Today is the 50th birthday for Sweetwater Fly Shop’s owner, Dan Gigone!!
Below is a photo of Dan when he first bought the fly shop nearly a half-decade ago.
This is what he looks like now
I’d like to wish him 50 more, but let’s be honest. So here’s to a great 2016 Dan!
Stop by the shop this week to wish Dan a Happy Birthday. At his age, who knows how many more opportunities you’ll have to see him.
To help celebrate Dan’s big day, here’s a list of 50 things that didn’t exist when Dan was born on
May 15, 1966
50. Smoke detectors
49. Smart Phones
48. Viagra
47. GPS
46. Justin Beiber
45. Sweetwater Fly Shop’s entire staff (other than Dan)
44. Sony Walkman
43. Handheld calculators
42. Hatch Reels
41. The computer mouse
40. Tinder
39. Bar-code scanners
38. Floppy disks
37. Welded loops for fly line
36. The VCR
35. Yeah, the freaking VCR
34. Pong, the first video game
33. Twix candy bars
32. Hacky Sacks
31. Post-it-notes
30. Bit coins
29. The Space Shuttle
28. The Livingston Rod Company
27. Isis
26. Roller blades
25. Hoverboards that catch on fire
24. Disposable cameras
23. Doppler Radar
22. Pac-man
21. Mrs Pac-man
20. Prozac
19. Electronic cigarettes
18. Pamela Anderson
17. Simms
16. HD TV
15. The Jacksonville Jaguars
14. Ice bikes
13. Gink
12. Bath salts
11. Every dog and cat on the planet
10. Three M&M colors
9. Energy Drinks
8. Soft contact lenses
7. Zoomba Robots
6. Harry potter
5. The internet
4. Disposable lighters
3. The Zika virus
2. Hahaha, seriously, the VCR
1. Dan’s unlucky. very unlucky, Gopro
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