Tom has enjoyed the pastime of fly-fishing and fly tying for well over 60 years. – starting at the age of 8 years old which is when he tied his first fly. His passion has taken him to various locations where he has fished for salmon, trout, warm water and salt water species found within the waters of Alaska, the Florida Keys, Belize, Montana, Colorado, Oregon, Northern California, Maine, New Brunswick, Western Canada and also here in his home waters of Pennsylvania.

He is a world-renowned tyer who represented the United States at the 2019 Atlantic Salmon Fly International held in New Brunswick. He was one of 80 individual tyers from around the world who were invited to demonstrate their skills to the general public during this three-day event. He also was part of the planning committee for the 2024 ASFI event that was held in Calgary. Recently one of his ties was placed on the cover of the spring edition of Fly tyer magazine along with an article within on the artwork he creates at the vice as well as the work and ministry he does for others. Tom is also on the pro staff at Semperfli fly tying materials based in the United Kingdom.

He has also donated his artistic tying creations of which he also mats and frames himself to organizations such as Casting For Recovery, Project Healing Waters, and the American Cancer Society. He has also served many years as a guide for outings scheduled by Project Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery.

He is passionate about flyfishing and his positive attitude and personality shows through when he guides, teaches and explains the various aspects of flyfishing and tying.

Tom maintains a website located at artisticflytying.com where his fly-tying work is detailed.