Terry Yocum a (respected & loved) member of our Fisherie family who passed away after enduring many hardships. Go back 6 months or so to search for posts by Cripp and you'll understand.  Dave

Terry was a beloved sportsman who touched the lives of everyone he encountered with his wit and iron will to overcome some very difficult life challenges.  He was a great friend to many and an inspiration to many more.

ORIGINAL: penrod


i've been away from the boards for a few years now. 

 
 
Wow Matt, It's been a long time since we've heard from ya.
Here's to lakeeriemonster .org
 
thanks for chipping in.
 dano
 
 

Amen NavyGuy.  The board is not the same without the Crip.  

I sent an email a few days ago and haven't heard anything... should I resend? 

FisherChic,
 
I've been caught up on my email all week.  I even took two pay pal's yesterday for the raffle.  You may resend an email to cr500_95@yahoo.com, PM pr just use Pay Pal too.
 
Thanks
 
Scott

ORIGINAL: CR500


Raffle tickets will be on sale from September 1 through October 31 for $25 per ticket.  To purchase tickets or to have some to sell please email me at cr500_95@yahoo.com.  I can take payment for tickets by cash, check or Pay Pal, I’ll cover the Pay Pal charges.  The drawing for prizes will be November 12 and all prizes will be shipped to the winners via USPS on November 15.  The prizes will be drawn from the first prize down to the last prize.  This will give every ticket purchaser the opportunity to win the top prizes.

I hope everyone will support this project as all proceeds will be given to Terry’s family.  It is very easy to say you are a “Friend of Terry” but now is the time to put your money where fingers are so to speak. 

1. Custom built 8' 4wt fly rod, Orvis Battenkill Traditional 3/4, Orivis Generation 3 4wt line in olive dun and backing.  For pictures of the rod being built, the reel and line, click here.
2. Custom built 9' 4-8lb steelhead spinning rod with Stradic 2500 and line.  For pictures of the rod being built, the reel and line, click here.
3. Custom built 10' 6wt steelhead fly rod, Orvis Battenkill Mid Arbor with line and backing.  For pictures of the rod and click here.
4. Refinished Bamboo rod and period correct reel.  For pictures of the rod and reel click here.
5. A new Temple Forks Outfitters 10' 5wt switch rod.  For pictures of the rod click here.
6. A never used Right McGill spinning rod.  For pictures of the rod click here.
7. Orvis Clearwater fishing vest.  For pictures of the vest, click here.
8. Orvis Clearwater Chest Pack.  For pictures of the chest pack, click here.
9. Wooden fly box filled with flies.  For pictures of the box and flies, click here.
10. Wooden fly box filled with flies. For pictures of the box and flies, click here.
11. Wooden Fly Box with flies.  For pictures of the box and flies, click here.
12. A sweet selection of two dozen dry flies.  For pictures of the flies, click here.
13. Better than 4 dozen dry flies.  For pictures of the flies, click here.
14. Two dozen streamers and nymphs.  For pictures of the flies, click here.
15. Another nice selection of steelhead flies.  For pictures of the flies, click here.
16. A nice selection of steelhead flies.  For pictures of the flies, click here.

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Only a few days left.

Hello all,
I have not been on this web site for some time. I do still fish Erie tribs, just not as often. I am very saddened to hear Terry has passed away. He was a nice guy I have talked with on the internet and once in person. My thoughts are with the family.
 
Dave

Thanks T.T.

I appreciate the help.  The lack of sales isn’t a big deal all in all.  We sold a few more today and in the end we'll help out a family a little bit.  I've spoken to Lorie and the effort is much appreciated while everything after that is just what it is.

I certainly wouldn't say I'm disappointed by this experience.  I've gotten to do some work with a bunch of people on this board behind the scenes and have to say I'm pretty encouraged.  Many were people I would have bet on helping out before starting this whole thing and they surely didn't disappoint.  They actually exceeded my expectations many fold.  Then there the newer people that I got to know because of this.  They are really a great bunch and generous to a fault.  I think that everyone involved did "T" proud and showed themselves to be of the highest quality.

My buddy was over this evening to drop off some eggs and get a look at his handle for a float rod.  He bought a ticket and was snooping in a box at the end of one of my benches.  It was the box that I put all of the odd materials and stuff in that would have been used to do the prototyping of the handles for the two rods that were originally for "T".  There was velcro, brass threaded inserts, a whole bunch of different bra parts from Joanne's and other stuff.  The bra stuff was one of the ideas I had for the strapping that was going to be used for his hand.  If it's soft enough for my wife's boob's than it surely would have been soft enough for "T"s hand.  I was looking forward to making a trip down every three weeks or so to do fittings and have a laugh with "T".  I kind of thought if he never was able to get to the water again we could have at least spent the winter jokin’ and smiling as best as possible.

Everyone eulogizes "T" and that's nice but to tell you the truth...  "T" had a head like a brick at times.  He could be a pain in the **** at times.  He had a great outlook at times.  He was a blast to fish with all the time.  My daughter loved him and checks the mail daily for envelopes for this raffle.  She doesn't fish with a vibrax spinner he gave her years ago so she doesn't loose it.  In the end "T" was just a guy like everyone else.  I don't have any fancy eulogy or any great tribute to post, for me???  I guess I'll just miss my friend.
 
Scott

Scott,
 
If you could, please send me your address in a PM.  I'll Have money for a ticket in the mail tomorrow.
 
Thanks,
-Tim

JMFLYFISHER,
 
I don't know yet.  We have around 50 here give or take, skip and TT have some in the mail and there are others still in the mail.  I'm fishing next week so I'll catch up late next week and get everything figured out.  We lost 1 spinning reel in shipping so the raffle will be purchasing that reel to replace the one that is somewhere in the USPS system.  Other than that everything went very smooth considering all the stuff passing back and forth in the mail.
 
Scott

Do you have 1 more ticket?
I can pay with paypal

Sent CR500 $25 by paypal

If the payment is made thru paypal can you still get a ticket is it closed.

Just got back from a 5 day trip for steel in NY.  I have emails and envelopes to sort through.  THe raffle will follow the schedule published on  the tickets and http://terryyocumraffle.com.