by Jeff | Feb 17, 2014 | 0 Comments
Granny and I threaded the needle driving from Victor to Seattle Thursday and Friday to get to the Lynnwood Fly Fishing Show. It’s not just the East getting battered by storms, Victor Idaho received more than two feet of snow before we left and they’ve gotten more...
by Jeff | Feb 13, 2014 | 1 Comment
I’m questioning my travel to the Lynnwood Fly Fishing Show as I write. We are having a blizzard here in Idaho and judging from the weather map, it’s nasty from here to Lynnwood, Washington. The challenge is that I’m driving there (14 hours). I’m driving there so I...
by Jeff | Feb 10, 2014 | 2 Comments
She was a frigid one up in Northern Wisconsin this weekend. Yes, indeed the entire US has been cold this winter but trust me, Northern Wisconsin is colder than most places. Our high temperature over three days was 0° and we only averaged -10° during our fishing...
by Jeff | Feb 6, 2014 | 0 Comments
The temperature was 17 below zero in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this morning. Cold enough that our A319 Airbus couldn’t get its engines started. We had to sit on the tarmac for 30 minutes while mechanics applied extra heat. Finally we made it to Salt Lake City where we...
by Jeff | Feb 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
Be sure to tune in to Ask About Fly Fishing Internet Radio because I will be the guest tonight at 7:00 PM (Mountain Standard Time). The subject of our talk will be fly fishing for golden dorado at Tsimane Lodge in Bolivia. I’ll be talking about my recent trip,...
by Jeff | Jan 31, 2014 | 0 Comments
I’m thrilled to announce that my association with Scientific Anglers will continue on. I don’t mean to sound surprised, however several fly fishing companies were juggled last year and Scientific Anglers was purchased by Orvis. I have a high respect for Orvis but...
by Jeff | Jan 28, 2014 | 1 Comment
The Somerset, New Jersey Fly Fishing Show was another dandy. The aisles were jam packed with excitement and I kept busy from opening on Friday till closing time on Sunday. I picked up a horrendous crud that took the life out of me by mid day Saturday. Too many...
by Jeff | Jan 23, 2014 | 0 Comments
It’s been a nice trip back East. Granny and I knocked off a successful Marlborough Fly Fishing Show and caught up with plenty of my family and friends. We’ve also enjoyed our time hanging out in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. But today it’s back to work starting with...
by Jeff | Jan 21, 2014 | 2 Comments
The Marlborough Fly Fishing Show was no less than superb. This show has quickly become a favorite of mine. It’s the smaller of all the Fly Fishing Shows but that gives me more time to visit with folks, many of which I know from growing up in this area. Despite...
by Jeff | Jan 16, 2014 | 0 Comments
Not much to blog about lately because I’ve been working like a mad man. Since the Denver Fly Fishing Show I slipped home for a few days and caught up on art and office work then traveled to Idaho Falls and spoke to the Snake River Cutthroats Fly Fishing Club. This...
by Jeff | Jan 6, 2014 | 3 Comments
The Denver Fly Fishing Show is in the books. Friday was insanely busy to kick off the season. I gave a couple seminars and drew on Cliff Fly Boxes all day. It was great fun and I must have caught up with over a 100 old friends and customers. Harvey Cohen,...
by Jeff | Jan 1, 2014 | 2 Comments
Its time to put the rod away. My annual speaking season kicks off tomorrow traveling to the Denver Fly Fishing Show. From now till April 10th I have at least a gig a week. While most are appearances at the famous traveling Fly Fishing Show, I have a few one night...
by Jeff | Dec 31, 2013 | 3 Comments
2013 will go down as the year of travel. Most was for work with numerous speaking engagements from coast to coast. Then I had the good fortune of hosting anglers for peacock bass in Brazil and tigerfish in Tanzania. Both hosting assignments were for Yellow Dog...
by Jeff | Dec 15, 2013 | 3 Comments
My marlin jinx will go on. There’s not much to say about the fishing today, our last day of this trip. Grant and his crew tried every trick in the book to entice a marlin to come from the deep to where I could cast my fly to him, but we saw absolutely zero fish. ...
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!
