Coaster brook trout Archives

All New Water to the East of Bowman Island Lodge

June 3, 2024May 29, 2024 by Jeff

I have a total of eight days fishing here to Bowman Island Lodge on the north side of Lake Superior. Five days last year and the first three days this week. I have never fished more than half mile east from the lodge. And surprisingly, neither has my friend and host Jerry Darkes nor veteran … Read more

Coaster Brook Trout of Lake Superior

May 10, 2024May 29, 2023 by Jeff

Day two here at Bowman Island Lodge in Ontario on the north end of Lake Superior began at 6 AM with a coffee followed by a big Canadian breakfast of French Toast and bacon. Jerry Darkes helped his guys rig for coaster brook trout and showed them how to run the boats (remember this is … Read more

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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!