Hayward Muskie Tournament Archives

Superb Pike Fishing in a Muskie Tournament

October 5, 2022October 2, 2022 by Jeff

Hours for the final day of the 44th Annual Hayward Chapter Muskies Inc Tournament were short compared to Friday and Saturday. Today we started and hour earlier, 7 AM, but had to be finished by noon in order to be on time to attend the awards ceremony and lunch. Of course, the Hayward Chapter had … Read more

A Muskie too Short

October 4, 2022October 1, 2022 by Jeff

Tom Smedley and I arrived at the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) boat ramp around 7:20 AM in order to be casting in the 44th Annual Hayward Muskie Tournament by the 8 o’clock starting time. But we wouldn’t have made it. There were numerous boats already in line to launch. Enough we’d have been waiting 45 … Read more

The Annual Fall Hayward Muskie Tournament

October 3, 2022September 30, 2022 by Jeff

I’ve been on a roll in 2022 as far as competing in fly fishing tournaments. The World Championships in Italy could not have been better and 2nd Place at the Jackson Hole One Fly was certainly acceptable. So why not challenge myself to enter another? There isn’t a reason. Especially when the competitions I’ve … Read more

Contact Jeff

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!