by Jeff | Aug 18, 2016 | 0 Comments
All my friends passionate about fishing (fishing bums) are similar whether from home or abroad. Icelandic Fly Fishermen pals Ingo Helgason and Siggy Hedinn picked Granny and I up at our room in Reykjavik, Iceland at 8 AM. First halt on the long drive to our upcoming...
by Jeff | Aug 17, 2016 | 0 Comments
After hours of delays leaving the USA yesterday Granny and I arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland this morning. We’re here to Atlantic salmon fish with our friends of Icelandic Fly Fishermen. You may remember I fished here in 2014 with my friend Ingo Helgason. It was an...
by Jeff | Aug 16, 2016 | 0 Comments
Thirty years ago I wondered if I’d ever catch a bonefish in Belize, a massive trout in New Zealand or a peacock bass in the Amazon. I thought with the measly salary at the time my boundaries for fishing would be 250 miles from home. And honestly, I was happy with...
by Jeff | Aug 6, 2016 | 0 Comments
I don’t like departing the comforts of Victor, Idaho during summer. Fishing my own rivers, coffee on the back porch watching humming birds and listening to Cubs games on my XM are hard to leave. But I travel anyhow and I never regret. The past ten days fishing...
by Jeff | Aug 5, 2016 | 0 Comments
We switched up guides on the last day. Ben and I went with Rafael Costa who is not only a fishing guide for Untamed Angling but also a fine photographer (click his name). We went for a long run up river to a place that Rafael has never been to explore. Untamed has...
by Jeff | Aug 4, 2016 | 0 Comments
I woke up to find that a paddle crushed my 6-weight Winston while traveling down river last night. It seemed as though today wasn’t going to be a shining one but fortunately it was all uphill from there. Ben and I left with our guide Augustin early, skipping...
by Jeff | Aug 3, 2016 | 0 Comments
Today was our last day of filming with Rodrigo and Marcelo of Untamed Angling for a possible segment for the International Fly Fishing Film Festival. Ben and I are only a small part of the clip and we did our part catching pacu yesterday. This morning we both hung...
by Jeff | Aug 2, 2016 | 0 Comments
Camping in the Amazon may not sound so great to those that fear creepy crawlers like spiders and snakes, but the truth is, seeing either is rare. Its so wild here down the Iriri River that critters prefer to stay far away from humans. Therefore, camping last night...
by Jeff | Aug 1, 2016 | 0 Comments
Sleeping was hard last night. I felt like when I was a boy trying to sleep before the opening day of trout season. Yesterday on the Iriri River our fishing was so spectacular I was overly excited for today. I spent most of the night listening to frogs, night birds...
by Jeff | Jul 31, 2016 | 1 Comment
I was dang near shivering when heaps of jungle birds began to sing at 5:30 AM. The night temps dropped to the low 70°’s and perhaps even upper 60°’s. Not only is this place paradise from the scenic point of view but its the perfect climate here at the Untamed...
by Jeff | Jul 30, 2016 | 1 Comment
Ben Furimsky and I arrived in Manaus, Brazil last night and settled in the Caesar Business Hotel for yet one more overnight layover before reaching our final fishing destination in the Amazon. This is my fifth time to the Brazilian Amazon. My past trips took me...
by Jeff | Jul 29, 2016 | 0 Comments
I arrived in Miami last night around 10 PM and began the 18-hour layover before heading for Brazil today. After collecting my luggage, I tracked down my friend and partner on this trip, Ben Furimsky. Ben has never been on the blog because despite being friends we’ve...
by Jeff | Jul 28, 2016 | 1 Comment
No, it’s not the popular time to be heading fly fishing in the Amazon, but it’s the best time for the region of Kendjam. This beautiful area is home to its own peacock bass species, various pacus and PLENTY more cool fish that I must catch before this party we call...
by Jeff | Jul 26, 2016 | 0 Comments
The last thing I should’ve been doing today was fishing because I’m headed for a unique part of the Amazon in 30 hours and I’m not ready. But I couldn’t waste Granny’s day off packing. Instead we took off for a long day of carp fishing beginning at one of our secret...
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!
