by Jeff | Jul 17, 2023 | The Articulate Fly Podcast | 2 comments
I’m often asked, “How did fly fishing become your way of life and how do I do it? There’s no quick answer. It’s been an adventure filled journey. Last week I sat down with Marvin Cash and we broke it all down for the Articulate Fly Podcast.
You can listen here: A fly Fishing Life with Jeff Currier
Enjoy!
Photo – One of my largest permit – Grand Bahama – East End Lodge – July 2017
Photo by Jim Klug/Yellow Dog Flyfishing
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!
Hard to believe you can land a fish that size on the fly!
Its nice to get lucky every once in awhile!