{"id":9815,"date":"2016-12-27T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T20:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2016-12-28T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T22:15:21","slug":"a-wednesday-with-rusty-wallis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/a-wednesday-with-rusty-wallis\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wednesday with Rusty Wallis"},"content":{"rendered":"

BARRINGTON, RI \u2013 It all began with piss oak, actually.<\/p>\n

Back in February of 2013 I received an e-mail out of the blue from a fellow named Russ Wallis, writing in response to a Bearin\u2019s column I\u2019d written about long-ago smells of winter.\u00a0 It read as follows:<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cHi Brian,<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI am a fourth (and final) generation retired lobsterman from R.I.\u00a0 I enjoy all your writing, your book included.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Russ at the helm.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI had to be dragged in for supper that day.\u00a0 I would be banging frames together and smelling that beautiful oak until they hollered at me to come in the house.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cAnyway, thanks for the memories.\u00a0\u00a0I wish I could write like you.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got a million stories that will never be told.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cSincerely,<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cRusty Wallis (not the race car driver, the retired lobsterman).\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

The man put words on paper just fine as far as I was concerned.<\/i><\/p>\n

I wrote Russ back to thank him.\u00a0 \u201cMaybe we\u2019ll cross paths sometime when I venture down into that neck of the woods,\u201d I said.<\/i><\/p>\n

Well, it took nearly four years, but our
\npaths finally did cross.<\/i><\/p>\n

And was worth the wait.<\/i><\/p>\n

Grab a cup of coffee and join us at the kitchen table in Russ\u2019 Rhode Island home for a few vignettes from a 68-year life that is still being well-lived.<\/i><\/p>\n

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An early taste<\/b><\/p>\n

BR: Russ, how about an early saltwater memory?<\/i><\/p>\n

I remember going out with the Old Man when I was 4 \u2026 and I knew then and there that\u2019s what I wanted to do.\u00a0 After that, I\u2019d get him to take me with him whenever I could.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure I was a pain in the ass \u2013 but, boy,…<\/p>\n

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BARRINGTON, RI \u2013 It all began with piss oak, actually. Back in February of 2013 I received an e-mail out of the blue from a fellow named Russ Wallis, writing in response to a Bearin\u2019s column I\u2019d written about long-ago smells of winter.\u00a0 It read as follows: \u201cHi Brian, \u201cI am a fourth (and final) … <\/p>\n

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