I was born in Pittsburgh in 1959. When I was 3 months old, my family relocated to Colorado Springs. I did spend a few years in Nebraska and Iowa, thanks to the company I worked for. My memories of the mid-west all revolve around the weather. We have winter in Colorado but it's just a dusting compared to the mid-west. The summers were no picnic either. We bought mosquito spray by the case. But surprisingly, I found some of the best fly fishing in Iowa and Minnesota I'd ever encountered. I was inspired and began to write my first book...Trout Among The Corn Fields. The unfinished draft is in the...