Friday, March 16, 2018

BERNARD "LEFTY" KREH PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93!

THIS PAST WEEK FISHING HALL OF FAMER LEFTY KREH DIED AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS OLD!  HE WAS A MASTER FLY FISHERMAN  WHO FISHED WITH PRESIDENTS, ACTORS, AND ATHLETES!  HE AUTHORED 32 BOOKS AND CAST HIS LINE ON EVERY CONTINENT BUT ANTARCTICA!  ALWAYS RECRUITING NEW SPORTSMEN, REELING THEM IN AS HE DID THE 126 SPECIES OF FISH THAT HE LANDED IN HIS LIFETIME, FROM THE MONOCACY RIVER IN MARYLAND TO THE AMAZON WATERSHED!   MR. KREH WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN SERVING IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE!  IN 2006, LEFTY MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE 42 ANNUAL YORK, PA AREA SPORTS NIGHT!  HE GAVE A DEMONSTRATION ON FLY FISHING AND LECTURED FOR 15 MINUTES!  THE ORGANIZERS HAD A HARD TIME GETTING HIM OFF COURT, AS HE CONTINUED TO GIVE LESSONS ON FISHING!  AN ENTERTAINING EXCHANGE!


ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM LEFTY KREH!

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