Ben Smith Archives – Jeff Currier

Trout Can’t Hide at 33% – Island Park Reservoir

August 27, 2015August 26, 2015 by Jeff

Say the word reservoir to a trout fly fishermen and they run for cover like cutthroat in the radar of an osprey. Mention furthermore that the reservoir is only 33% full and they envision a dried up cracked earth desert. Personally, I love fly fishing the reservoirs simply because I know I’ll have a body … Read more

Humbled on the Henry’s Fork

August 27, 2015August 25, 2015 by Jeff

At 1 PM Tim Brune and I headed for a day and half adventure over around the Henry’s Fork. Along the way I phoned my Blackfoot Reservoir Carp Classic Tournament partner Ben Smith and he was quick to join in on the fun. Ben moved to West Yellowstone this spring and guides for Trout Hunter. … 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!