The passing of a member of our Kayak family

Some sad news- yesterday morning one of our kayak family members passed away -Kevin "Tinker".

Oh no. RIP TINKER!

Sad. I met Kevin in 2011 and had the pleasure of fishing with him several times on the south coast. We sere exchanging emails about fishing a week ago.

Sorry to read this. I always enjoyed reading his posts. Wishing peace for his family and friends.

He asked for a Viking funeral.  He might have been serious about that.

He was always generous with his time, I’ll miss our chats.

sad to hear this but I think he would want us to keep fishing.  I vote for Viking funeral. 

So sorry to hear this.  I dont know if you all know this but Kevin was one of the founding members of our Heroes On the Water - North Oregon Coast chapter.  He helped us develop a lot of our flyers and other print items.  He was always willing to help us out when we asked.  Rest in peace my friend.

I never met him in person, but corresponded with him enough to know that behind his grumpy facade, he was a good and generous guy. Sent me a ton of flies, unsolicited, when he heard I dabbled with the bug wand. I still lack the patience and skill to be any good with fly fishing, but seriously admire his dedication to the art.

I had just sent him some books on Oregon fisheries, and by the way he spoke, seemed like he was still making plans to fish, made me think he was doing a lot better. His passing was was unexpected to me, and many others, I assume. I regret that I never got to fish with him. Hoping he's catching monster steelhead in the river in the sky!

That’s a hard blow to the heart!! He was a great man and a true friend. Our condolences to his family.
Rest in piece Kevin I’ll fish with when I get there!!