"Crossing Over" by Bob White is a signed and numbered fine art print in an edition of 300. The image size is 13.5 x 19 inches.

The image is printed on 100% cotton Moab Entrada cold press fine art paper. Shipped in a flat crate to US and Canada addresses via USPS.

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About the Image

It was during my first summer in Alaska, while learning to be a fishing guide, that I met Jack.

Like the heroes of my youth, Jack was bigger than life. Well over six foot tall, with hands the size of small hams, Jack’s physical presence was only eclipsed by his experiences. He had hunted and fished all over the world. He’d shot big game in Africa, fished from Alaska to Argentina, and was a fly-casting champion at the San Francisco Casting Club back in the 50′s and 60′s. He knew double guns, bamboo fly rods, bird dogs, and whisky. He was my best man when Lisa and I were married at the lodge, and I can honestly say that not seeing him once or twice a summer was the hardest thing about my short hiatus from Alaska.

After a couple of seasons of not fishing with Jack, I came to the realization that we might not see each other again. With that realization, it occurred to me just how much I’d like to have a set of Jack’s fly rods… not so much for the fishing, as for the holding. I asked Jack if he might trade me a set of his bamboo rods for a painting. Several weeks later a package arrived with two classic Winston rods, made for him by Doug Merrick.

I’ve fished those rods on the little Mill Stream, behind the studio, and have caught some nice brook trout with them. But, to be honest with you, it’s not the fish that I remember, it’s the time spent with my old friend, Jack.