William Tapply a well know New England writer and son of H G “Tap” Tapply passed away Tuesday at his N H home after a 2 year battle with Leukemia. He wrote a number of books including many outdoor books mostly about fishing, compiled a book of “Tap’s Tips” his father’s famous column for Field & Stream.
I guess growing up in New England many of his articles and books were very familiar to me because of the geography and the people. I went on his website tonight and saw the extensive list of all the books and articles he has written and one in particular caught my attention “Why I Hunt”. Here is a line from that article that seems somewhat fitting at this time;
I hunt because it links me with the boy I used to be and with the young man my father was then.
I hunt because it keeps my passions alive and my memories fresh and my senses alert even as my beard grows gray, and because I fear that if I stopped hunting I would become an old man, and because I believe that as long as I hunt I will remain young.
We should all stay forever young. Mr. Tapply was 69. RIP
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