However this year I had the opportunity to hang with a person who truly helped to develop me as a fly angler. That man is Tom Rosenbauer and he as written many of the books that most of us read when we were just getting started or trying to take our angling pursuits to the next level. He has developed fly patterns and created one of the most downloaded pod-casts ever and has worked for The Orvis Company for over thirty years. You can find more out about Mr. Rosenbauer in an article by Fly Rod and Reel, Angler of the Year. He is a true steward of the sport of fly fishing, but you won’t hear him saying that. It was cool to sit and talk with both Tom and Joe Humphrey at the same time. Joe, who is also of one Tom’s fly fishing hero’s has attended Troutfest for the last three years along with Lefty Kreh and Bob Clouser. All of these men are living legends in the fly fishing loop.