I like to think that John and I became friends in the spring of 2016. I moved to the Grimsby area in the fall of 2015, I did a search for ‘reel repair’ and Johns name came up. I called him and asked if he would have a look at a few reels that I wanted serviced, ‘no problem’ he said. I dropped the reels off at his home and we started up a conversation about fishing lake Ontario. It did not take long to realize that John was an avid outdoorsman. We exchanged a few stories and it became evident that he possessed a ton of knowledge. When heading out for a morning fish I often called John to see if he wanted to join me, if it did not interfere with his morning run to school with the grandkids and as long as he was home to have lunch with his wife Hanna, when she wasn’t working, then he was good to go. I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to fish with john on maybe a dozen occasions, I learned a lot.

Thank you John for sharing!

You will be missed!