by Jeff | Dec 4, 2016 | 0 Comments
We awoke to one of the flattest, calmest days I’ve ever experienced on the ocean. The abnormal still air weather won’t break leaving us with yet another difficult day of flats fishing. But how could you complain when you’re fishing in the Seychelles while friends...
by Jeff | Dec 3, 2016 | 3 Comments
When hosting trips, I prefer my guests fish with as many different guides as possible. All Farquhar guides are excellent but each has a unique personality, unalike favorite fish, skills and ideas. This variety of guides allows you to try new things and learn,...
by Jeff | Dec 2, 2016 | 0 Comments
Once again morning came early. Instead of tossing and turning in bed I was first to the back of the Maya’s Dugong where I dredged with my 12-weight for an hour before Lance came and joined. We landed several dogtooth tunas but they were small. Then I got broke off...
by Jeff | Dec 1, 2016 | 2 Comments
I had a mediocre sleep in cabin 4 of the Maya’s Dugong. I’m a poor sleeper in life and especially when there are fish to catch. At 4:50 AM I couldn’t toss anymore. I headed upstairs to the back of the boat with my 12-weight Winston and fed out a huge Clouser on my...
by Jeff | Nov 30, 2016 | 2 Comments
Morning couldn’t come soon enough. My long-awaited host job to Farquhar Atoll in the Seychelles began. My group and I loaded our bags in a minivan taxi and drove to the IDC charter plane airport. At 7:30 IDC weighed us in. We weren’t close to overweight...
by Jeff | Nov 29, 2016 | 0 Comments
I awoke this morning still trying to grasp the fact that my friends from Jackson won’t be on this trip to Farquhar. I have a lump in my gut that isn’t going away. I had to read my emails from yesterday again to believe it. This situation sucks. In hindsight, I...
by Jeff | Nov 28, 2016 | 2 Comments
November 27 & 28, 2016 November 27, 2016 After a wonderful week in South Africa and Lesotho chasing yellowfish with my friends of FlyCastaway, Sunday I headed for the Seychelles to begin my host trip to Farquhar Atoll for Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures. ...
by Jeff | Nov 26, 2016 | 0 Comments
Nov 25 & 26, 2016 The rain behaved last night but it didn’t help our fishing. The rivers were still blown out from storms the night before last. Instead we fished on the dam again for a few hours then reeled it in. This has been a fantastic visit to...
by Jeff | Nov 25, 2016 | 0 Comments
I’m falling behind on my blog because I’m camping and fishing in South Africa this week but don’t worry, the reports will come. In fact, I’ll have reports for every day from now till December 14th ranging from South Africa, Seychelles, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and I may...
by Jeff | Nov 24, 2016 | 0 Comments
Thunder shook Lesotho all night. Heaps of rain fell. We all heard it and knew for sure all rivers would be chocolate colored mud in the morning. We slept in then took it easy while Ryan weaved us a plan for fishing the dam (reservoir). This dam is scenic...
by Jeff | Nov 23, 2016 | 0 Comments
The sun rises here in Lesotho just before 5 AM. The birds go off like mad. While winter approaches back home, the green of spring is full on in Southern Africa. I live for the southern hemisphere when the days are cold and short back home. We left early to fish a...
by Jeff | Nov 22, 2016 | 0 Comments
Its amazing what a good night’s rest will do after being completely exhausted. I awoke this morning feeling sharp and after coffee with the FlyCastaway team we drove about an hour from our cabin here in Lesotho to a river they fish twice a year. Once again, despite...
by Jeff | Nov 21, 2016 | 0 Comments
I arrived in South Africa yesterday on my way to hosting a Yellow Dog trip to the Seychelles. I’m visiting my friends Gerhard Laubscher and Ryan Hammond that own FlyCastaway, the outfit that operates Farquhar. We planned months ago to fish for largemouth...
by Jeff | Nov 20, 2016 | 2 Comments
I flew to Paris shortly after I posted yesterday’s blog. It was a short hop from Amsterdam of only 45 minutes. In Paris I learned that my upgrade to First Class was a serious deal. First of all, there’s a difference on long international flights between Business...
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!
