muskie on the fly Archives

An Evening Search for Muskie

September 6, 2022September 4, 2022 by Jeff

The hardest thing about departing Idaho wasn’t saying goodbye to my beloved Henry’s Fork, it was leaving 34 years worth of friends. What eased the pain was that lucky for us, we have a lot of friends here in Wisconsin that we left 34 years ago for Idaho. Most all were our Northland College pals … Read more

A Muskie on the Figure Eight

October 21, 2018October 17, 2018 by Jeff

Two days ago the forecast was for 45° and sunny for our third day of fly fishing for muskie with Bill Sherer. But this is the Great Northwoods of Wisconsin, only about 50 miles south of Lake Superior. The weather is more unpredictable here than most places. Once again, our float was cold as ***** … 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!