One of the greatest ones is suddenly gone. Rest in peace, Flip. Thanks for all the stories.
| Photograph – William Hereford |
Words by Eddie Nickens…
There was always a distant horizon for him. Always a next
adventure. It was ever this way, and so it remains. Now the task will
be to hold the lessons close to heart, and stay the course he set, and
navigate the way without our North Star.
The family and friends of Philip “Flip” Pallot are
terribly saddened to share the news that Flip passed away on August 26,
2025, in Thomasville, Georgia, due to complications from surgery. This
was unexpected and unmooring for us all.
terribly saddened to share the news that Flip passed away on August 26,
2025, in Thomasville, Georgia, due to complications from surgery. This
was unexpected and unmooring for us all.
Flip was a searing light that streaked across the
sporting world for more than half a century, illuminating the
possibilities of wild places and the pursuit of adventure, and leaving a
comet’s tail of stories and insights and life lessons that
will never dim. He was an inspiration to 18-year-olds and 80-year-olds.
His passing leaves a gaping hole in our hearts, but one we will fill by
living forward in the many ways we have been changed through his
presence.
sporting world for more than half a century, illuminating the
possibilities of wild places and the pursuit of adventure, and leaving a
comet’s tail of stories and insights and life lessons that
will never dim. He was an inspiration to 18-year-olds and 80-year-olds.
His passing leaves a gaping hole in our hearts, but one we will fill by
living forward in the many ways we have been changed through his
presence.
For now—“Heads up,” Flip would say, “and shoulders back,
and don’t start your backcast until the line is straight and the fly is
moving.” We are not there yet, and so Flip’s family—wife, Diane,
daughter, Brooke; brother Scott; and granddaughter
Sora—ask for privacy, and his friends ask that all who knew the man and
love what he stands for take a quiet interlude and turn your eyes
towards his beloved Florida. It is, at this moment, 7:50 p.m. EST. It is
sunset in Mims, north of the Everglades, near
the banks of the St. Johns River, where Flip and his wife, Diane, have
lived for 23 years.
and don’t start your backcast until the line is straight and the fly is
moving.” We are not there yet, and so Flip’s family—wife, Diane,
daughter, Brooke; brother Scott; and granddaughter
Sora—ask for privacy, and his friends ask that all who knew the man and
love what he stands for take a quiet interlude and turn your eyes
towards his beloved Florida. It is, at this moment, 7:50 p.m. EST. It is
sunset in Mims, north of the Everglades, near
the banks of the St. Johns River, where Flip and his wife, Diane, have
lived for 23 years.
As for Flip, he asked for nothing other than a life lived
fiercely true. To all those who share in our grief, in his own sweet
words: “More to come. Bye for now.”
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