J Thomas Schrodt took up fly fishing for cold and salt water fish in 1985. This pursuit has carried him into more than a hundred waters, including rivers in New Zealand, Alaska, British Columbia, the lochs of Ireland and the salty flats off the Floriida coasts. His most exciting catches include a 22-inch cutthroat out of the Bitteroot in Montana, a 35-inch steelhead out of the Thorne River on the Prince of Wales Isle and a 30-inch rainbow from the Copper River in Alaska. Tom teaches fly casting and fishing in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Tom lives with his wife in Lexington, Kentucky.