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Feathers5 | September 17th, 2013, 9:16 am | |
Posts: 287 | I read on another forum that Mark has passed away. So sorry! | |
Wbranch | September 17th, 2013, 9:39 am | |
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2733 | This is a link to Mark's FB page. He was a heck of a great tier and from what I'd seen here on Troutnut a great guy. Very sorry to hear of his passing. https://www.facebook.com/mark.libertone | |
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years. | ||
Falsifly | September 17th, 2013, 9:45 am | |
Hayward, WI. Posts: 661 | His contribution will be missed. | |
Falsifly When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that." | ||
Feathers5 | September 17th, 2013, 10:04 am | |
Posts: 287 | Can someone find and post an obit? | |
Entoman | September 17th, 2013, 1:36 pm | |
Northern CA & ID Posts: 2604 | He was a professional artist with tremendous talent. His watercolors of angling scenes are beautiful. Wet flys were his area of tying expertise and he really expressed his artistry there as well. He loved to tie and fish soft hackles, flymphs and classic wet flies, especially wingless wets. He was always the gentleman. He will be greatly missed...Can someone find and post an obit? Spence - I believe you were closest to him here, would you do the honors? | |
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
Jmd123 | September 17th, 2013, 3:54 pm | |
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611 | RIP Mark. We will all miss you. Now you are fishing that Great River in the Sky, where I'm certain your soft hackles will all be exactly what the trout there want. Wish I had more to time get to know you, and fish with you... Jonathon | |
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
CaseyP | September 17th, 2013, 11:13 pm | |
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 653 | Mark was a great example of folks who will give forum members a lot of help just for the fun of it. Because of what he taught us here, I tie and fish wet flies every trip out. Thank you, Mark! We're going to miss you and your lovely art. | |
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra | ||
PaulRoberts | September 18th, 2013, 2:38 am | |
Colorado Posts: 1776 | Oh my. Goodbye, Mark. Your life was a rich one. Thanks for bringing a little of that to us here. | |
Gutcutter | September 18th, 2013, 7:02 am | |
Pennsylvania Posts: 470 | Mark E. Libertone Sr., 65, of 222 Madison Street, Wellsville, NY, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at home with his family at his side. He was born September 14, 1948 in Syracuse the son of the late Ernest and Ida (Demperio) Libertone. On August 23, 1969 in Solvay, NY he married Mary Elizabeth Torzon who survives. Mark asked that I remind all of you over the age of 50 to have a screening colonoscopy | |
All men who fish may in turn be divided into two parts: those who fish for trout and those who don't. Trout fishermen are a race apart: they are a dedicated crew- indolent, improvident, and quietly mad. -Robert Traver, Trout Madness | ||
Crepuscular | September 18th, 2013, 7:38 am | |
Boiling Springs, PA Posts: 923 | Thanks Tony. | |
Entoman | September 18th, 2013, 11:48 am | |
Northern CA & ID Posts: 2604 | Yes. | |
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
Jmd123 | September 18th, 2013, 11:53 am | |
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611 | Wow, that's one hell of a life well lived...he should be an inspiration to all of us. Thanks for posting this Tony, is that from a local newspaper or did you prepare that? Sounds like you knew him well. "...passed away...at home with his family at his side." That's how we should all go, surrounded by loved ones until the very end. And he had a very big family... "...International Brotherhood of the Flymph..." Wow, how cool is that? One of so many great accomplishments. As I said, I wish I had more time to get to know him. Rest in Peace, Mark, we'll all see you again someday, and by then you'll have all the best spots picked out for us to try your soft hackles in. Some say when we die, we go to a "better place". Well, if there's a better place for Mark, I'm sure it's loaded with trout and he is stringing up his fly rod right now as I write this. Jonathon | |
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
Jmd123 | September 18th, 2013, 1:39 pm | |
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611 | Not sure who said this, but I found a quote I consider most appropriate here: "There is no tragedy in a life well lived that runs its course. But there is loss." Jonathon | |
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
Adirman | September 18th, 2013, 5:09 pm | |
Monticello, NY Posts: 505 | Yes, I didn't know him, but saw him once at the Catskill Flyfishing Museum.Very sorry to hear it. | |
Oldredbarn | September 19th, 2013, 11:17 am | |
Novi, MI Posts: 2608 | http://www.danica.com/flytier/ This is Hans Weilenmann's site where you can find some of Marks flies. Look through the list of tyers until you find Mark Libertone. Jim Slattery is also there, as is Steve Williams. Steve gave me one of the last pins designed by Mark for the International Brotherhood of the Flymph last year up in Grayling. One of Hans' videos, "the Lil' Dorothy", is of Hans tying Marks wingless wet version of the Little Dorothea. He mentions in the vid that it is Marks fly. I spent a few days on my recent trip out west at Slattery's place called the Campfire Lodge...Jim's Fly Shop is there as well. Mark sent me there years ago to purchase Whiting hen sets. The shop has a room known as the room of hackle and you would not believe it unless you were standing there. Mark also was the first one that sent this macho-man in to Jo Ann Fabrics to purchase embroidery thread so I could tie flies like the Lil' Dorothy. I know that it really doesn't need to be said that Mark was "old-school"...In the obit above that Tony posted is Mark's address...I will just add the zip-code 14895 so maybe we all could go a little old-school and march down to a card shop and send the family an old-school card. Mark and his family were very close and their support helped him through the last couple years. Let them know he was one of us. As Tony also mentioned, Mark did not hesitate to let us know, that if he had had an earlier screening, things possibly could of gone a little differently for him. He and Tony burnt my ear until I went down and had a complete exam...It was so uneventful I can't remember it...It is important! I am heading up to Grayling to help clean up the Manistee. I have removed all the flies from my vest except the Libertone Box and will proudly wear my International Brotherhood of the Flymph pin... Thanks for everything, Tony! Spence | |
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively "Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood | ||
Jmd123 | September 19th, 2013, 11:55 am | |
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2611 | "I have removed all the flies from my vest except the Libertone Box..." WOW Spence! Your back will be feeling much better now...but what a great gesture of sacrifice to honor our fallen comrade. Gonna use them exclusively on your next trip? Do let us know how that turns out if you do, I might have to start tying some myself one of these days. Yep, I turn 50 in a few months, and my doctor told me to get a colon screening. Sound advice, thanks Mark (and Tony and Spence). Jonathon | |
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
Troutnut | September 20th, 2013, 12:03 am | |
Administrator Bellevue, WAPosts: 2737 | So sorry to hear about Mark. He was a fantastic artist, angler, and person. | |
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist | ||
Sayfu | September 20th, 2013, 2:20 pm | |
Posts: 560 | Frustrating...I made a post, and it didn't get posted? | |
Troutnut | September 20th, 2013, 2:38 pm | |
Administrator Bellevue, WAPosts: 2737 | Sorry about that Sayfu. You might be able to recover it using your "back" button on your browser. The servers hiccuped for a few minutes around the time you had that problem, but everything's working again now. | |
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist | ||
Martinlf | September 20th, 2013, 8:55 pm | |
Moderator Palmyra PAPosts: 3233 | Ave atque vale, Mark. | |
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell | ||
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