Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I wish you an eternity of peace Bryan.  You will be missed.  Sincere condolences to his family. 

So sorry to hear this. May he rest in peace and my condolences and deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

Rest in Peace Bryan.

Rest in peace Bryan, god bless you and your family, godspeed my friend!

Rest in peace brother. The rail won't ever be the same without you.

Sending prayers to his family and friends. What a sad loss.

Sad news, my condolences to Bryan's family and his many friends - he will be sorely missed...

Mike

Rest in Peace!

Very sad to hear.
May God bless Kehli and the children with comfort and peace.
Pray for them each day as they go through the healing process.
May God also bring peace and comfort to all Bryan's friends who are hurting as well.

Rest in peace, Bryan. Wish we'd all gotten to hang out together. The many times on the phone were warm and genuine conversations and it just doesn't seem like enough. Our love to your family.

 Sending healing prayers

Very sad news. 

Bryan was one of the good ones and will be missed on this site.

Rest in Peace and condolences and prayers to his family.

We have lost one of the greatest.  One only needs to spend a little time around here to see the impact Bryan made to this community.  May God watch over Bryan's family who I hope take some comfort from the life that he lived and the impact he made on so many.

his wife, kehli, will be going through the painful process of sorting through all of the stuff that bryan had.  khanh is our local rod guy and will be helping with all of the rod building gear and the old blanks.  i'm going to inventory his fishing gear and start putting items up for sale.  but there are also tools, boat gear, and who knows what else.  the guy was something of a collector and never threw anything away.  there is also much work to be done around the house.  i already pressure washed all of the concrete in the front of the house.  i'll need to clear the back deck and pressure wash that.  i'm thinking saturday mornings.  we'll see.  it's going to take a while to sort out.  for you guys that are local, i'll post up when i'm headed over.  for the rest of you, there will be items up for sale.  if you see something that you can use, let me know.  thanks!  alan

the last two weeks were just brutal.  when bryan was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer months ago, it had already spread.  there were several investigational trials that he could not join because he had a liver transplant 20 years ago.  when the cancer spread to his liver, he started accumulating fluid in his abdomen.  the pain was described as a 12 on a scale of 10.  after winding up in the ER, his surgeon finally tapped the fluid.  he drained out a gallon.  that brought his pain down to something manageable.  the fentanyl patches and oxycodone worked well enough that he, and his family, were actually able to get some sleep. 

two nights ago, i got a call from kehli, saying that i should come over.  bryan's father, a couple of aunts and a couple of cousins were all there from hawaii. khanh came over, and well as a friend from their church.  he was asleep the whole time, breathing heavily.  we left that evening without him ever waking up.  he passed away hours later, yesterday morning. 

with a loss so close, i think that it is important to understand that different people mourn in different ways. and there is no wrong way.  for some, there is an overwhelming outward display of emotion.   for the men in our family, we have always worked.  we deal with the loss by taking care of the people around us and doing all the things that need to get done.  i think i'm going to be pretty busy the next few months.