I had the honor of working for Hal Lyman when he was chairman of the town conservation commission. When he found out i was a fisherman, after the meetings, he would find me and talk striper fishing. He was the founder of Saltwater sportsman magazine and Woolner the editor. He arranged a free subscription for me which lasted until it was sold to the Time group.
He was an amazing man in his breadth of knowledge and highly respected internationally as the head of several marine conservation groups.
I wish i had gotten an invitation to one of those fishing trips. The thing that sticks most about him was him saying '' I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and have spent my life trying not to choke on it''.
I did manage in later years to follow his footsteps and experience the things he and Woolner wrote about in the same way and places.
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