A good man has left us

[blkpowder]

For everyone familiar with Yellow Creek and its keeper,Fred Sherlock. Please extend your prayers for Fred and his family. Fred left us this past Tuesday. He’s in fishermen's heaven now.

 

[McSneek]

May have run in to him on the stream once. Regardless, much appreciation for all he did for Yellow Creek. May he rest in peace.

 

[goodfortune]

I fished Yellow quite a bit when I lived in PA, and I have fond fishing memories there. I'm sad to hear of Fred's passing.

My condolences to his family.

 

[Maurice]

Ah, that is sad news. He will be missed.

 

[OldLefty]

Sat in his garage with him and Randy Buchanan more than once talking fishing and other stuff. Sorry to hear that he passed.

 

[dryflyguy]

Old Fred had a sign on his house - right along the creek - that said "If you're lucky enough to live on the water, you're lucky enough"
And I always thought how lucky he was indeed, to live beside that beautiful limestoner.

I always enjoyed chatting with him, while keeping an eye out for risers.
He did so many good things for that stream - I always referred to him as the river keeper.
He will truly be missed

 

[Acristickid]

If you parked in the lot in April-June ,you most likely ran into Fred as he handed out flyers for the Yellow Creek coalition. Always appreciate the landowners generosity. Sad to hear the news.

 

[Redfin]

Did he have to white long beard?

 

[dryflyguy]

Redfin wrote:
Did he have to white long beard?

No - that would be Charlie. He's another generous landowner - who lives on the upper end of the FF section.
I often ran into he and Fred working on the road leading to the parking lot, or doing other projects along the stream

 

[Bruno]

Cheers Sir - seems like he tried to live life right. I had the pleasure of having met him several times.

 

[redietz]

I didn't know him, but knew of him. I'm sorry to hear this.

 

[albatross]

Sorry to lose him. I enjoyed many hours at Fred's"petting zoo" as I liked to refer to it. May he rest in peace.

 

[zenriver]

So sorry to hear of Fred's passing. A true gentleman and so devoted to his beloved Yellow Creek

 

[blkpowder]

albatross wrote:
Sorry to lose him. I enjoyed many hours at Fred's"petting zoo" as I liked to refer to it. May he rest in peace.

After time,Fred would let me help myself to the puppy chow for the fish. I would only do so after I had taken someone fishing and they had thoroughly fished what I called,Fred’s section. Every time,I would ask who ever I had in that section,how many do you see or how many fish do they think is in that run. Then I would toss the chow and the look on the other anglers face when fish exploded out of the water before the pellets even hit the water. Priceless! lol

 

[blkpowder]

zenriver wrote:
So sorry to hear of Fred's passing. A true gentleman and so devoted to his beloved Yellow Creek

He really did care! If you haven’t been on that stream for a while,my buddy who lives near Fred has been doing some stream work to improve some sections. The last two years,mostly right at Fred’s. Fred had arranged for a small crew of young adults from adelphoi correctional facility come down and my buddy supervised the work. Fred just praised those young men over and over.