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A Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 23rd from 4:00pm to 8:00pm with a Rosary at 7:00pm at Halsted N. Gray – Carew & English, 1123 Sutter St., SF. A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, August 24th, at 9:15am at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 2320 Green St., SF., followed by entombment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA.
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Dan Gracia
September 10, 2021
I knew Frank from the Golden Gate Casting and Angling Club where he was very active. I worked at the Orvis SF store and was also a member of the club. He was a fount of information and was always congenial and willing to share. One memory in particular comes to mind when he brought out an old fiberglass distance casting competition rod and allowed some of us "younger folks" to try it out with the "glass line shooting head". Was a trick to be able to pick up the line without pulling the head back inside the guides, which would fracture the line. I eventually got and threw a surprisingly long line with his rod and line. He smiled, looked at me and said, "yeah, that's how its done."
Like every fly tier around back then I used his fly-tying bobbins and of course his whip-finish tools were very popular too. I remember telling him that I really liked his long reach fine barrel bobbin, but that it started cutting my thread. We were tying flies and he said, "let me see that." He took the bobbin and said that sure enough I'd tied too many flies with it and worn down the edge, which sharpened it and would cut my thread.
He took it from me, and said he'd round off those edges so I could use it again. About a week later I saw him again and he gave my long-reach bobbin back in perfect condition. I still have that although I did manage to sharpen it again tying too many flies. By then though I had moved to the Orvis home office in Vermont so I couldn't have him fix it for me again. I retired from Orvis in 2015 and moved to Washington state, which was closer, but not close enough. I will always have fond memories of Frank.
Frank was a great man with many contributions to fly-tiers, fly-fishers, and fly-casters everywhere, and I feel honored to have known him.
Rachael Hairston
March 21, 2019
We have been thinking of you daily, Frankie Jr. Sending you all of our love! Rachael (Hairston), Kayden, and Helen
August 23, 2018
Dear Frank,Jr. We would like to send to you, and to your family our deepest condolences for the loss of your loved one. We will all miss him. He had a very sweet personality, a great sense of humor and a generous heart. We are grateful we had the opportunity of getting to know you and your dad. May he rest in peace and find everlasting happiness. Respectfully yours, Francis & Sera Axiaq
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August 22, 2018
Frank, RIP friend. You had a great journey. All the members of the SF Casting Ponds will miss you until we meet again.
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