Recollections of Tom Murray

Recollections of Tom Murray

By Rory E. Glennie

My first real opportunity to get to know Tom Murray was when a group of like-minded folk gathered to form the Comox Valley Fly Fishers club. Individually, we had all been heavily involved with various fisheries related conservation federations, either at the local, Provincial or National level, and wanted an association where all the tedious work of dealing with bureaucrats would be cast aside in favour of just plain fishing camaraderie. At that time my only knowledge of Tom was that he could throw a championship cast with a fly rod and had created his Rolled Muddler fly pattern. Through our fly club association Tom became better known to me as an experienced, very knowledgeable, generous mentor to whomever needed a helpful fly fishing hand.