theSURF121 Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Another loss from our NoFo fishing family. Just received word that "Irish" Dave Browne has passed away. A true gentleman and friend who will sorely be missed! Edited May 20, 2022 by theSURF121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinthedark Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 Sorry for your Loss..... RIP Irish Dave Brown I Fish therefore I Lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPR61 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Sorry to hear of the loss. He was a really nice man. Funny story of how I met him. I was just learning how to fly fish and after my third Albie by luck and sticking him in the vest with a fly, he turns to me and says isn't it time for you to go home. We both laughed and from that day on I enjoyed conversating with him any time I had seen him. Nite_Bite_00, reelfire and t_man7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelfire Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Shared many a tide with him. He could bust balls with the best of them. Id like to believe theres a beach in heaven and him and Jimmy tshirt are fishing for eternity. RIP and keep stripping Dave. MadWader 1 If you aren't fishing on the edge, you are probably blocking the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysully Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Dave was a dear flyfishing friend of ours. We will always miss him. David Browne, 85 By RiverheadLOCAL May 20, 2022, 2:07 pm David Browne of Laurel died on May 18, 2022. He was 85 years old. The family will receive visitors on Wednesday, May 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be held following the visitation at 1 p.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue. OnlyChunk, MadWader and reelfire 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSURF121 Posted May 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 MadWader and reelfire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelfire Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 2 hours ago, theSURF121 said: He loved that rod, even though it wasnt a fly rod. If you aren't fishing on the edge, you are probably blocking the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orca Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 Sorry to hear of Dave’s passing. We shared a number of long walks along the North Fork. Always good company and if we were blessed good fishing. R.I.P. Dave Browne reelfire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakalolo Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 Godspeed Dave! He was a great fisherman and friend , slante! reelfire 1 IN FAVOR OF COMMERCIAL FISHING AND SURFING THE NORTH SIDE MAY THE RICH GET RICHER!! FISH ARE FOOD!! UA MAU KA EA O KA AINA IKA PONO O HAWAII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazerp Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 Hope to see some of you all at the various services ... He was a good fisher. Morone Saxatilis... God put them in the Surf to take them, not in the freaking boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysully Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 So impressed with all the visitors at Dave Browne's wake this morning. Friends, neighbors, fishermen we knew and didn't even know but all agreed that Dave Browne was a great among us all, friendly, knowledgeable and always happy to offer advice + flies that he'd tied. All of us who have fished with Dave on both the North Fork of Long Island + Montauk/Shinny know, he will always be remembered. We even made close fishing friends of Dave's, because of him:) On his memorial prayer card we selected at the funeral home showing his mega redfish caught in Florida, there was a notation on the bottom along with the "Fishermen's Prayer" : Most fish caught in one day: 105 striped bass @ Shinnecock, Long Island (2006). We, personally, were there on the Shinny Jetty one fall when Dave caught, right next to me, his 100th albie, in just the one month they showed up at the S.Jetty! He later caught 118 albies from that Shinny Jetty he loved that fall season. While he loved catching albies, he really did love catching stripers the best, he told me. At his wake, I saw a beautiful photo of his largest shore flyfishing caught striper, caught around Pike's or other south shore surf beach in the fall he told me about but I never saw the photo. It looked to be almost 50", shore caught, ON A FLY ROD! RIP, old pal, Dave! We'll really miss you and your Irish spirit! Surfratiam, reelfire and pakalolo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazerp Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 Could only catch a bit of the mass & heard that he had 11 siblings. Here's a few of his flies ... reelfire 1 Morone Saxatilis... God put them in the Surf to take them, not in the freaking boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 Always a pleasure to meet and fish with. Tough old bugger he would walk, fish,walk,fish, walk....repeat. Even when he was on chemo, walk, fish, walk.....Dave had a high end Irish import business up west. He told me that his best customers were Jewish? Because they knew quality. Go figure. All the best fishing to you sir. reelfire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripedbass50lbs Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 The Long Island Surf Fishing Community has lost A True Gentleman. Rest In Peace Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWader Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 '' Irish Dave '' one damn good caster... R.I.P. reelfire 1 ……I began to try to explain…that it just wasn't …just wasn't ….what it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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