fly fishing the northwoods of wisconsin Archives

No Guarantee When Attempting to Time the Hatch

June 25, 2022June 23, 2022 by Jeff

Wisconsin friend Matt Norton, better known by his college pals as Howie, and who has been on the blog several times this last year, deserves a reintroduction now that I too live in WI. Howie and I will be fishing together far more than in the past. Howie was my Northland College roommate in … Read more

Fly Fishing the Northwoods of Wisconsin

May 3, 2021April 30, 2021 by Jeff

Granny and I are still enjoying my old stomping grounds of Wisconsin. We are now way up north near Ashland where I studied at Northland College 1983-1987. We passed through Ashland yesterday and camped in the National Forest last night. It’s been absolutely gorgeous. Cold but gorgeous. Until today we hadn’t fished again since … 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!