Some Of The Best Times Of My Life!

We would all sit out front of Toms cabin, one guide had a guitar and would play or we would listen to Toms music and B.S. all night. Those were some of the best times of my life.
One other thing Tom used to do that was funny is we would all go down to one of the lakes by the lodge after the clients left and play horseshoes. Tom would line up look both ways then kick dirt back like a bull about to charge.
I know it is hard to imagine but it was hilarious.----good times! Live, laugh, love and be happy is right because that is how Tom lived!

Patrick

The Great Bear Spray Incident

Here is a quick funny story. Tom and I were on our dayoff and got flown out to a river to check it out and fish all day. We had a blast and when we got to the lake to wait for our plane we had left a few cold beers so we were sitting there BSing when I told Tom I had this can of bear spray for 3 years now and wondered if it still was any good. Tom said "Go ahead and spray it once the wind was going away from us." So I gave it a good spray, of course the wind changed and blew it back on us. We both were crying and laughing at the same time. I mean we were both really hurting but we just couldn’t stop laughing. Anyways as you know that was Tom for you.

Patrick

Tom Never Let Anything Get Him Down

Did you ever hear about the night Tom and 2 clients were stranded overnight in Sept up at the pickup lake on the American, if not it was pretty crazy. Tom took these 2 guys from New York that weren’t the best clients, I think they were lawyers of course. I got picked up and a huge storm rolled in when I got back to the lodge. Chris tried a few times to fly in and pick Tom up but he just couldn’t do it. It rained and rained all night long. All I could think about was this really stinks for Tom. I knew there wasn’t much wood out there and all they had was the lunch they took. Anyways as early as Chris could fly he went and got them. I was waiting by the lake when they pulled in. First the 2 clients hopped out looking like death warmed over and not happy, then Tom popped out with a big smile on his face as always. We got back to his cabin and he told me how they were freaking out about the bears coming to get them and complaining about no food, etc. So of course Tom never letting anything get him down tried to keep them busy by picking berries and collecting a little firewood. All night long they whined and were freaked out , but Tom held it together.Tom hopped off the plane after being out in the rain all night with a couple of bad clients and had a big smile on his face. It is just funny how he never let a crazy situation get him down.

Patrick