fly fishing for redfish Archives

End of a Great Few Days Fly Fishing in Texas

March 23, 2026March 20, 2026 by Jeff

Brian Iannacchione had us booked for a full fishing day with Jako Lucas today down here in Texas. Our final day this week. But both Brian and I fly home tonight and there’s all kind of news talk that TSA lines are four hours long due to the government shutdown. I watch very little news … Read more

Muddy Wading Session Pays Off for Redfish

March 22, 2026March 18, 2026 by Jeff

It was brisk again down here on the Texas coast with friends Brian Iannacchione and guide Jako Lucas. I say brisk, but it was nothing as bad as yesterday’s fridged 46° and windy. This morning at sunrise it was already 56° and the local pelicans actually showed some life. While we’re always open to … Read more

Coldest Fly Fishing for Redfish Day of My Life

March 20, 2026March 17, 2026 by Jeff

I slipped out of the snowy winter conditions of Wisconsin yesterday and flew to Austin, TX and met up with buddy Brian Iannacchione. Then Brian and I drove to the TX coast to meet up with our friend and top coastal fly fishing guide, Jako Lucas. We’re fishing here for the next four days. … Read more

From Wisconsin Smallmouth to Texas Salt

August 4, 2024July 30, 2024 by Jeff

Last November I was invited by once Seychelles client now good friend, Brian Iannacchione, to join him in Texas to saltwater fly fish with another friend, legendary South African now American and world renown fishing guide, Jako Lucas. As much as I wanted to join these buddies, I knew it was during peak smallmouth bass … Read more

The Louisiana Redfish Flats

February 4, 2018November 15, 2017 by Jeff

We returned to the Hopedale, Louisiana redfish flats again today. This time we fished with Capt. Paul Lappin. Paul picked us up at 6:30 AM and we drove the scenic route from New Orleans to the marina. It took about an hour. Instead of grabbing a sit-down breakfast like yesterday we grabbed one to go … Read more

Fly Fishing for Louisiana Redfish

February 4, 2018November 14, 2017 by Jeff

Funny, all the crazy fish I’m knowledgeable about from around the world, yet there’s one of Americas greatest game fish I hardly know. That’s the red drum, better known as the redfish. This week Granny and I are in Louisiana to do a little brush up on this sharp looking species of the grassy flats. … Read more

Fly Fishing at Tarpon Lodge on Pine Island Florida

February 8, 2016 by Jeff

One of my absolute best customers back in my fly shop days was George. Year after year George treated his friends and family to fishing in Jackson Hole Wyoming. I handled his trips and retail and made sure they had a great time. His favorite fishing guide was Rick Schreiber and over the years Rick … 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!