SAD NEWS.

I'M SO SAD TO HAVE TO REPORT THE DEATH OF NORMAN OWEN, WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY YESTERDAY AFTER LOSING HIS LONG FIGHT WITH LEUKEMIA WHICH THROUGHOUT ITS DURATION HER BORE WITH GREAT DIGNITY.

NORMAN, ONE OF THE LONGEST, MOST RESPECTED SERVING GILLIES ON THE WYE  WAS WELL KNOWN BY MOST LONG TIME WYE SALMON FISHERMAN.  HE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN ALL RESPECTS AND A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE WYE GILLIES ASSOCIATION AND HARDLY EVER MISSED A MEETING.  HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOWER RIVER IN PARTICULAR WAS UNSURPASSED AND HE PROBABLY SAW AS MANY WYE SALMON LANDED AS ANYONE ON THE RIVER TODAY. HE WAS AN EXPERT ROD BUILDER AND SMOKED A PRODIGIOUS NUMBER OF SALMON FOR HIS MANY FRIENDS ALONG THE WYE VALLEY.

HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM AND HIS FRIENDS IN RWGA IN PARTICULAR. HE CANNOT BE REPLACED AND ALTHOUGH  HIS KNOWLEDGE IS NOW LOST FROM US HE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY HIS COUNTLESS ACQUAINTANCES.

FUNERAL DETAILS WILL FOLLOW WHEN AVAILABLE.