by Jeff | Jan 31, 2018 | 2 Comments
The hardcore show month of January is in the books. I’m not a winter guy these days so I love the grueling schedule because it makes quick work of the cold dark days. They fly by. This past weekend was the first ever Edison New Jersey Fly Fishing Show. ...
by Jeff | Jan 24, 2018 | 0 Comments
The famous Somerset New Jersey Fly Fishing Show is not in Somerset this year. It’s a few towns over in Edison. I’ve not seen the new venue hands on but I’ve seen the booth layouts and a mapping of the seminar rooms and casting ponds and this new location should not...
by Jeff | Jan 23, 2018 | 0 Comments
The Marlboro Fly Fishing Show was another great one but shows in three different cities three weekends in a row calls for a little R & R. Granny and I are chilling out in New Hampshire for a few days and today included a trip to the Wolfeboro Tavern. It was...
by Jeff | Jan 18, 2018 | 0 Comments
I’m a third of the way through what I call the, “100 Days of Insanity”. From around December 1 till April 1 I work almost every day focusing on my shows and speaking tour. Its constant travel with long drives, planes and hotels to deliver fly fishing seminars,...
by Jeff | Jan 15, 2018 | 1 Comment
My last six fishing days of 2017 ended in skunks and yesterday, the first day of 2018, started with a skunk. Today I had to get on track. Steve Berry, Gentry Smith and I headed to some urban Phoenix ponds where we always catch fish. The last time I fished...
by Jeff | Jan 13, 2018 | 0 Comments
When I come to Phoenix to do fly fishing presentations I always add a couple days for some urban fly fishing. Phoenix has an elaborate canal system through the city and its neighboring suburbs along with manmade lakes and ponds. Each and every one of these waters...
by Jeff | Jan 10, 2018 | 0 Comments
Its life in the fast lane from now till April. I always move fast but during my show/speaking tour season it moves crazy fast. Today I escaped the big storm in Idaho and caught an early flight for Phoenix. Though the reason was to deliver my PowerPoint...
by Jeff | Jan 8, 2018 | 2 Comments
Thanks to everyone who came to the Denver Fly Fishing Show. That was one of the best shows ever and Granny and I appreciate all of you that made a point to say hello. My hand is sore for drawing fish on so many different things including a few hats. I hope those...
by Jeff | Jan 3, 2018 | 0 Comments
It’s time to give the fish a rest. Its show time folks. Starting with the Denver Fly Fishing Show this week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I’m ready to rock my entertaining PowerPoint presentations, teach fly fishing seminars and give casting demonstrations....
by Jeff | Dec 31, 2017 | 0 Comments
2017 was a heck of a year. It started with nearly 75 straight days of show life. Nine years ago, when I switched my career to fulltime art and speaking professionally about fly fishing, I wasn’t sure it would work. But it most definitely has. This year I gave more...
by Jeff | Dec 14, 2017 | 2 Comments
My return to Belize has been great. I enjoy spending time with friend Wil Flack and it’s been a pleasure meeting his friend Tayler Brothers. Wil’s new Belize Permit Club is fantastic. We’ve been eating well. Enjoying refreshments at night. The only downer is that...
by Jeff | Dec 13, 2017 | 0 Comments
Wil Flack, Tayler Brothers and I had high hopes heading for the permit flats of Southern Belize at twilight this morning. We hooked three yesterday in harsh conditions. Today conditions were excellent. This was our warmest morning, the clouds were gone, and...
by Jeff | Dec 12, 2017 | 2 Comments
There were a couple changes when we woke up at 4 AM today here in Belize. First and foremost, I felt much better. Thank God! Second, when we left Belize Permit Camp dock at 4:30 am, instead of the temperature being in the 50°s like each morning so far, it was 66°....
by Jeff | Dec 11, 2017 | 0 Comments
It was a sunny day on the flats of Belize yesterday but the wind was savage. The forecast for today was promising. More sun and finally a drop in the wind to a more workable 10 to 20 mph. But the prediction was wrong. We had cruel conditions of thick clouds, 55°...
I started fly fishing at age 7 in the lakes and ponds of New England cutting my teeth on various sunfish, bass, crappie and stocked trout. I went to Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, where I graduated with a Naturalist Degree while I discovered new fishing opportunities for pike, muskellunge, walleyes and various salmonids found in Lake Superior and its tributaries.
From there I headed west to work a few years in the Yellowstone region to simply work as much as most people fish and fish as much as most people work. I did just that, only it lasted over 20 years working at the Jack Dennis Fly Shop in Jackson, WY where I departed in 2009. Now it’s time to work for "The Man", working for myself that is.
I pursue my love to paint fish, lecture on every aspect of fly fishing you can imagine and host a few trips to some of the most exotic places you can think of. My ultimate goal is to catch as many species of fish on fly possible from freshwater to saltwater, throughout the world. I presently have taken over 440 species from over 60 countries!
