip then you need hip surgery and you may end up in a chair with wheels not legs..and you can,t get any fishing done..just saying.

I wish you all the best Tom!

Thank you for your own personal skill, knowledge and experience invested in all of us!

I was thinking the other day about all the things I learned from you and others through your site. I reflected on the three ICRBE's I attended and the people I met there (including you, via Karen Hapka in 2011 - I helped run her booth that year). What a marvelous journal of learning.

Hope you will hang around, but only to report on how much fun you had in your time off!

Les

I am very grateful to this forum for the knowledge and expertise that has been so freely offered here. Tom I wish you the best in your future endeavors.

I am very grateful to this forum for the knowledge and expertise that has been so freely offered here. Tom I wish y

Just seeing this... thanks for all Tom! Hope you keep posting in between fishing!

Just thought this thread deserved to be brought back to the top.

I have always set the forum so old topics don't pop back up - it pushes the new topics down.

Anyone that wants to follow an older topic can select "follow topic" and they will get an email notification if replies are posted.

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I appreciated Tom sticking to rod-building and discouraging advertising. Thanks for a job well done.

Thank You Tom!!!