by Jeff | Nov 29, 2014 | 0 Comments
I’ve always dreamt of fishing the Seychelles but the cost of the amazing trip has left me wondering if I’d ever set foot there. But there’s been a lot of these places and somehow I always manage. Well, patience prevails and either today or tomorrow I’ll be on my...
by Jeff | Nov 26, 2014 | 0 Comments
After the car ordeal Friday, Granny and I bee lined for our friends Cinda Howard and Steve Berry’s house down near Phoenix. They have a nice place in Mesa with a comfy guest room, even nicer than the back of our Explorer. Each morning we sipped coffee on their back...
by Jeff | Nov 22, 2014 | 2 Comments
It’s hard to find anything good when you’re broke down on the highway 1,500 miles from home. But then my phone rang. It was Jim Klug, longtime friend and owner of Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures. Jim was supposed to host a trip to the Seychelles departing this...
by Jeff | Nov 20, 2014 | 0 Comments
This trip has been rocking. Granny and I have enjoyed some nice desert camping and last night we finally indulged the comforts of a hotel and a night on Flagstaff, Arizona. But today, on the way to Show Low, Arizona where we intended on catching Granny her first...
by Jeff | Nov 18, 2014 | 0 Comments
Granny and I were headed for Utah over the weekend. Instead we spent the weekend shoveling 17” of snow off the driveway. First it was the brutal cold now the snow. It’s too dang early for this in my book. The answer to such brutal weather is head south. ...
by Jeff | Nov 13, 2014 | 1 Comment
I was home a whopping 48 hours before heading to Bozeman, Montana yesterday. I had a meeting with Simms then I presented “Trout Bumming the World” for Madison-Gallatin Trout Unlimited in Bozeman, Montana. The meeting with Simms was great and my talk went fantastic,...
by Jeff | Nov 9, 2014 | 3 Comments
Fly Fishing for arapaima in Guyana An angry arapaima tries to spit the fly Arapaima 250lbs vs angler 165lbs Butterflies in Guyana Black piranha on the Winston Casting for arapaima Peacock Bass in Guyana Banks Beer of Guyana A 73” arapaima from Mac Creek in Guyana An...
by Jeff | Nov 7, 2014 | 1 Comment
Tim and I had the last day blues when we got up. In 48 hours we’ll be back in the states getting a reality check. This Guyana trip has been no less than exceptional! The morning session took place on Makateli Lagoon for Tim and I and Jim. Alex hadn’t caught...
by Jeff | Nov 6, 2014 | 3 Comments
Trips like these start to take their toll towards the end of the week. Everyone was dragging a bit and no one was on time for the scheduled 5 AM breakfast. We’ve been putting in long days and having some fun at night. And it’s the Amazon, it’s a harsh environment...
by Jeff | Nov 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
I relished a relaxing cup of coffee overlooking the Rewa this morning well before anyone else woke up. While I enjoyed watching a caiman across river and a pair of Giant Amazon otters playing, I couldn’t get my mind off catching my first arapaima yesterday. These...
by Jeff | Nov 4, 2014 | 4 Comments
At dinner last night Matt Breuer announced that today we’d be hiking 30 minutes into the Caiman Pond. The significance here is that Caiman Pond is the best arapaima location Rewa Eco-Lodge has discovered. More than half the arapaima caught since this fishery was...
by Jeff | Nov 3, 2014 | 0 Comments
As if Rewa Eco-Lodge isn’t as far from civilization as anywhere on earth. But we all know, if you can get a little bit further, no matter where you are, the fishing always gets better. Today we sorted our tackle down to the bare essentials and boated an hour thirty...
by Jeff | Nov 2, 2014 | 2 Comments
Last nights unsuccessful fishing on Awarmi Slough was our warm-up session. Indeed there were arapaima, but really Awarmi is close to the Rewa Eco-Lodge and the best option for the half day of fishing available. It’s a good place to get tuned up, let guides to see...
by Jeff | Nov 1, 2014 | 0 Comments
At 7 AM promptly, our driver picked up Tim Brune and I as well as two other fly fishing guests from the Cara Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana to head for the domestic airport to fly into the rainforest. The other guests are Jim and Alex of California. Like me, this is...
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!
