Favorite remembrances of Flaptail

[eastendlu]

This past spring he stopped by the house we were staying at to say hello and chat he had brought along the first plug ever made by Gibb's and a few others in a few look boxes and proceeded to tell us about the plugs and the history behind them.What i remember the most is the glee in his eyes as he was talking about Gibb's plugs.We also spoke about our families and how proud we both were of our daughters as Steve and i were about at the same point with our families.You meet many a person and make many friends and acquaintances as you journey through life Steve has made his mark in mine and i will forever be better for it.Thanks Steve.

[BassyiusMaximus]

I definitely did not know Mr. Shiraka other than his posts on here and having read his OTW reports over the years but one thing always stood out about him, and always stands out anytime I think of it, and that is/was fly-fishing.

I remember some years ago of how Flaptail told his story of how, for years, he was nothing but a flyfisherman, believing that any and all other fishing methods were "barbaric" at best. I really do think of him and his story any time I think of flyfishing or getting into it. It was a while before he admitted he came to his senses and realized that he was limiting himself by only waving the long wand.

Funny that whenever I think of flyfishing or getting into it, I'll always think of him.

[SAUERKRAUT]

Steve was having a very good fall season for his efforts and in his spots. I was doing just the opposite, making bad calls and not finding any fish to even squeak the drag. Steve calls me down one night. There I am hooked up to a panicked, shallow water 37 lb. bass just going zzzzzzz over the sandbar. So, Steve decides to just stop his own fishing to follow me around, yelling in my ear "are we having fun yet???!!"

After the tide and the fishing, we were talking about the impending winter and how we were going to miss all this. He said, "Yeah, sometime I wake up at night in the winter to the sound of zzzzzzzzzzzzzz."

The three of us (Xman: Numbskull) tend to C&R everything; however, I did kill this bass for our end of season, T.G.I.O. Party (tongue-in-cheek: Thank God It's Over!)-- in tribute to our season long suffering wives. I sent Steve this picture last week, and told him this is the fish we will celebrate. I made a big fish chowder with it. Steve died the morning of our celebration.

[bassmaster]

i use to love they way steve would eye hump lures. man some of the crap we use to say, and if he liked a plug he would just take it LOL
we caught alot of bass.........

[Dad 818]

I only met him twice and he made me feel like one of his best friends. Very outgoing, informative and personable.

I will miss he and numby's back and forth diatribe. Some of the best laughs I have had were reading those 2 going back and forth.

R.I.P. Flap.