On New Year's Eve 1998 Rodney proposed to girlfriend of 9 years- Gretchen Fyke. Jimmy James (born James A. Fyke; June 27, 1959) is an American multi instrumentalist. Within the Fleet there is still a small controlled fishery for eels using fyke nets. Jim Fyke held the position under Governor Phil Bredesen. Some fishing nets are also called fish traps, for example fyke nets.