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Not sure you guys heard but he died in a plane crash over the weekend.

As a fly fisherman I was a big fan of the Spanish fly, he will be missed.

That's terribly sad. Do you know if he was on a filming trip? I too always enjoyed his show when I saw it.

Sad day for a great fisherman, I knew him from tournements in south Florida back in the late 1980's. He was a true gentleman. RIP Jose.

Walter what I heard on Friday that he was flying his plane and crashed. He was the only one on the plane. He will be missed for sure.

Watched him often, this weekend Jose and a good buddy poled around some back ponds and ditches aound merrit island catching reds on chunks of bait, back to the basics so to speak...sad news indeed...a true fisherman...BH

Talked to a float plane guy out of Key West Saturday at the fbo in MIA. Apparently on a floatplane going to Everglades City to do some tv production work. Does anyone know if his Dad started the series, Chico Fernandez? Used to fly with his wife at the old gig. Sad day, fair winds...

Great person, fisherman and ambassador to the world of fishing. Our prayers to his family and friends.

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That sucks! I think the first time I saw him was back when The Walkers Cay Cronicals" first was on the tube and Flip Pallot was fishing with him. Shortly after that he had is own show.

I think it was tarpon in the Keys that he stripped to his skivies and dove in with rod and reel to avoid getting tangled in the pilings for a client he was fishing.

Great TV!

RIP

That was a great loss for the sport, his was one of the best fishing shows on TV and will be sorely missed. Perhaps he'll hook up with my brother in heaven and have some great fly fishing trips together, RIP.