Thought you guys might want to know, in case  :you had not heard.  He did a lot for our sport! :'( :'(

Yes, he will be missed... alot.

More information can be found here http://bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/tom_mann.html

After i red a short biography about him he actually did alot more for the sport than we think.

I was very fortunate back in the late 80's to meet and talk to Tom Mann at a sports show in Florida. Back then he had his own show Tom Mann's Outdoors. If I remember right he was at the show pitching a kangaroo worm. That worm for many years caught me a ton of fish. He was a heck of a guy and will be missed.

If you have not had a chance to read his autobiography, Think Like a Fish, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this book.  It is a priceless history of the sport/business of fishing and has some wonderful stories about a legend.

:'(

I also met him at a fishing show here in Orlando in the late 80's. Seemed like a great man. Who will ever forget the Mann's grape jelly worms and the little George? Timeless...