I met up with Robert Tomes, who wrote the book Muskie on the Fly. Not surprisingly, when he fishes saltwater he  chases permit. “I like fish that don’t like me,” he said. The comment turned the discussion to mapping the personal evolution of the fly angler. Making the commitment to learn to cast a fly rod, and then catch fish with it, means you’ve already made a decision to make things harder on yourself. At the beginning the focus is on just getting that one fish to fall in line. That first fish on the fly is like the stamp on your hand as proof of admission.You never want to wash it off. Then it becomes kind of a numbers game; success is measured…