Never too Early to Think One Fly

by | Jul 25, 2014 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Jackson Hole One Fly is approaching fast.  It’s a sad fact in a way because it means summer is disappearing, but it’s also very exciting.  The One Fly is the only competitive fly fishing I get anymore and I find it exhilarating.  And this year I’ll be defending my title. . . .

 

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I fished with my friend Gary Eckman today.  Gary is the founder of The Good Times One Fly Team and he sponsors me to fish on his team.  This year we have a new member, Cooper Eckman, Gary’s son.  Cooper, Gary and I fished together a bunch several years ago but then Cooper got away from the fishing.  Now he’s eighteen and I’m thrilled to say he’s back.

 

blog-July-25-2014-3-cooper-eckmanI hosted todays fishing on a sneaky little river of mine.  I had a goal, get us all practicing keeping fish on.  When you’re fishing for fun and hook a small fish you usually lose them – sort of on purpose.  The truth is they come off easy because they flip around so much.  In the One Fly each small fish equals 2 points and if you catch a bunch you get bonus points.  For instance, catch forty fish and you get a 50 point bonus.  So its 2 x 40 = 80 points plus the bonus 50 points = 130 points!  It adds up.

 

blog-July-25-2014-4-jeff-currier-&-cooper-eckmanIf landing every fish you hook still doesn’t seem like a big deal – The Good Times Team missed 3rd Place last year by less than 100 points and 2nd Place by 105 Points.  If all four team members landed a dozen more small fish each – wham – we get a team medal.

 

Our practice went well.  Cooper was slightly rusty at first but he caught on fast and landed a bunch of fish on dry flies.  A few more times out and he’ll be a dangerous competitor this year and he’ll help get us on the podium.

 

blog-July-25-2014-5-icelandicflyfishermenI’m not sure when I’ll get out again.  I am buried with projects.  But the blog is about to get wild .  I’m leaving the country again next Friday.  This time it’s to Iceland for Atlantic salmon and visit my friends of Icelandicflyfishermen.  Get ready!

 

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing

2 Comments

  1. Erik Moncada

    Tear them up in Iceland!

  2. Jeff Currier

    Thanks Erik. I’ll do my best. The Atlantic’s aren’t a specialty by any means. But its my goal that they are two weeks from now!

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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!

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