David Franz Ponts

I'm bummed out about this. Badly. I have truckloads of good memories with Dave and the gang. His was the spirit that kept things going. He was extremely generous with his time, greatly loved, a natural leader. There were a couple of years there when I rented the family house at Fort Bragg, and Dave introduced me to the lore of the coast, and the techniques for abalone picking, and strategies for the wiley cabazon. With Wheaty and Mike and others we pioneered a new kind of bait that was...