by Jeff | Jul 15, 2016 | 0 Comments
Everything seemed right before I left Victor to meet my friend Tom Hansen for a day trip of fly fishing for mirror carp on Blackfoot Reservoir. The forecast had sunshine, light winds and temperatures in the 80°s, absolutely ideal carp conditions. When we arrived at...
by Jeff | Jul 12, 2016 | 2 Comments
I needed a tranquil day on a river after my grueling twenty Cliff Fly Box art weekend. Was taking the girls on the Bryant River really the relaxing answer? Probably not exactly, but nonetheless, my annual ladies day on the river with Granny, Jessica Chitwood and Pam...
by Jeff | Jul 11, 2016 | 1 Comment
Not sure why but when I have a massive assignment I can’t go a minute without thinking about it. It’s in my DNA. About a week ago I took on an unfathomable task of decorating twenty Cliff Bugger Beast Fly Boxes with my Sharpie art for the Sweetwater River...
by Jeff | Jul 8, 2016 | 0 Comments
Plans to fish the Rizzo today with my FlyCastaway pals from South Africa cancelled. To make up for it arapaima king Tim Brune and I did a short day on the technical dry fly water of the Rizzo with another South African friend, Craig Richardson. Craig is a...
by Jeff | Jul 5, 2016 | 0 Comments
You should remember my South Africa blogs back in November. Granny and I had the time of our lives there visiting many friends and we tracked down a few fish along the way. The last segment of our trip we spent with FlyCastaway owners Tim Babich and Ryan Hammond. ...
by Jeff | Jun 21, 2016 | 0 Comments
June 20, 2016 You probably gathered by now that I’m behind on the blog. There wasn’t time to write more than notes while in Ireland. Then when I got back to the USA it was action packed with the Henry’s Fork Marathon and a family visit. This photo is Granny...
by Jeff | Jun 18, 2016 | 1 Comment
It’s been a wonderful trip over here in Ireland competing in the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships. I can’t explain how exciting it’s been to return to world competition. It’s like I went back in time. Furthermore, it had been fifteen years since I’ve seen...
by Jeff | Jun 17, 2016 | 1 Comment
5 AM arrived without the need of a wakeup call. I was ready. Scott was ready. We drank coffee and relaxed before a 6:30 breakfast then all of Team USA boarded buses for the last day and last two sessions of the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships. My...
by Jeff | Jun 16, 2016 | 0 Comments
The one thing you get better at as you get older is putting the bad behind you and moving forward. Yesterday’s terrible afternoon session for Team USA had me down last night but today I woke up and started preparing for the last two sessions for tomorrow. I’m ready...
by Jeff | Jun 15, 2016 | 2 Comments
More than ten years ago I retired from world competitive fly fishing but this morning here I was – out of retirement competing in the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships on the lakes of Ireland as a member of Team USA. My heart pounded with excitement as if my...
by Jeff | Jun 14, 2016 | 1 Comment
The World Masters Fly Fishing Championships is a weeklong event. Yesterday was the opening ceremonies. Today is Official Practice. Tomorrow we compete. Thursday is an off day. Then Friday is our last day of competition and Saturday is the awards ceremony and...
by Jeff | Jun 13, 2016 | 0 Comments
Today was the first relaxation day since we arrived in Ireland for the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships. Team USA slept in after a late night catching up with old European friends. I didn’t move until around 8 AM. After breakfast I gave my tackle a once over...
by Jeff | Jun 12, 2016 | 0 Comments
Every World Flyfishing Championship I fished back in my day had one fishing location that caused havoc with the scores of the tournament. It was usually a lake where only about 10% of the competitors caught a single fish and the other 90% blanked. Based on our...
by Jeff | Jun 11, 2016 | 0 Comments
Guide Mike Drinan brought us to a spectacular small shore fishing lake 30 minutes out of Oughterard. The lake was shallow and weedy. The skies were gray and blue with wind and occasional drizzle then sunshine. Connemara ponies watched as we set up our rods then...
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!
