by Jeff | Mar 18, 2016 | 3 Comments
If you look at a map of Gabon we’re on the southern coast exactly at the border of Loango National Park. It’s a long way from Idaho and takes a few days to adjust to the time change. Because of this I slept like garbage last night. It was miserable waking up at...
by Jeff | Mar 17, 2016 | 1 Comment
I’ve referred to traveling from one side of the earth to the other as entering the “time warp” many times before. I left the Midwest Fly Fishing Show in Detroit on Sunday night and I’m finally at my destination, Sette Cama Camp in Gabon. I’m struggling to shake off...
by Jeff | Mar 16, 2016 | 3 Comments
There are few fantastic easy-to-get-to fishing destinations these days – particularly when it comes to saltwater fly fishing. Its Wednesday night in west Africa and I’m in Port Gentil, Gabon on the way to fishing Sette Cama Camp with my friends of Tourette Fishing. ...
by Jeff | Mar 15, 2016 | 0 Comments
It was gutsy flying home for a mere ten hours after the Michigan Midwest Fly Fishing Show Sunday night instead of heading directly to Gabon. I nearly didn’t make it back to Idaho because of high winds and snow. But the fish gods were watching and I landed in Idaho...
by Jeff | Mar 13, 2016 | 1 Comment
I fly a bunch and I appreciate how incredible flying is. I love it. And this is a good thing for me. At 4 PM I finished the bulk of my speaking tour at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo in Warren, Michigan. The shows were excellent this season and the people and...
by Jeff | Mar 10, 2016 | 0 Comments
It’s off to Michigan tomorrow to speak at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo. I spoke at this show back in 2013 and had a great time. This weekend I’ll be sharing speaking duties with one the all-time greats, Joe Humphreys as well as friends Ed Engle, Skip Morris, Jason...
by Jeff | Mar 6, 2016 | 1 Comment
The tour continues to blaze by. Thursday nights gig in Great Falls, Montana with Missouri River Flyfishers went off well and the weekend in Lethbridge, Canada for “The Art of Fly Fishing Festival” was a huge success with their largest attendance ever. I had a great...
by Jeff | Mar 2, 2016 | 0 Comments
The longest speaking road trip of the year ended late Monday night after the 14 hour drive from Pleasanton, CA to Victor, ID. I love the peacefulness of the empty highways through Nevada. It’s like therapy after the traffic on the west coast. I was so happy to wake...
by Jeff | Feb 26, 2016 | 0 Comments
It was the usual fun evening in Fresno with the Fresno Fly Fishers last night. Then after my show I drove all the way up to Pleasanton for the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show that starts today. This is always a great show so I hope my California friends make it down to...
by Jeff | Feb 24, 2016 | 2 Comments
I appreciate the concern for my visit to the dermatologist. Thanks for the emails. I had the piece cut out of my ear and unfortunately they took another piece from my left arm both for biopsy. The results will be back in less than ten days and hopefully they...
by Jeff | Feb 22, 2016 | 1 Comment
Over the weekend I traveled from Portland, Oregon to Indianapolis, Indiana and did nine presentations at the Great American Fly Fishing Expo. The show was great and I enjoyed making many new friends at my talks. As much as it seems like I was just getting on the...
by Jeff | Feb 20, 2016 | 0 Comments
We began our decent into Minneapolis Airport Thursday night on my way to Indianapolis for the Great American Fly Fishing Expo when the Captain came on with bad news. Airforce Two with Vice President Joe Biden decided they going to take off from MN at that exact time...
by Jeff | Feb 18, 2016 | 0 Comments
The last blog was short then I didn’t follow up with the weekend report on Monday. That’s because I have been fighting the show plague of 2016. It started the last day during that horrible weather in Florida twelve days ago and dang near killed me traveling to...
by Jeff | Feb 12, 2016 | 0 Comments
I made it home from FL then drove all the way to the Seattle area to start six more straight weeks of shows. This weekend is the Lynnwood, WA Fly Fishing Show and it’s on Saturday and Sunday only. As always I’ll be giving my PowerPoint presentations and...
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!
