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After a heroic military career and a successful business career in the advertising business, Gordon and his wife, Alice, came to the Miramichi in the early 's and developed a passion for the river and the Atlantic salmon. They acquired property near Doaktown, where they established their permanent residence in For many years, Gordon and Alice had many friends visit and angle at their pool, Harris Ledge. Many sportsmen were introduced to the area by Gordon, who would insist that they participate in the conservation movement and assist the museum.
He was frequently consulted during the establishment of the museum. Gordon was a long-serving and active director of the Miramichi Salmon Association. He was a fly-tier and expert on historical angling and rods and reels. Jonah Chipman, New Brunswick, Canada. He came to Doaktown as a young boy, and here attended school.
Ken was an excellent carpenter and for 42 years he was employed at Doaktown's only Woodworking Factory, which was located near the Doaktown Bridge. It was there he encountered the many anglers and guides as they came and went. He also served for several years on the Planning Advisory Council for the village. He has always had a great love and respect for all God's creatures and their habitat, but especially the Atlantic salmon.
He was concerned about environmental practices long before the idea seemed to catch on. Though many commitments only allowed him to be a part-time fisherman, he was a skilled one, and usually successful.
After Ken's retirement, he and his wife Juanita became loyal members of the Central Miramichi Historical Society which was the body responsible for the planning and building of this museum. He was involved with this facility from the beginning and acted as Chairman of the Building Committee. He was a Provisional Director, and still sits actively on the Board. He also acts as consultant when problems arise requiring his expertise. Through the years Ken and Juanita have supported the museum with their presence at fund raising events, and when they enjoyed better health one would usually find fresh flowers in the foyer, courtesy of the Jonahs.
Ken's advise to all retied fishermen: He was the son of the late Felix and Eva "Pichette" Arseneault. Clovis worked as a shoemaker for many years. On November 12, , he tied his first salmon fly and his love for fly tying began. He opened his shop at Atholville, NB in Jeannette can be remembered as saying, "Clovie knew what the fish liked". Arseneault, "The origin of the Rusty Rat". Arseneault's flies were sold worldwide and his scrapbook contains letters from both statesmen and business, too numerous to mention. Jack Lousma with several salmon flies tied by Clovis Arseneault.
This internationally known fly tier has been featured in many magazine articles including: In January of , J. He grew up and lived there for 32 years. He married Mary Julia Flanagan in and they were blessed with four children: Donnie, Darlene, Bernadette, and Linda. In , he moved to Howard and lived on the banks of the Miramichi River until his death on January 11, Mel grew up on the river. It was the love of his life and no kinder man than Mel ever stepped into a canoe.
He loved everything about the river and nature itself: As a boy growing up on the Cains River, Mel learned river ways as a necessity. He learned to canoe through turbulent waters where sometimes, ice flows or extensive log jamming was very much a reality. He would often canoe to the nearby community of Howard, at the mouth of Cains, in order to attend school, church, or many other functions.
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One could safely say that Mel grew up in a canoe and the river ways he gained in his youth served as an apprenticeship for his career as a fishing guide and canoe man. He was a tall, rugged river man usually spotted wearing a mackinaw jacket, breeches, and high, tightly laced leather boots. Mel continued to guide each fishing season for some forty years, working with the different outfitters: However, most of his years were spent at Charlie Wade's camps.
He began guiding in the thirties while still in his teens with Charlie Wade and Allen's Fishing camps. Charlie and Mel became lifelong friends. Mel also worked with his father John W. Brophy , a lumber contractor, at a very young age, rising before dawn and working in the lumber woods until dusk. However, he still looked forward each spring to fishing camps, the sportsmen, the canoes, the river-the love of his life and his dear friends.
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Mel guided until , the year he passed away. Guide Alexander "Sandy" Price, Jr. He married Ruby Catherine Stewart and they were blessed with one son, Lawney. Sandy started angling with a bush rod and homemade fly when only a young boy. He later became a licensed guide for Wilson's Sporting Camps, where he was employed on a regular basis for many years. It was during these years, that the angling skills he learned at an early age proved to be a great asset.
He was well known for his safe handling of a boat and for his excellent angling skill from a boat. While acting as a licensed guide for Wilson's, Sandy's woodworking abilities were notable. He constructed a number of wooden boats that were used for guiding and transportation purposes on the Miramichi River by Wilson's and their guides.
At Wilson's, Sandy was known for his pleasant personality and good sense of humor. He always had a good fishing story to tell the sportsmen, which brought a chuckle to their day. One morning on the veranda at Wilson's, the question arose as to if there were any fish in the river this morning. A certain guide was quoted as saying, "The river was so full of fish this morning, instead of crossing the Priceville Footbridge, I just walked across on the backs of the fish".
For a young man working on the family farm in Napan, the smelt fishery was a seasonal event. Only when he reached his middle years and moved to Doaktown did Eldon take up salmon angling. Eldon enjoyed leisurely fishing, and spent many enjoyable hours with his friends on the river and in the camps around the area. Eldon Taylor was born in Chatham, NB in He moved to Montreal as a young man and entered the food service industry where he worked for 20 years. Eldon married Helen Dickson in and they were blessed with two sons Brent and Byron. Eager to return to New Brunswick, he obtained a transfer and moved with his family to Moncton in Just a year and a half later, he purchased a retail business and moved once again- this time to Doaktown.
Not long after moving to Doaktown and settling down, Eldon was approached and asked to play a role in the founding of the Miramichi Salmon Museum. Serving on the Board of Directors of the Museum for many years, Eldon assisted with organizational and fundraising tasks that eventually bore fruit as the Atlantic Salmon Museum that we have today.
Eldon never caught the biggest fish and never with the famous, but his donation of time and effort played a key role in the conservation of this fine facility for present and future generations. Following his sudden death at age 55 in , Eldon's family asked permission to hold a reception in remembrance of him in the River Room here at the Museum. This Museum, that Eldon worked to bring to fruition, will always have a special place in the hearts of his family and friends.
Adams Sillarsville, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in a family of 9 children and started guiding at the early age of 12, with his father. Although he guided the lower reaches of the Matapedia and the Restigouche when he was a boy, he was first introduced to the upriver beats he loves best in by R.
Cullan's, then president of the International Paper Company. Richard quickly became Cullan's personal guide and confidant, and when Cullan "went to heaven, like all salmon fisherman and pretty girls", Richard was inherited by his successor, John Hinman. In , the Province of Quebec bought up the company's river holdings on the Matapedia and Causapscal rivers.
Richard now guides on the prime stretches, dubbed by anglers "the millionaires zone".
Former US president Jimmy Carter summed it up best when, after spending a week with Richard on the Matapedia, said, "Richard Adams is one of the five most impressive men I've ever met". On October 18, , the "Richard Adams Foundation, Inc" was founded to preserve, develop, sustain, and insure the survival of the salmon resource in the Matapedia river system.
He personifies the unaffected man in an unaffected setting, master of river and forest, so famous thereabouts that he has been sought out by Canadian television for interviews, is guest of and companion to millionaires, and, occasionally, even signs an autograph. Those who receive his letters, including corporation presidents, cherish them. Each signed, "Always Richard", which his sports will tell you, says it all. To Richard it's simple, "I try to please everybody the best I know how," he says, "and, I try never to dress better than my sport.
Do I love the salmon? Christ almighty, I guess I do. I owe the salmon everything. Do you think I'd be standing here right now with the likes of all of you- with so many friends and stories to remember- if it wasn't for the salmon? He was best known for guiding baseball legend Ted Williams, but Roy created his own legend on the banks of the river he loved.
Roy married Edna Brycie Curtis and together they raised 10 children. He started fishing when he was scarcely old enough to walk, and by the time he was 18, he was already an accomplished angler and guide. After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces from , he returned to his beloved Miramichi and settled into life as a fishing guide.
Perhaps no one has ever been better suited to his occupation. He could read more from subtle shifts and rolls of the river than many a seasoned mariner could discern from a raging storm at sea. His gentle, thoughtful manner and amiable disposition won respect from everyone who fished with him. His guiding companions included Mr. Roy played host to some of the most famous and powerful people from around the world. Just as surely as it molded the valley through which it courses so majestically, Roy's character was shaped by the Miramichi River: Ted Williams and Roy were the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn of the Miramichi; the former outspoken articulate, and challenging; the latter taciturn and courageous.
Leave it to Ted, then, to have the last word on his friend and fishing companion: He passes cum laude in a test of all the good things that a guide should do for his customer and for the future of the Atlantic salmon. For me, Roy and the Miramichi are inseparable and I can never think of one without the other. Silliker Sillikers, New Brunswick, Canada. He married Roberta Ruby and together they raised tow children.
At the youthful age of 14 years, Guy Silliker was guiding sportsmen. He wasn't suppose to be guiding; he wasn't of legal age, but times were tight and guiding was a sure dollar if a person could get hired. Age didn't have much to do with it, so long as you had some knowledge of the river, skill to handle a boat in turbulent waters of the Spring river run-off, and, of course, you had to know how to fish.
Guy inherited the fishing skill from his father. In the Spring of , a local outfitter by the name of Johnson brought in some sports and Guy Silliker was assigned to one, one that would point the way for Guy's love of fly tying. Cosseboom was his name. During his fishing intermissions, John Cosseboom showed Guy how to tie the famous "Cosseboom Special". This happened some 60 years ago, but Guy remembers it as though it were yesterday.
Guy started tying flies using a piece of yarn. They were streamer flies, tied on bait hooks. They were used for fishing Spring salmon. He then started using the hair from squirrel, deer, and ground hog for the wings on his flies regularly, practicing the patterns he got from friends or that he found in books. In the late 's, Guy joined the army and served his country until When he returned from the war, he started a carpentry trade and began tying flies again. By , Guy produced over 2, salmon flies. On of his creations is the "Little Falls Special", which he originated in He eventually quit tying commercially but continued tying as a hobby.
He still had lots of people who wanted to buy his flies, and, if he had what they wanted he would provide them, charging a buck a fly or a dozen for the price of ten. For any kid that is going to school, they got them supplied free of charge. One of Guy's favorite fly tyers was Fred Steup, a machinist from the States. He was also friend to Billy Brown, one of the greatest fly tyers New Brunswick could ever know.
Guy's favorite hair-wing fly is the "Irritator" or "Same Thing", a fly tied by his friend from Quebec. His favorite fully dressed patterns are the "Black Dose" and "Silver Grey". If you're looking for the earliest fly tyer from the Little Southwest Miramichi River, then Guy Irvin Silliker's "the guy" you're looking for.
Brophy Howard, New Brunswick, Canada. It was on the Cains River when Chris learned to fish for Atlantic salmon and the skill of poling a canoe. He worked in the woods at a very early age, which led to him becoming a self- employed trucker.
Chris guided at an early age for Wade's Fishing Camp, Dr. Vickers, Jr, and Jack Mac Dowell. Chris was a great fisherman, strong, and knowledgeable of every rock in the river's fishing pools. Chris could put his sport in the right position to catch a wily salmon, resting behind a protective rock. I respect Chris because of his knowledge and skill. I loved Chris because he made me feel important. He was patient and understanding.
Robinson wrote, "Chris and John, old-timers who have lived on the Cains all their lives, and have farmed and logged and fished and hunted along its banks in e very season, knew the habits of the sea-run brookies and knew where we were likely to find them. He was a wonderful husband and father. He died on January 24, He married Reta Sadie Allison Brown and they had six children. The late 's to early 's became the golden era for fly tyers and their creations of new and different patterns. One of the pioneers of the trade was the late W. As a young boy, Billy delivered papers for Max Aitken who published the paper in Newcastle.
Later, he drove a horse and wagon for Sargeants Livery Stable, driving sports to fishing camps on the Northwest Miramichi. It was at that time that he developed a keen interest in the sport of fly-fishing. As years passed, he worked as a shipper for a local wholesale grocery outlet. In the following years, he operated a Market Garden during the summer months and tied flies during the winter.
During the evenings, he would also make and repair fishing rods. Billy Brown started tying flies in He was not just a fly tyer, he was an outstanding fly tyer. He perfected the tying of Classic feather-wing patterns and was a master of the hair-wing patterns. One of his creations, the "Echo Beach", was originated in the 's. Billy fished extensively with it on the northwest branch of the Miramichi, his favorite river. Billy Brown tied hundreds and hundreds of Classic salmon flies and originated the "Miramichi Grey".
The preserved photographs of his work are proof of the ability and quality that this man possessed as a fly tyer. Although many of his flies are gone, we have been able to retain some used samples of his work. These, along with rare photographs, support the fact that W. He has been recognized in Arnold Gingrich's book, "the Well Tempered Angler", as a specialist in the art of fly tying. Billy loved a good fish story and the kitchen at the farmhouse on the Chaplin island road was the scene of many a yarn. His wife once remarked, "There were more fish caught in the kitchen than there were in the river.
He married Alice Price Long of Priceville and they had two children: Susan long Munn and Harrah Long. He lived in Porter Cove most of his life where he worked in the woods, with a cross cut saw no chain saws , cutting pulp and spudding pulp with a spudder. Audrey worked a short time at the gold mines in Ontario.
However, he spent the biggest part of his life guiding on the guiding on the Miramichi River a little over fifty years. Aubrey was a great, great lover of the river, swimming, canoeing, and fishing. He was his own best teacher at learning to fish and was a master at handling a canoe or wooden boat.
Along with fishing Aubrey began tying spring and summer flies. He tied flies for family and friends for over forty years. Aubrey was well respected by his friends and neighbors, with one of his best friends being Charlie Pond who lived just a short distance from Aubrey's home. When Charlie didn't have any fishermen at the camp, he would call Aubrey on the phone and say, "Come on down and catch yourself a fish". Aubrey accomplished almost everything he set his min to.
He was the resident barber, cutting hair for many of the locals with the old hand clippers, brush, comb, and scissors just ask Keith Pond. He loved tying flies, playing bingo, growing pansies, growing a great vegetable garden, and picking fiddle hears. Aubrey loved the outdoors. Aubrey was very witty, had a great sense of humor, was a great husband and father. He died on January 13, and will always be greatly missed and remembered by all. His first challenge carried him all the way to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown; his second goal earned him a place in the Atlantic Salmon Hall of Fame.
Born in San Diego, California on August 30, , Ted fished dozens of species in all parts of the world but fish that captured his everlasting respect and admiration was the Atlantic salmon. It was his refuge from reporter's questions, his escape from the demands of professional sport. Asked if he still thought about the river, Williams, then 82, replied "Every day. He authored a book entitled " Fishing the Big Three", in which he calls the Atlantic salmon "the fightingest game fish" of them all. He and longtime friend and guide Roy Curtis were a formidable team and Ted proudly referred to them as "then best one-two punch on the Miramichi River.
Gillespie grew up on the Miramichi and early learned a love of the river from his father"The experience I had with my dad and the river was wonderful. Gillespie started tying flies when he was ten years old by watching his two older brothers, and father tie flies. He has since gone on not only to tie flies for catching fish, but also to catch the fisherman by producing framed salmon flies that now grace walls and offices around the world. His favorite hair-wing fly is the "butterfly" with a red butt.
His favorite feather-wing fly is the "Thunder and Lightning. But it was himself who was caught. Since then he has been a life-long lover of the river and one of its strongest supporters. He has passed this love to his family, friends and the Boys Scouts, organizing many canoeing trips from them. Gillespie continues to love and promote the lore of the Miramichi River. He follows his father Max into the Hall of Fame. Not content to stop there, he also wrote a series of books about Rose, drawing on stories she told him as a child and tossing in a few creative liberties.
HarperCollins was similarly discontented, as they smelled a zombie franchise in the making - nearly half a century later! HarperCollins also published books about Mary Ingalls and Nellie Oleson, and Old Town in the Green Groves, a book about the "lost years" Laura felt were too painful to include in children's books, written by Cynthia Rylant.
These extra books vary in quality and success at emulating the charm of the originals, but all are interesting portraits of "America's favorite pioneer family. Laura's autobiography Pioneer Girl, which she initially tried to publish before re-writing her life story as the Little House books, will be published in October A television adaptation began airing in Carrie was Adapted Out of the story. You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account. Oh, nothing ever comes out right for me! I don't know why, but it just never does.
Young lady, you are suffering an attack of defeatism. Do you think your mother and father would have survived if they sat around bemoaning life's every little stumble? Rose shakes her head And look at me bitter chuckle. My grand scheme to have my family close to me in Louisiana. My poor sister Laura died. My husband died, and then his family descended upon me like a flock of vultures. Do you hear me groan about my terrible life?
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