dee thomas
d ee t h omas
by jody only
another day with the legend
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o many it is a day like any other; to me it is a day to remember. it is
another day that i was invited to spend with the “Father of Flippin” dee
Thomas. is it too cliché to say...The man, the myth, the legend? Maybe...
maybe not. Some people know the man and many have heard the myth; but every time i sit in the “visitor’s chair” in the bait-filled garage, i know i am sitting
next to a legend.
The time always passes quickly, filled with stories from a years gone by. The trail
Thomas took throughout his fishing career is still recalled with extreme precision.
The many championships, the baits, the partners, the people, the sponsors, the
changes, even some of the heartbreaks make their way into the tales.
on this day i ask, “Hey dee, you sure you don’t want to talk about giving birth to
the Flippin’ technique?” The fishing icon thought for a moment and again declined
saying, “Not for this, this is about today, guys already know about that; that was
yesterday. another day, another day, we will talk about that.”
So, we went fishing. We talked and we fished and again the dee-
ism’s that make up one of the most famed fishermen within the
industry flowed freely. He touched upon today’s tournaments, the
trail he took and the tidal water fishery that he calls home.
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