Bring in the New Year

by | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized | 3 comments

blog-Dec-31-2013-1-Jeff Currier fly fishing for peacock bass in the Amazon2013 will go down as the year of travel.  Most was for work with numerous speaking engagements from coast to coast.  Then I had the good fortune of hosting anglers for peacock bass in Brazil and tigerfish in Tanzania.  Both hosting assignments were for Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures.

 

blog-Dec-31-2013-2-Jeff-Currier-fly-fishing-the-Mahakali-RiverMy top “work” project was fishing for mahseer in India with Himalayan Outback owner and friend Misty Dhillon.  Our purpose was to make a segment for Confluence Films latest movie, Waypoints.  If you haven’t seen Waypoints yet contact me or catch me at one of the Fly Fishing Shows I’ll be speaking at this winter.  I’ll have copies with me.

 

blog-Dec-31-2013-3-flyfishing-for-golden-doradoThere was personal fishing travel as well.  I met long time friend Vladi Trzebunia in Austria and we spent ten days fishing Slovenia, Croatia and Italy.  I had the miracle trip where friends Tom Hansen and Skip Brittenham TREATED me to dorado fishing in Bolivia.  Last, Sammy Vigneri invited me to Mexico earlier this month for striped marlin on the fly.

 

blog-Dec-31-2013-4-Marble-TroutI added several fish to my life list this year.  They were the butterfly/spotted peacock bass hybrid, marble trout, brown/marble trout hybrid, Italian barbel, soufie and rhino fish.

 

blog-Dec-31-2013-5-peacock-bass-coffee-mugThere was more to 2013 than speaking and fishing.  I learned the basics of web design and with help from friend Mark Kuhn I have a new website.  There’s more work to be done but check out my “Fly Rod Species” section.  Work your way to the “Smallmouth Bass” page.  My goal is to have every species I’ve caught done up like the smallmouth.  If you’re headed to the Amazon, I’ll have the page to tell you how to catch peacock bass.  And when you get home after the successful adventure, you can buy a peacock bass coffee mug and more!

 

blog-Dec-31-2013-6-tourette-fishing2014 isn’t booked like 2013 but things happen fast.  I’m not playing it down yet.  For sure I’ll be headed on two great worldly adventures.  The first will be with my Tourette Angler pals from South Africa.  They’ve invited me on an exploratory trip on the Nubian Flats of Sudan in the Red Sea.  Expect an epic blog with stories and photos.

 

If I return from Sudan in one piece, August finds me as a guest of Icelandic Fly FishermenIceland has long been a dream of mine and it’s finally happening.  This will be mostly an Atlantic salmon trip – and what a place to do it!  Indeed, this trip should also be an outstanding blog.

 That closes the book on 2013 – be safe tonight. 

 I hope to see you all in 2014! 

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Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing

3 Comments

  1. Tim Schilling

    Happy New Years Jeff! I look forward to seeing in Denver this weekend.

  2. Charley

    A fishing packed year for sure Jeff. Looking forward to hearing about your trip to the Sudan! Happy New Year

  3. Jeff

    Same to you Charley!

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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!

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