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Redbone's founding father

By David Jones
ESPNOutdoors.com

Friday, November 14, 2008

Gary Ellis is a driven man. He used to be driven by passion for the flats and its finned inhabitants, evidenced by his necklace which sports a redfish and a bonefish crossed, but since 1984, he has found a new drive. That was the year his daughter, Nicole, was born and diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. "I was told the news, and thought, 'What in the heck is cystic fibrosis?'" Ellis said. "It's really scary when you hear your baby's got some disease you've never heard of before. Once we heard from ...

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