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Jim Winagle
December 21, 2010
My heart was broken when I heard the news that Todd died the other night. There are so many things that I wanted to tell him, but time and distance always seemed to be insurmountable obstacles and I never got the chance to connect. Todd was a brother to me, the best frined of my older brother and so someone that I looked up to tremendously.
Todd was the first guy I actually knew with a motorcycle and he would take me for rides on it, today when I ride my own Harley I often think of him. Todd taught me not just to fish, but to love fishing, to see it as something more than a "worm and a line", greater than the sum of it's parts. Todd taught me to love many things while teaching me to do them. I've never been afraid to change a water pump on a car since I met Todd, I never was afraid of the double diamonds after he showed me the way down. I pick up my guitar all the time and think of Todds kind and gentle manner of waiting for me to learn the chord so we could play the song together.
I will always remember his warm sense of humor, willingness to help a stranger, love of the western way of things and his mountain man sensibilities. I have taught my own children many of the things that I've learned from Todd, how to hook the worm right and how to take the fish off. How to build a campfire, even in a rain and where to find the dry wood. I am working on the first three chords with my older daughter as I write.
Todd taught me so much, but he left one thing off the list...How to say goodbye. I just can't believe that I won't have the chance to tell him what he means to me.
His family is on my mind and in my heart, I can't imagine what the loss of Todd and Jason has left you all with but I want you to know that even in their absence their impact has been and will be profound. I don't have words to say to ease any pain. No one does because words can't do that now, just know that I celebrate their lives often and am with you in this season of grief.
Todd, I love you brother.
Jim Winagle
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