by Jeff | Aug 30, 2017 | 0 Comments
August 30, 2017 Back in April I got a call from fly fishing filmmaker Grant Wiswell, producer of Castaway Films. He wanted to know if I’d be willing to do an interview for his upcoming tarpon film, “Atlanticus”. I’m always thrilled for these types of jobs and...
by Jeff | Aug 30, 2017 | 0 Comments
I’m not much to pay attention to the news. To me it’s seems like it’s always bad or propaganda crap or even as Trump says, “Fake News”. But when catastrophes happen I hear about them. I’m just in the door from a few days of carping and am now well informed about...
by Jeff | Aug 29, 2017 | 0 Comments
I’m leaving the country again on Wednesday. This time for Costa Rica to be a guest angler for Castaway Films latest project – “Atlanticus”. Should be incredible. The one thing I like to do before an intense film shoot is relax with Granny. I picked her up from...
by Jeff | Aug 23, 2017 | 0 Comments
August 22, 2017 It was early to bed early to rise after the Total Solar Eclipse yesterday. Then today Granny and I took the family to Blackfoot Reservoir for a night of camping and carping. For years this annual camping trip has steered up the Gros Ventre...
by Jeff | Aug 21, 2017 | 0 Comments
The hype for the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse started in 2014 here in the land of the Grand Tetons. Teton Valley Idaho and Jackson Hole Wyoming were in the path of 100% totality. All hotels within 100 miles were booked three years in advance. Locals were renting their...
by Jeff | Aug 15, 2017 | 1 Comment
Dave Barkman and his wife Amy started D-Loop Outfitters in 2012 based in the heart of Michigan’s Manistee National Forest. Their business includes the comfortable lodging we’ve used the last few days, a fully stocked fly shop and a guide service permitted to guide...
by Jeff | Aug 14, 2017 | 0 Comments
We got smart today up here in the Manistee River Country. One of the guys bought nine thick juicy steaks along with potatoes and veggies for our dinner tonight in case we get off the river late. Last night we limped through no open restaurants when we got off. ...
by Jeff | Aug 13, 2017 | 1 Comment
The Manistee River in Michigan is likely best known for its steelhead and salmon fishing. But the rage of fly fishing for smallmouth bass is flowing strong throughout the Midwest. To many, the Manistee River is king for smallies. After giving my full day...
by Jeff | Aug 12, 2017 | 2 Comments
It was a fun day down in South Bend, Indiana delivering a full day fly fishing seminar for the St. Joseph River Valley Fly Fishers. The weather was beautiful. There were a few clouds but hardly any wind and a comfortable temperature of 80°. We had a wide variety of...
by Jeff | Aug 11, 2017 | 1 Comment
As always, it’s hard to leave Victor in the heart of summer. The yard is cozy. I’ve been growing a hummingbird flower garden for years and it’s finally stunning and I have hummers buzzing around like mad. We also have two bird houses with clutches of tree swallows...
by Jeff | Jul 29, 2017 | 0 Comments
It was a cold night but it didn’t snow. We woke up to the same drizzle we went to bed with. It didn’t look like a fun day to go fishing in northern Canada but the wind had settled at least enough we could fish from the boats. High tide was at 2 PM. This...
by Jeff | Jul 28, 2017 | 0 Comments
Boat fishing wasn’t meant to be today. First of all, high tide wasn’t until midafternoon meaning we couldn’t launch the boats until 11 AM. And we’d need to be back by 3 PM before the tide got too low to beach the boats. Then we had a problem with Burts boat. The...
by Jeff | Jul 27, 2017 | 0 Comments
It cooled down overnight. Then at around 4 AM the rain started. I’ve been getting up before 7 each day but the rain kept me zipped up in my mummy bag on my top bunk dreaming of Arctic char. The other reason to stay in bed was that the first high tide of the...
by Jeff | Jul 26, 2017 | 0 Comments
The first high tide of the day wasn’t until 11 AM which meant we couldn’t get the boats in the water until 9 AM. Then there was a debate as to whether or not we could stay out all day until the next high tide. Days are getting shorter in the evening by about ten...
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!
