Bud Chaddock learned two things from his father:

the allure of fishing and the value of a Union job.

vergil (Bud) Chaddock, a meat wrapper at a Safe - way store in Concord, learned many important lessons in life from his father.

Among them was the importance of working at a Union job. “My dad was a Union member from the 1950s through the ’70s,” Chaddock recalled.

“He worked in a shipyard and on a ship. He always said that Union jobs have better wages, benefits and job security. That stuck with me.”

Chaddock also acquired from his father a love for fishing and the outdoors. “When he lived in Minnesota, Dad was an avid fisherman, and a fur trapper and trader,” the younger Chaddock said.

Chaddock’s first job was in the commercial fishing industry. He subsequently worked for a boat builder.

Bud Chaddock poses with his wife, Donna, and their son, Justin, near their friend’s cabin at Kootenai Falls, Mont.

“I have a friend who owns a 28-acre ranch in Montana,” Chaddock said. “Our family [wife, Donna, and 11-year old son, Justin] spends two to four weeks there each year. His property has a creek on it that has six different kinds of trout.

It makes for terrific fishing.” He also enjoys offshore fishing for albacore tuna. About 20 years ago, Chaddock started collecting old lures and reels.

Chaddock is an active member of the Old Reel Collectors Association and the National Fish Lure Collectors Club. “We trade, sell and swap among ourselves,” he said. “Once or twice a year, I attend large trade shows in Santa Rosa or Bakersfield. But I don’t do that as much as I used to.”

When he is not fishing, Chaddock spends as much time as he can with his son, Justin. “He loves to go fishing, of course,” Chaddock said. “But he is also involved in a variety of other sports activities and I enjoy watching him participate.”