Tom passed away April 8, 2024 so I moved the original posted on June 18, 2020 forward.
We got in touch when I subscribed to his newsletter called 'The Spirit of Fly Fishing' Tom started in 2010. His weekly newsletters has been a wonderful potpourri of South African fly fishing scenery, short stories and pictures sent in by subscribers from all over the world. Even a few short stories from me. Fast forward to March 2020 Tom announced the end of the newsletter.
Over the years through Tom I also got in touch with several South African friends like Ed Herbst, Peter Brigg, Koos Eckard, Stephen Boshoff and Gavin Erwin. As a thank you to Tom I decided to send him a frame with a couple of flies. I asked my friend André Frijlink of Frame Your Fly to help with the frame. The result is top notch.
Thank you Tom for your friendship!
Update April 29, 2024:
Tom's daughter sent me a few pictures of Tom's study.
It's so nice to know that Tom, when walking to his study, would take a glance at the frame 😢
Update April 18, 2024:
A memorial service for Tom was held at the St Andrews church in Newlands.
Update April 8, 2024:
Today the sad news arrived that Tom has passed away...
Good bye Tom
Update July 3, 2021:
Update July 3, 2021:
Tom's June 2021 newsletter mentions he is pleased with the frame 😄
Update June 10, 2021:
Update June 10, 2021:
Wow, what an adventure.
I shipped the frame on June 18, 2020 to South Africa. The parcel was seemed lost as Tom never received it. May 25, 2021 (almost a year later!) the parcel was returned by the South African postal service. The address was correct so why it wasn't delivered is a mystery. I'm glad the frame returned back undamaged.
I shipped the parcel again, this time with UPS and as of today (after more than a year) it finally arrived at its destination!
Update Jan 10, 2021:
Update Jan 10, 2021:
Tom decided to revive his newsletters again!
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