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TED WILLIAMS MEETS MY GOOD FRIEND NICK. A regional favorite from noted New Hampshire fly fishing and fly tying legend Nick Lambrou, the Wood duck 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. NICKS Wood Duck Heron fly and three of his others herons also accepted and placed in the FlyFishermens Bible of the worlds greatest and most productive flies every created! 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 Miramichi River in NewBrunkswick Canada Ted Williams summer months retirement home. Yes Ted considered one of the greatest fly fisherman and fly casters ever, met in his match in front of a few thousand stunned sportswmen at the Hines Auditorium Camper and Fishing Show.! Ou tcasting all other fly casting contestents from all over the United States and Canada, Nick Lambrou my good friend since June of 1965, stepped up and accepted the challenge that Ted Williamss threw at him after hearing many in attendence from New Hampshire, bragging that Nick could not only outdistance Ted in total lenght but also in pin point accuracy as well. Ted a key spokesmen then for Sears Roebuck Shotguns and Fishing rods ate humble pie and almost instantly bonded with Nick in a state of envy, wonderment and curiousity. Ted had met his master for the first time in his amazing life. Ted Williams was known for three Masterful Achievements over his Storied lifetime First as the GREATEST HITTER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS EVEN KNOWN / Next after only token practice. becoming a fighter pilot in Korea seeing much combat and a true ace almost over night! Many around him claim that Ted Williams had the greatest eye sight along with eye hand coordination of anyone that ever lived. He spend four full baseballs seasons in combat that some say cost him the all time Home Run Record Babe Ruth had held at 714. And Lastly Ted Williams the Splendid Splinter or Teddy Ball game was a true 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 immigration family by working in the industiall corporate shoe production mills along the Merrimack river New Hampshire's 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 suggest you fish the Hooksett 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 marabou 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 hundreds of new to the sport fly fisherman were embraced by this gently giant of a man..................Soft spoken with a gift for simple direct speech. I cant help by cry at this very moment upon learning in a chat room of his passing back in 2011. My when age 11 was taken into this blessed fraternity of sportsmen who for generations passed their skills and woods donated to Saint Peters Orphanage on the west side of Manchester to feed almost 200 and girl with no parents and adaption hopes before age 18. Deer hides were sewn into gloves and slippers and head greater. Some would make lamps out of the hoofs or antlers to sell at a thrift shop 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 fortunate,,, This was Nick Lambro's true mission in life..........At age 42 he lost his beloved wife Fanny and thus spent some three plus decades 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 of your friends who honor you great man.... Come opening day the first Saturday in April, I will go out for the first time in almost ten to put to work that wonderful hand crafted Custom made Loomis two weight rod Nick created for me and look up to the heavens above in full tribute to the greatness I was blessed to be around for almost 41 . Catch and release was Nicks way as his not one single fish was mounted on his walls. Each was thanks for providing sport and allowed to live to pass on their genes to future generations. Foot Note. Nick due to his deep love and respect for fishing, became a Master Fly tier known all over the word Renowned former sports broadcaster Curt Cowdy who for hosted the top sports men's tv show THE AMERICAN SPORTMAN also lived in New Hampshire in a small town of Bethlehem the next town over and just minutes from my house. Nick left the sweat shop mills to tie flies with his Tony that circulated all over the world...........Some of Scotlands largest Brown Trout reaching 30 pounds in weight have make their last mistake in rising up to take one of Nicks Perfect creations of nature... And so its fitting that I post this blog after recovering a story I wrote many ago that was lost.. It's called THE WONDERMENT OF FLY FISHING NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WAS MY VERY FIRST PUBLISHED STORY EVER.... i HOPE YOU ENJOY BOTH..      |
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sorry for the repeating of text from the other story i just posted. Its real late, im tired and short on time.
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I made mention of recovering my first published story about Fly Fishing the waters of New Hampshire. Its a part human interest story about 8 great men and very technical fishing instruction that the editors of Field and Stream felt worthy of publishing in two parts.
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Perhaps to be posted in here in late March when the inland fishing seasons open all across the US and Canada!
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