{"id":262416,"date":"2023-11-29T19:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?p=262416"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:09:37","slug":"auto-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?p=262416","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Ian Colin James"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">REMEMBERING<\/span><br \/>Ian Colin James<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Although his website has been taken down it still can be accessed as an archive <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210830153101\/http:\/\/www3.sympatico.ca\/ianjames\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His writings carry that special wit and Scottish dryness. These pages are a treasure to our fly-fishing fraternity.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ian-Colin-James.jpg?resize=328%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ian-Colin-James\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ian-Colin-James.jpg?w=328&ssl=1 328w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ian-Colin-James.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" class=\"wp-image-262420\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">Ian Colin James, passed away on 29th June, 2015,\n\nHis remarkable wit, impeccable aplomb, profound wisdom, captivating writings, enlightening teachings, unwavering honesty, devoted students, and unyielding guile proved his lasting impact.\n\nAs the rain poured and the Grand River surged into a torrent, Ian peacefully transcended into eternity.\n\nIt was not an overdose of epoxy, the daily chaos of Brassy Asses he tied, or the losses of the Scottish Rugby team that led to his departure.\n\nIt was simply his time, catching us all off guard.\n\n<p>Ian, we will forever miss you in our own fleeting lives. Toodles.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remembering Ian Colin James - Izaak Walton Fly Fishing Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Izaak Walton Fly Fishing Club, Fly Fishing Club, Fly fishing, Fly fishing Canada, fly fishing Ontario, Fly tying, Fly fishing tips, fly fishing information,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?p=262416\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering Ian Colin James - 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