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A FISHING STORY FOR THE GUYS PLUS TED WILLIAMS TIES. The Woodduck Heron A regional favorite from noted New Hampshire fly fishing and fly tying legend Nick Lambrou, the Woodduck Heron has proven deadly on not only brook, brown and rainbow trout, but taken more than its fair share of landlocked Atlantic salmon as well. Though originally tied to represent an emerging hexagenia mayfly, this pattern also does an excellent job mimicking small baitfish like smelt, dace and other forage fish too. The Wood Duck Heron Wood Duck Heron A true made in New Hampshire fly, the Wood Duck Heron was developed by Nick Lambrou. The fly was designed for use on the Merrymeeting River. This by my longtime friend and idol Nick for his dear friend Ted Williams whom he met in the Boston area and spent time up at Teds fishing camp in Canada. Ted William was known for three Masterful Acheivements over his Storied lifetime First as the GREATEST HITTER Major League BASEBALL HAD EVEN KNOWN / Next after only token practice. becoming a fighter pilot in Korea seeing much combat and a true ace almost over night and Lastly Ted Williams was a master with a fly rod in his hands. In my eyes Ted Williams this modern day John Wayne type American Idol was only second to my good friend Nick Lambrou of Manchester NH. Nick was a walking encyclopedia when it came to trout and salmon fishing. He knew all over the large state of NH when insect hatches were going to be coming off. This added up to thousands of bits of information this high school drop out to support his large Greek imagration family by working in the industrail corporte shoe production mills along the Merrimack river New Hampshires largest. Have any question about trout or salmon, just ask Nick... example me calling up Nick on a Friday afternoon in late July..................Hey Nick where should me jack and chilly (Nicks brother in law) fish tomorrow> Typical Nick Answer...........................Dan a high pressure front is moving down from Canada to break this heat wave so I would suggerst you fish the Hookseet Dam on the west side where its deep. Some big Brownies (brown trout) will be deep where its some 35 feet down.........Fish it slow with olive maribou stork streamers that show up much better in the murky type waters that will be running with the dam partly opened. This was Nick Lambro almost at his finest, almost because hundereds of new to the sport fly fisherman were embraced by this gently giant of a man..................Soft spoken with a gift for simple direct speach. I cant help by cry at this very moment upon learning in a chat room of his passing back in 2011. His Tony now around age 50 is an extention of his dad. Each year Tony takes his two bucks with a muzzle loader and bow deer, his 20 plus pound gobblers, pheasant , woodcock, ruffed grouse, Canadain greater geese and both inland and coastal waterfowl. My when age 11 was takin into this blessed fraturnity of sportsmen who for generations passed thier skills and woodsmanship down to the next generations................ .Most of the game was donated to Saint Peters Orphanage on the west side of Manchester to feed almost 200 and girlS with no parents and adpotion hopes before age 18. Deer hides were sewn into gloves and slippers and headgrear. Some would make lamps out of the hoofs or antlers to sell at a thrift shoppe to raise money for basketballs, base balls, hockey sticks ect. Yes folks. the greatest gift one can bring is the element of GIVING..........UNSELFISH GIVING TO ENHANCE those less fortunite,,, This was Nick Lambro's true mission in life..........At age 42 he lost his beloved wife Fanny and thus spent some three plus decadess of Dedication to America's number one past time........Fishing is a gift from GOD and my friend with a broken heart. I thank you for so many thousands... Come opening day I will go out for the first time in almost ten to put to work that wonderful hand crafted Custom make Loomis two weight rod and look up to the heavens about in full tribute to greatness I was blessed to be around for almost 41 . I recently posted a blog online about Nicks life of giving and sharing perhaps America's favorite past time FISHING. Thousands to date have now read it with pride and a sense of enjoyment. So saddened was I to learn of his passing some five plus after the fact. footnote------- Nick passed in 2011 shortly after he entered his 80's. His Tony followed his dad just two short later. Tony was an avid sportsman and like his dad was known by most avid hunters and fisherman all around the state. Tony never got a drivers lic and was disabled when into his 20's. Father and had the strongest of bonds with each other. I guess Tony was alone and lost and desired to join his dad in a better place. I WILL POST ANOTHER BLOG ON NICK TO FOLLOW.   |
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I have read with great enjoyment, many of you bloggers past histories in life. This blog and the next one are about Sportsmanship at its highest level. Yes us men who call ourselves sportsmen do need our many different outlets to spend with each other away from loving enjoyed relationships and bonds.
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Hobbies are our toys to be young kids again enjoying the outdoors, nature and each others good company to share and compete on a friendly basis. Greatness does not always have to come from fame. It comes from the heart where genuine mutual respect earned by understanding and full acceptance. Its better known as true friendship. Having lost, Nick and Tony, Jack and Chillie, Ray and Armand and Harry and Franis who were all alive and fly fishing back in 1991 when taken under their unselfish wings to those wonderful trout ponds streams and Atlantic .
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Never to forget is Honor in its highest degree! RIP Brothers. NIcks story to follow.
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I might even know one of those gun. A Sears made by J C Higgins around 1957 is my guess?? I had a pump and a auto and gave my son a single 16 as a starter gun. If you fly fish;, I have a long story that tells of the breed of cat as far as true sprotsmen. Lot of technical stuff few outside the sport would understand plus great story line about six of us all using different ways to fly fish.. ty for the comments
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