by Jeff | Jan 10, 2018 | 0 Comments
Its life in the fast lane from now till April. I always move fast but during my show/speaking tour season it moves crazy fast. Today I escaped the big storm in Idaho and caught an early flight for Phoenix. Though the reason was to deliver my PowerPoint...
by Jeff | Jan 8, 2018 | 2 Comments
Thanks to everyone who came to the Denver Fly Fishing Show. That was one of the best shows ever and Granny and I appreciate all of you that made a point to say hello. My hand is sore for drawing fish on so many different things including a few hats. I hope those...
by Jeff | Jan 3, 2018 | 0 Comments
It’s time to give the fish a rest. Its show time folks. Starting with the Denver Fly Fishing Show this week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I’m ready to rock my entertaining PowerPoint presentations, teach fly fishing seminars and give casting demonstrations....
by Jeff | Dec 31, 2017 | 0 Comments
2017 was a heck of a year. It started with nearly 75 straight days of show life. Nine years ago, when I switched my career to fulltime art and speaking professionally about fly fishing, I wasn’t sure it would work. But it most definitely has. This year I gave more...
by Jeff | Dec 14, 2017 | 2 Comments
My return to Belize has been great. I enjoy spending time with friend Wil Flack and it’s been a pleasure meeting his friend Tayler Brothers. Wil’s new Belize Permit Club is fantastic. We’ve been eating well. Enjoying refreshments at night. The only downer is that...
by Jeff | Dec 13, 2017 | 0 Comments
Wil Flack, Tayler Brothers and I had high hopes heading for the permit flats of Southern Belize at twilight this morning. We hooked three yesterday in harsh conditions. Today conditions were excellent. This was our warmest morning, the clouds were gone, and...
by Jeff | Dec 12, 2017 | 2 Comments
There were a couple changes when we woke up at 4 AM today here in Belize. First and foremost, I felt much better. Thank God! Second, when we left Belize Permit Camp dock at 4:30 am, instead of the temperature being in the 50°s like each morning so far, it was 66°....
by Jeff | Dec 11, 2017 | 0 Comments
It was a sunny day on the flats of Belize yesterday but the wind was savage. The forecast for today was promising. More sun and finally a drop in the wind to a more workable 10 to 20 mph. But the prediction was wrong. We had cruel conditions of thick clouds, 55°...
by Jeff | Dec 10, 2017 | 2 Comments
Todays blog starts with a travel tip. In the northern hemisphere, even in tropical destinations, December is December. Its winter and it can get far colder than you may expect. At midnight I turned the fan off over my bed here at the Belize Permit Club. At 2 AM I...
by Jeff | Dec 9, 2017 | 0 Comments
Today was a challenging day of permit fishing. It started with Wil Flack waking us up at 4 AM. It rained all night and it was drizzling as we made coffee. I was basically in a coma. 4 AM here is like 2 AM in Idaho and for the last ten days or so I’ve felt as...
by Jeff | Dec 8, 2017 | 0 Comments
I made it to Belize today by the skin of my teeth. I’m a Delta guy which means getting to Belize flies me through Atlanta. It was snowing! We were delayed more than an hour but that was because we needed to be deiced before takeoff and as you can imagine, that’s...
by Jeff | Dec 7, 2017 | 0 Comments
A week ago I was sitting at mom’s house in New Hampshire packing my things to return home for the first time since early November. I was looking forward to a month in Victor, Idaho before show season starts. Then my phone rang. It was fellow Yellow Dog Ambassador...
by Jeff | Dec 2, 2017 | 3 Comments
After our superb redfishing down in Louisiana, instead of going home Granny and I went to New England for two weeks to visit my family. We based out of Moms house in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The weather was incredible with sunshine and temperatures in the 40°s and...
by Jeff | Nov 17, 2017 | 0 Comments
Fly fishing for redfish here in Louisiana has a reputation for being superb. This week however it’s been fair. Indeed, the reds we’ve caught have been good quality but only four in our first two days. But this is why you can’t judge a location on only two days...
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!
