When my husband and I adopted her, Bud had to go on a strict diet. Thankfully, she got healthy and became the diva everyone loves today ...

THREE FORKS, Mont. – Asked if his father Bud’s impending induction into the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame was beyond overdue, Chris Lilly initially nodded in vigorous assent. “Incredibly overdue,” he said.

Chris Lilly was born late in his father's life, thus missing the heady days when Bud was guiding Jimmy Carter, Tom Brokaw, Charles Kuralt, Bobby Knight and other royalty on southwest Montana streams ...