May 2023 – Page 2 of 2

Sulking Overheated Brown Trout

May 14, 2023May 11, 2023 by Jeff

I was sipping coffee from my Yeti from the Randall’s deck this morning down here in the Wisconsin Driftless enjoying an array of singing birds. It doesn’t get much better in mid-May. I was getting psyched for our day of fishing. I was also working on my blog catching up about fishing yesterday. About then … Read more

Ridiculously Good Brown Trout Fishing!

May 13, 2023May 10, 2023 by Jeff

Mother Nature is making a push for summer down here in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin. While temperatures up north around Hayward where Granny and I live remain cool, down here to the south, this morning it was 65° at sunrise. We would go on to reach 77° this afternoon. Jason Randall, Tim Flagler … Read more

First New 2023 Species Comes by Luck

May 13, 2023May 9, 2023 by Jeff

Last fall Granny and I made a trip to the Driftless Region of Wisconsin and visited and fished with our friends Jo and Jason Randall who live near Viroqua. This rolling hilled farm country has some of the best trout fishing in all the Midwest and I’m happy to say we returned here this afternoon … Read more

The Boat is Launched a Week After Ice Out

May 8, 2023May 7, 2023 by Jeff

I was pretty sure I saw a turtle drying off on a log two days ago. It surprised me because ice off on this particular pond was only a week ago. Furthermore, it was cloudy and the temperature that day was barely 50°. But I got off my bike and snuck around the swampy edge … Read more

Contact Jeff

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!