David Klausmeyer (1958-2025). Picture through Fly Tyer
I was distressed to discover of the death of my old pal, Dave Klausmeyer, who functioned as the editor of Fly Tyer publication from 1994-2023. He passed away on November 24, after a long fight with an uncommon kind of lymphoma. According to a Facebook post by his partner, Diane, Dave stayed favorable the whole time, that makes best sense to those people who understood him.
I initially fulfilled Dave in the summertime of 1998, when I showed up in Vermont to take the helm of American Angler, which was released by the exact same business as Fly Tyer He was exceptionally inviting and took me on my very first journey into the Green Mountains to capture wild, native brook trout. An excellent bear of a male– I utilized to describe him as Dave “The Man-Mountain” Klausmeyer– he had a loud, contagious laugh and was constantly readily available to shoot the breeze about such varied subjects as blues guitar players, bamboo rods, and William Shakespeare.
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At the time, Dave was residing in Steuben, in the remote Downeast area of Maine. He ‘d invest the work week in Bennington, and after that drive 7 hours home for the weekend. One time, at a customer program, Dave invested a very long time speaking with among his numerous fans. As the guy strolled away, Dave turned to me chuckling and stated, “That guy resides in Portland, however believes he’s from Maine“.
Although I would not state that Dave had no ego, he did not care a jot for self-promotion. In between modifying Fly Tyer for nearly thirty years and composing more than a lots books on the topic, he was plainly amongst the more prominent figures in fly connecting over that duration. He taught many individuals to progress tiers and anglers, and he did it with no airs or pretentiousness. That is an uncommon bird, undoubtedly.
Simply a few of Dave’s numerous exceptional books on connecting.
We collaborated for a years and remained in touch sporadically throughout the years because. Our last long text discussion remained in February, where I recommended that we satisfy in the center and fish someplace, and he reacted by stating, “Let’s seek to the fall. We constantly had a good time together.” We sure did, Dave, and and I’m sorry we will not get the possibility to do it once again.
Click here to read David Klausmeyer’s obituary in The Ellsworth American
