by Jeff | Jun 6, 2017 | 0 Comments
The competition hotel we moved into after fishing yesterday is spectacular, Luna Hotel dos Carqueijais. The newly built accommodation sits so high up on the side of a mountain you can get dizzy drinking your coffee let alone a few beers after fishing because below...
by Jeff | Jun 5, 2017 | 1 Comment
Today was the first day of the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships here in Covilha, Portugal. This is a weeklong event so the break down is like this: today opening ceremonies - tomorrow official practice – Wednesday official competition Day 1 – Thursday...
by Jeff | Jun 4, 2017 | 0 Comments
I arrived at the Luna Hotel here in Covilha, Portugal late last night. I’m here to fish for Team USA in the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships. The event starts tomorrow so I probably should have arranged to arrive here a few days sooner to practice but as you...
by Jeff | Jun 3, 2017 | 0 Comments
It was a quick turnaround from New Hampshire to Idaho and back on the road again. I am presently in Lisbon, Portugal for the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships. We will be chasing trout around Covilha which is three hours north east of Lisbon. This year...
by Jeff | May 30, 2017 | 0 Comments
Granny and I head home tomorrow so we started the day visiting dad at the nursing home. He was extremely disoriented and I’m not sure he knew we were there. It was tough way to see him for the last time. I couldn’t wait to get to the camp and head out in the canoe...
by Jeff | May 29, 2017 | 0 Comments
We haven’t had a lot of nice weather this trip, but yesterday we had some and it was the most important day of the trip to have good weather. It wasn’t for fishing. It was mom’s surprise 75th birthday. We had a fantastic time and mom was shocked. Today, Memorial...
by Jeff | May 27, 2017 | 1 Comment
My brother Greg doesn’t give two dangs about fly fishing but he likes to hang out. The weather was cool but dry and reasonably calm at 6 AM so he headed out in the canoe with me. He did the same a number of years ago and we had an epic morning. Best of all...
by Jeff | May 26, 2017 | 0 Comments
Granny and I had no interest in having kids but we like borrowing. For years I’ve been taking my nieces fishing. They’ve made annual appearances on the blog and it’s been cool watching them grow up. This year the oldest, Sammy, is 15 and soon to become 16. My...
by Jeff | May 25, 2017 | 0 Comments
My dad has suffered with Parkinson’s for over 15 years. This horrible disease worsens with time and the medicines that help with the symptoms have side effects beyond belief. They can make you tired, depressed, confused and the list goes on. It’s been a bummer for...
by Jeff | May 24, 2017 | 0 Comments
I heard the first bird chirp and sat up in my sleeping bag on the camps porch and looked out across the lake and Wolfeboro Bay. The sight was stunning with amazing pink skies and absolutely no wind. It was a mere 4:10 AM but things were perfect to start fishing....
by Jeff | May 23, 2017 | 0 Comments
Granny and I have another lake near Wolfeboro, NH we like to fish that has some pretty dang nice largemouth bass. We must load the canoe in my dad’s old pick up to fish here. Unfortunately, the truck won’t start without being jumped. I jumped it at mom’s house then...
by Jeff | May 22, 2017 | 0 Comments
I sleep out on the porch at the cottage and have since I was a kid. There’s some great sounds such as the loons at night and the song birds in the wee hours of the morning. At 2 AM this morning however the sound was of rain. We had heavy rain and wind...
by Jeff | May 21, 2017 | 0 Comments
When I promised the blog was about to spice up after my last speaking gig of the winter season back in late March, I was serious. Since April 5th I’ve been home a mere seven days and traveling and fishing the rest. After Baja Granny and I spent two days home then I...
by Jeff | May 15, 2017 | 2 Comments
The last day of Baja 2017 (unless I return in Dec) was a full one but a bust. The wind cranked in our face all day from the beach and we saw one roosterfish and no jacks. Granny will have to come back for her first roosterfish. In general, major fish were slim...
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!
