Bill Kiene semi-retired
03-10-2013, 05:40 PM
When I started working in the sporting goods business in Sacramento in the 1960s I met several dozen gentlemen from the Greatest Generation who I call "Outdoorsmen". I was about 20 and they were in their 40s back then. These guys hunted and fished all their lives because before WWII they grew up with it as a norm back then. They all fly fished and they were the founding members of the California Fly Fishers Unlimited fly fishing club in Sacramento. Some call them lovingly "the Geezer Patrol".
This group included Joe Patterson, Walt Bennett, Joe Shirshac, Chuck Campana, George Martin, Stan Inoyue, Wally Westlake, Jack Mclaughlin, Steve Chapell, Neil Hansen, Bill Lynch, Charlie Selover, and many others.
They were like fathers or uncles to my generation, "the Baby Boomers". This was myself, Al Perryman, Lew Palmer, Bob Long, Cal Guin, Jim Potter, Larry Cullens, Al Fong, Forrest Oldham, Bob Giannoi, Mike Ziem, Dick Kiene, Skip Orr, Don Rotsma, Ron Hayashi, Frank Pullen, Terry Thomas, Craig Ziegler, Jerry Lyerley, Gordon Langenbeck and dozens more.
Then we had the next generation which would be the age of our kids. This was Chris Kiene, Galen Geller, Amy Kiene, Andy Guibord, Paul Keel, Phil Romig, Kyle Keaton, Stu Heath, Chris Pasley, Mike McCune and many others.
Now our kids generation are having our grand kids who are coming along in the world of the beautiful outdoors.
We had fly fishing trips in Nor Cal with 3 generations of fly fishers in the 1970s and 1980s.
It is wonderful that this mentoring still takes place and I guess as long as we have the wild outdoors to enjoy it will keep going on.
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This group included Joe Patterson, Walt Bennett, Joe Shirshac, Chuck Campana, George Martin, Stan Inoyue, Wally Westlake, Jack Mclaughlin, Steve Chapell, Neil Hansen, Bill Lynch, Charlie Selover, and many others.
They were like fathers or uncles to my generation, "the Baby Boomers". This was myself, Al Perryman, Lew Palmer, Bob Long, Cal Guin, Jim Potter, Larry Cullens, Al Fong, Forrest Oldham, Bob Giannoi, Mike Ziem, Dick Kiene, Skip Orr, Don Rotsma, Ron Hayashi, Frank Pullen, Terry Thomas, Craig Ziegler, Jerry Lyerley, Gordon Langenbeck and dozens more.
Then we had the next generation which would be the age of our kids. This was Chris Kiene, Galen Geller, Amy Kiene, Andy Guibord, Paul Keel, Phil Romig, Kyle Keaton, Stu Heath, Chris Pasley, Mike McCune and many others.
Now our kids generation are having our grand kids who are coming along in the world of the beautiful outdoors.
We had fly fishing trips in Nor Cal with 3 generations of fly fishers in the 1970s and 1980s.
It is wonderful that this mentoring still takes place and I guess as long as we have the wild outdoors to enjoy it will keep going on.
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