fly fishing for peacock bass Archives

Deeply Discounted Week on the Marie River

August 9, 2021 by Jeff

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you should remember my spectacular trip to the Rio Marié in September of 2019. Perhaps the finest peacock bass river of all the Amazon basin. The place where the largest peacock bass swim. If you never saw my reports from this trip its time to … Read more

Learning About Peacock Bass

September 23, 2019September 14, 2019 by Jeff

Guess I was tired after yesterday’s big day down in the Amazon on the Marié River. Usually I’m up at 5 AM on fishing trips working on my blog and editing pics before breakfast. Today I wasn’t up till 6:20. It didn’t help that my elbow kept me awake throbbing most of the night either. … Read more

Untamed Angling and the Marie River

September 20, 2019September 12, 2019 by Jeff

I can’t begin to explain how fortunate I’ve been to travel and fish the planet. Believe me, I am grateful for it. It’s all because of generous friends from home and around the world and I thank them for this life. This week finds me with Amazon fly fishing guru and friend, Rodrigo Salles of … Read more

Waiting for Peacock Bass Fishing in Manaus

September 11, 2019 by Jeff

In my past there has been nothing harder than arriving at a destination early then having to wait a day or two for a charter flight to the actual fishing part. Today could have been one of those days but unlike in the past, this time I was actually happy to have the bonus time. … Read more

The Final Day in Kendjam with Untamed Angling

September 28, 2016August 5, 2016 by Jeff

We switched up guides on the last day. Ben and I went with Rafael Costa who is not only a fishing guide for Untamed Angling but also a fine photographer (click his name). We went for a long run up river to a place that Rafael has never been to explore. Untamed has set eyes … Read more

Another Exceptional Day Flyfishing in Kendjam Brazil

September 28, 2016August 3, 2016 by Jeff

Today was our last day of filming with Rodrigo and Marcelo of Untamed Angling for a possible segment for the International Fly Fishing Film Festival. Ben and I are only a small part of the clip and we did our part catching pacu yesterday. This morning we both hung back behind the guys while they … 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!