My Mount Rushmore

The recent issue of "Fly Fisherman" magazine presented an article entitled "Our Mount Rushmore" describing four men who the author believed were the most influential fly-fishermen in history. This made me consider whose likenesses I would carve into my own local "Mt. Rushmore" of fly-fishing influence.

The first choice is easy: Ralph Haney. When I'd graduated from high school and was looking for something to replace my high-school activities, most notably basketball, I saw Ralph and his son Randy fly-fishing one evening and thought I might try it. I came up with an outfit. On my first outing,...