by Jeff | Sep 21, 2016 | 0 Comments
The Mossy Creek Fly Fishing boys, Colby and Brian Trow, took me fly fishing for smallmouth bass and longnose gar on the James River today. It’s my last day of fishing VA before I speak tomorrow to Fly Fishers of Virginia. Best of all, I’ve I kicked the flu thing and...
by Jeff | Sep 20, 2016 | 0 Comments
On a scale of 1-10 (10 being best) the way I felt at bedtime last night was about a 2.5. When we got up at 4 AM to get back on the Waterman to try and catch a marlin on the fly this morning, I’d jumped to a 4 and I was going. But at 4:15 AM Capt. Mike Standing...
by Jeff | Sep 19, 2016 | 0 Comments
I was in that deep rest. The kind of rest just before sleep when the back of the Waterman went off like a scene in Jaws. The drag of the giant saltwater reel holding our swordfish rod screamed and stressful shouts came from Brian Trow, “Currier! Currier! Currier!”...
by Jeff | Sep 18, 2016 | 0 Comments
Wake up time at 4:15 AM came so abruptly I had no idea where I was. For me it was 2:15 AM because my body was still on Mountain Time. Then I heard the voices of the Mossy Creek Trow brothers and my new friend, Art Webb. My senses bounced into action. I was at...
by Jeff | Sep 17, 2016 | 0 Comments
You know I’ve been traveling too much when I say it was an easy jaunt from Idaho to Virginia Beach, Virginia. But it was. I left my house in Victor at 4:30 AM and Colby and brother Brian Trow, owners of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing, picked me up from the Richmond airport...
by Jeff | Sep 14, 2016 | 0 Comments
Sept 12, 2016 The Yellowstone Country forecast was dismal for Granny’s days off. Plummeting temperatures and heavy rains with thunderstorms were predicted. But it didn’t stop us from floating down the Nunya. The weatherman wasn’t wrong. We headed on our long...
by Jeff | Sep 6, 2016 | 0 Comments
Joe Humphrey, Jerry Arnold and I had a casual last day before flying home tonight. We fed Joes pet fish to start. This afternoon we wet a line near the airport at a place called Fisherman’s Paradise on Spring Creek. The trout were hard to find and harder to catch. ...
by Jeff | Sep 5, 2016 | 0 Comments
Joe Humphreys took Jerry and I to a completely different section of Spruce Creek today. The attractive creek was more winding and the pools were deep. Before we wadered up Joe broke out the fly tying vise. The best flies for the creeks...
by Jeff | Sep 4, 2016 | 0 Comments
What I admire the most about Joe Humphreys is that after more than 80 years of fly fishing he still gets excited for every new day of it. I noticed this in Ireland back in June and I noticed it today. Joe, Jerry Arnold and I were up early and headed straight to...
by Jeff | Sep 3, 2016 | 0 Comments
In June I fished in Ireland representing Team USA in the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships. We had a great team that included fly fishing legend Joe Humphreys. Joe is 87 years old. Imagine being able to compete at this age? He’s amazing. Joe and I...
by Jeff | Aug 28, 2016 | 0 Comments
A few hours ago the Atlantic salmon of Iceland exploit came to an end. We boarded our flight from Reykjavik back to the States and will be home tonight. I’m the pleasant kind of exhausted from a month of travel, fishing, short nights and writing the blog. We are...
by Jeff | Aug 27, 2016 | 0 Comments
It’s the last day in Iceland and only a few hours of fishing took place this morning on the Selá River. The weather was cool, gray and drizzly. A perfect day to catch one more Atlantic salmon on this Iceland trip. And if you read this blog often, you know I like to...
by Jeff | Aug 26, 2016 | 0 Comments
I could’ve easily slept more this morning. Not only was it cold and wet outside but I felt aftereffects from our after dinner party last night. I’m not sure what time we went to bed but it was after 2 this morning. The good news however is that we had Beat 2...
by Jeff | Aug 25, 2016 | 0 Comments
We had a good sleep and finished coffee and breakfast early. Ingo, Granny and I took off on the hour drive to Beat 8, the highest beat on the Selá River. This upper section not only has Atlantic salmon but also a unique strain of wild brown trout. The browns were...
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!
