fly fishing for musky Archives – Page 2 of 2

A Must Fish September Day

September 16, 2023September 15, 2023 by Jeff

If I ever had a day where I had no business fishing, it was today. I’m just back from fifteen fun days of adventure fishing at Gangler’s in Manitoba and leaving right back to Canada on Saturday to British Columbia to help Team USA Master Fly Fishing defend the gold medals we won last year … Read more

Granny Restarts Her Musky Quest

July 8, 2023July 6, 2023 by Jeff

Last summer Granny worked hard to get our fixer-upper house here in Hayward, Wisconsin completely finished. This meant missing out on lots of fishing. It’s been great to get her out on the water almost every week this season between her work days. She has been enjoying it so much that today it was her … Read more

Early Season Musky Fishing Ends with a Bang

July 1, 2023June 29, 2023 by Jeff

All great fishing days in June start early. Today was no different. Friend Josh Hulbert picked me up at 4:30 AM and we headed to the river to meet up with a new friend, Tanner. Young Tanner is 24 and was raised in the Hayward, Wisconsin area. The sun rose at 5:15 and it was … 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

First Frost First Musky of the Year

September 29, 2022September 28, 2022 by Jeff

I felt it in my bones. There was a serious chill in the air. I loaded the car for fishing in my bare feet like I have every fishing morning since May. But there was frost on the ground. Out came the first socks in months and my duck boots. Then I started the car … Read more

Fall has Arrived

September 26, 2022September 25, 2022 by Jeff

I left the house late this morning compared to most this year’s Wisconsin fishing days. It was 6:55 AM when I hopped in the car. But fall is here. Its not light till 7. A cool rain fell as I waited in the Kwik Trip parking lot. Today I floated with Josh Hulbert and … Read more

Fly Fishing for Musky on Cave Run Lake, KY

May 22, 2016April 15, 2016 by Jeff

It was a stunningly beautiful morning on Cave Run Lake. I’m not familiar with sunrise here in Kentucky but to be hypnotized by bird songs I don’t recognize and dazzled by leaves popping on every tree – no doubt it was as good as it gets. Furthermore, I was on a guided trip fly fishing … 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!