Phone Bush an update

[Alan]

Phone was hospitalised for most of 2021 after chemo treatment.

He is now home having lost weight from 15 stone to 11 and a half.

Fingers crossed ?

[Jerome]

Thanks a lot for the update. Fingers crossed indeed. Chemo is so hard...

[SoCalCarper]

Prayers for phone bush and his family as they go through this 

[Savayman]

Thanks Alan for letting us know. Please pass on our best wishes from everyone at CAG and continue to keep us updated.

[(TN) Cannonball]

Best wishes for Phone and the family. Chemo isn't fun, to say the least.

[Ken]

  My wife finished a year of chemo and radiation last fall and I know how evil this disease is.  I give my sincere best wishes to Phone and his family.

[Carlymoomoo]

Back when Neil Stern got me into carping about a dozen years ago, Phone was my go-to source for all things carpy.  Hope he gets better soon!

[buzzbomb]

I've just seen this; has there been any update? 

[Alan]

Phone is a regular contributor to Anglersnet forum but has not visited it since 5 June, having previously posted that he was scheduled to be released from rehabilitation to go home about 1 May.

Nothing further I am afraid.

[(TN) Cannonball]

Keep us posted on Phone's status. I would like know what he has forgotten about carp fishing.

[Alan]

Deeply saddened to share this…

William “Bill” Warder, 80, passed away Monday, July 12, 2021, at St. Luke’s Northland Hospital. Bill was born April 20, 1941, in Independence, MO to Robert Lee and Lucille Jeanette (Ward) Warder. Bill was a graduate of the William Crisman High School in Independence. He was owner/operator of Air Freight Central located at the Kansas City International Airport for over 30 years, until his retirement. For many years, Bill was an active member of the Weston, MO community, and will be fondly remembered as an enthusiastic umpire by the local ball players and fans. He was a member of the Weston Masonic Lodge #53 A.F. & A.M. and was an avid fisherman and golfer. Bill was preceded in death by his parents; and his first wife Phyllis (Reeves) Warder. He is survived by his current wife Natalyia Valentinovna Denisova; his children Kristie Reese of Phoenix, AZ, Brooke (Eric) Mosier of Weston, Meghan (Dave) Lowry of Fernandina Beach, FL, Jay (Tracie) Warder of Maryville, MO, and Elizabeth Warder of K.C., MO; grandchildren G. Brandt (Lauren) Schlick, G. Benjamin (Jessica) Schlick, G. Baxter Schlick, Whitney D. Warder, Jenson R. Lowry, Devin J. Lowry, and William R. Lowry; great grandchildren, (who called him “The Wizard”), Dexter Schlick, Liberty Schlick, Marlowe Schlick, Rylan Gardner, Blake Gardner, Adam Schlick, Lucas Schlick, Jacob Schlick, Remi Moran, River Moran, Rhrett Moran, Aria Moran, Piper Moran, Jax Moran and Avery Hamrick; brother Robert A. (Dora) Warder of Raymore, MO; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends. Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions can be given to the Weston Sports Association in c/o Shane Davis.

 

[Savayman]

Does anyone have some photos of Phone? Ideally holding a carp?

 

[buzzbomb]

Man, I don't know if I ever saw a pic of him with a fish.  I think there was a photo of him posted once  but can't be sure.  RIP Bill.  

[Alan]

Yes Buzzbomb, there was a photograph on here of Bill sitting in a blue chair, rod by his side, and turning his head round to smile at the cameraman. The thread was about  organising a fish-in as a tribute to him if I remember correctly.

[pacarper]

Took a bit searching, but found a couple pics of Phone on the original CAG website(that was once maintained by the infamous Oatmeal Jack) from 2002 here:

 

Phonebush & Phonebush with grandson Brandt

http://www.geocities.ws/cyprioman/Fishins/OK2002/OK2002.htm

I was fortunate enough to meet Bill on a couple different occasions, and he was quite the character(online and in person) that will be missed.

Edited October 18, 2021 by pacarper

[Savayman]

Thanks for the photos. Very much appreciated and if ok we'll use them in NACA magazine.

[buzzbomb]

Zebco 33 and an Ugly Stick.

[(TN) Cannonball]

16 hours ago, buzzbomb said:

Zebco 33 and an Ugly Stick.

One must start somewhere. My wife wishes, after looking at my carp gear, that I was still starting!

Many thanks for the photos and the kind words about Phone. Curious, anyone know how he got his "name?"

[Alan]

16 hours ago, (TN) Cannonball said:

Curious, anyone know how he got his "name?"

It went something like… he was struggling for a poster name when the phone in front of him and the bush outside the window supplied the answer.

Here’s a classic from AnglersNet…

 

Hi all (again)

Oldtimers will remember me as Phonebush.

I got booted from my usual haunt on CAG (USA forum) from member status to guest status. Not much a "guest" can do on CAG so I thought I'd "catch up" on your side of the pond. Usually pay my CAG dues at an event but haven't been able to go to a single one this year. To old to start messing with money transfers on the internet. It's like electricty - don't trust what you can't see.

Anyway, I'll stumble around a bit and not doubt "say something" as I use shoepolish with toothpaste in it. Serves two purposes when I have my foot in my mouth.

Phone

Posted July 24, 2011

[buzzbomb]

On 10/20/2021 at 8:52 AM, (TN) Cannonball said:

One must start somewhere. My wife wishes, after looking at my carp gear, that I was still starting

Ha ha, unless memory fails, the Zebco 33, Uglystick, and #4 snelled hook was what Phone used and recommended for starters and finishers alike.  Just a quirk I remembered, although what he is probably known for worldwide is his White Paper.  He had me adding brewer's yeast to boilies for the chitin for awhile.

Edited October 25, 2021 by buzzbomb

[Carpsava]

Very sad indeed, phone was certainly a unique character, I think he enjoyed carp fishing banter, probably more than carp fishing. His sense of humour was  classic, the world will be a duller place without him.

RIP Phonebush