fly fishing for muskies Archives

Kiss the Musky Jitters Goodbye

October 28, 2024October 25, 2024 by Jeff

I made a goal last night as I bedded down, guide my two buddies (regulars on the blog), Mike Neuman and Matt “Howie” Norton, to their first muskellunge on the fly. Not an easy task being Neuman is new to chucking the big fly rods and Howie is jinxed with the elusive freshwater giants. To … Read more

60°s and Cloudy Brings Me Out One Last Time

October 25, 2023October 24, 2023 by Jeff

Fall keeps delivering decent temperatures for fishing. Although a cloudy one, today touched 60° and I hit the water with Bob and his son Gibb. We saw a few muskies but none would eat. The pike on the other hand, they always save the day and this afternoon was no exception. The pike devoured … Read more

Birthdays Were Made for Fishing

October 21, 2023October 18, 2023 by Jeff

I hit the pillow last night with a plan to fish a lake that has few muskies but big muskies. Granny and I were skunked here back in July but because it’s my birthday today, I felt the fish gods would deliver. But that’s not the way fly fishing works and I should know that … 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!