big brook trout Archives

Monster Labrador Brook Trout at McKenzie

August 9, 2025August 3, 2025 by Jeff

The rain came down hard during the wee hours this morning here in the boonies of Labrador at McKenzie River Lodge. And it didn’t let up for fishing. Norm and I wore our rain jackets to get from our cabin to the kitchen for breakfast and we wadered up in our room. Complete with boots … Read more

Snow Fishing for Brook Trout at Kubswin

August 12, 2020September 27, 2013 by Jeff

Gary Eckman and I went to one of my annual favorites, Kubswin Lake. Kubswin is obviously no relation to my baseball team the Chicago Cubs or it would most certainly be Cubslose Lake. Not only that, the fishing would have stunk today but instead, if you like big brook trout, it was no less than … 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!