by Jeff | Feb 12, 2015 | 0 Comments
I’m back on the road again. This time I’m driving because its twelve days of West Coast talks. I’ll start this weekend with the Fly Fishing Show in Lynnwood, Washington and head south from there to California. I have a couple one night gigs including Tracy Fly...
by Jeff | Feb 8, 2015 | 1 Comment
This is a short and sweet trip and on Sunday morning everyone is free to do as they like. Do as you like but you must make it back to meet at the Pea Patch for some pool games and lunch followed by the cigar room at Little Bohemia for a few hours of dice. I chose to...
by Jeff | Feb 7, 2015 | 1 Comment
February 6-7, 2015 - Day 1 The weather was balmy up in Northern Wisconsin in comparison to other years (2010 and 2014) for our annual ice fishing trip out of Chippewa Retreat Resort in Manitowish Waters. Day 1 offered little wind; overcast skies and temps...
by Jeff | Feb 5, 2015 | 1 Comment
Only those who don’t understand roll their eyes and shiver when I gleam about my annual ice fishing adventure to Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. Ice fishing in the Great North Woods of WI is one of the most beautiful events of the year. Not only is the fishing...
by Jeff | Jan 28, 2015 | 1 Comment
I’m not a big winter guy so it’s a delight to look at the calendar and see January almost gone. When I get home this week I’ll actually notice it getting lighter earlier in the mornings. I just hope it doesn’t give me spring fever because its way too early. ...
by Jeff | Jan 22, 2015 | 0 Comments
It was and enjoyable week up in New Hampshire with family the last three days. But today it’s back to work starting with a long drive down to the Somerset, New Jersey Fly Fishing Show. Somerset is the largest of all the Fly Fishing Shows and I’ll be there showing...
by Jeff | Jan 20, 2015 | 0 Comments
For the first time in years we had near perfect weather for the Marlboro Fly Fishing Show. Indeed it was cold but no snow and therefore no reason for New England fly fishers to stay off the roads. And yes, the show was excellent. I had a blast catching up...
by Jeff | Jan 15, 2015 | 0 Comments
Here we go again. It’s the heat of the show season and I’m about to drive south for the Marlborough, MA Fly Fishing Show. Despite being a smaller less busy show than the rest of the Fly Fishing Shows, Marlborough is my favorite. New England is where I was born and...
by Jeff | Jan 14, 2015 | 0 Comments
In a blink of an eye the Denver Fly Fishing Show is in the rearview mirror. And what a show it was. At a quick glance the show looked about the same as last year. But as you meandered in deep you noticed major expansion. This year there were numerous more...
by Jeff | Jan 7, 2015 | 0 Comments
2014 will go down as my fishiest ever but my constant traveling forced many art, writing and other projects to the back burner. Since I returned from the Seychelles on December 11th it’s been hours upon hours of painting, writing and updating seminars for the 2015...
by Jeff | Dec 29, 2014 | 3 Comments
In March my friend Jed Mixter of Jackson, WY caught a 68” arapaima in Guyana and commissioned me for a life size painting. I work in watercolor and I couldn’t find quality paper in this size to suit my style. I spent hours on the internet looking for answers. A few...
by Jeff | Dec 11, 2014 | 1 Comment
Arrival to Farquhar Atoll in the Seychelles Fishing with FlyCastaway and Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures First day and first giant trevally Rich starts off fast with a GT Fly fishing the coral heads for all kinds of cool fish! Monster bump head parrot fish posing...
by Jeff | Dec 9, 2014 | 2 Comments
The colossal fish that destroyed me two days ago haunts me more than you can believe. Of all the fish I’ve caught in my life, even the ones I’ve lost, NONE manhandled me like that. We’re guessing dogtooth tuna but it maddens me that I’ll never know. Today was...
by Jeff | Dec 8, 2014 | 0 Comments
Today was back with FlyCastaway guide Matthieu Cosson. Along with us another of my guests this week here on Farquhar, Terry Graham from Australia. Terry is a hardcore flats angler that like me, likes to walk, explore and for the most part, not be guided. That...
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!
