Couldn't agree more, Byron. I've been in the golf business for many years and have attended a number of PGA conventions. IF a bigger named golfer would show up at them you might get a "Hello" from a few of the nicer pros, but mostly they are surrounded by their "people" and they don't stay there long at all. At the few large fly fishing and tying conclaves that I've attended the biggest names in the industry - A.K. Best, Joe Humphries, Taylor Streit, Lefty Kreh, just to name a few (basically all of them, actually) - have gone out of their way to spend lots of personal one-on-one time with me to show me tips and tricks and just spend time talking with me. I've always been extremely impressed by all of the fly fishing industry's "big" names and their courtesy.

Joe