by Jeff | Nov 10, 2012 | 0 Comments
The snow is here which means a little less fishing and a lot more painting. If you need any “Currier” art for Christmas now is the time. I have excellent stock of my famous coffee mugs including many new species such as Yellowstone Cutthroat, golden trout, steelhead,...
by Jeff | Nov 6, 2012 | 5 Comments
If there’s any fish I’ve gone from being humbled by beyond belief to learning how to catch them with regularity it’s been the grass carp (white Amur). The first time I ever saw one of these sleek vegetarians was right here in Arizona. They were cruising the urban...
by Jeff | Nov 5, 2012 | 1 Comment
With the seminar behind it’s all about fishing my last two days here in Arizona. Today Steve Berry had a motorcycle race so it was Cinda Howard and I on the urban assault of the Phoenixarea. Our destination was one we’ve been fishing together for almost ten years. ...
by Jeff | Nov 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
I put on a full day fly fishing seminar for Desert Fly Casters down here in Arizona today. The group I taught consisted of all levels of fly fishers. I started with a basic fly casting demonstration and ended the day with the double haul. Not all casters believe the...
by Jeff | Nov 3, 2012 | 3 Comments
Not much time to load a blog tonight as it’s late and I am giving a full day seminar for Desert Fly Casters first thing in the morning. The fast and short is that I’m settled in with my friends Steve Berry and Cinda Howard down here in Mesa, Arizona (See Not all Carp...
by Jeff | Nov 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
A year ago my popular coffee mugs were close to extinction. Now, thanks to my friend Harvey Cohen of the Fly Fishing Show Room, they’re all back. Even bigger news, now they’re available with any fish you want. Anything! In a matter of a few days we’ve added the...
by Jeff | Oct 30, 2012 | 3 Comments
I ran the Jack Dennis Fly Shop in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for over 20 years. Those were some of the best years of my life and I made many lifelong friendships. At the end of each season we had a fishing party. Almost everyone went on the fun day. We caught a lot of...
by Jeff | Oct 27, 2012 | 3 Comments
The snow has flown here in Victor, Idaho. I won’t stop fishing. In fact this afternoon I’ll be off to Thermopolis, Wyoming to spend two days on the Wind River with friends. But the cold weather does slow me down and I’ve spent the last three days working on the...
by Jeff | Oct 25, 2012 | 1 Comment
October 21, 2012Bill Sherer and I don’t like to make a habit of getting skunked. We got our butts kicked yesterday by the muskellunge and we couldn’t let it happen again. To increase our fish catching chances today, Bill guided me on a double float. We literally...
by Jeff | Oct 22, 2012 | 1 Comment
October 20, 2012 While yesterday was a typical mid October day in Northern Wisconsin with temperatures in the 40°s and a few rain showers, today was a warmer and mostly sunny. Whether that’s why we couldn’t budge a muskellunge to eat my fly we’ll never know. Another...
by Jeff | Oct 22, 2012 | 2 Comments
October 19, 2012 George booked Rick and I with the same two muskellunge fly fishing guides we had last year, Bill Sherer and John Coolidge. This was fantastic news. Rick and I hit it off with these guys and they really know their stuff. You could easily call Bill one...
by Jeff | Oct 20, 2012 | 0 Comments
October 18, 2012 My friend Rick Schreiber and I flew into Duluth, Minnesota last night and today we drove to Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. We’re staying at the Chippewa Retreat Resort. This is our second annual muskellunge on a fly trip. This fantastic excursion is...
by Jeff | Oct 16, 2012 | 3 Comments
I was tossing and turning at 5 this morning and finally gave up the fight. The big laker I’ve been after all week at Jenny Lake must have been calling me. At 6 I was loading my Exploder and heading back to Grand Teton National Park in darkness. By the time I arrived...
by Jeff | Oct 14, 2012 | 5 Comments
A weather change wasn’t in the forecast but today we woke up to clouds and wind. Granny’s off and I asked her if she’d be up for hiking into Jenny Lake with me. However, she knows how possessed I get when I’m on a big fish mission and she opted not to join. But...
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!
