Ron Cordes, PhD, JD, has had an extensive, worldwide career in fly fishing from Alaska and Lapland in the northern hemisphere to Rhodesia and New Zealand in the southern. He has served as an editor on both Fly Fisherman Magazine and Fly Fishing Heritage and has published, lectured, and instructed on fly fishing throughout the world. His book Lake Fishing with a Fly has been considered the cornerstone of lake fly fishing in the US.