fly fishing Idaho Archives

Back to the Rizzo River

August 24, 2019August 20, 2019 by Jeff

It’s been a really fun time fishing with my friend Garth Wellman of South Africa. My venues have worked out. Garth has seen a lot of country. And the fishing has been superb. To top off his four days we ended with a float down the Rizzo to meet some of the most challenging dry … Read more

Fishing with the South Africans on the 5th of July

July 20, 2017July 5, 2017 by Jeff

I apologize for the serious delay in posts this week but in the days to come you will soon learn why! I love the 4th of July and yesterday was long and memorable one starting with the Victor parade. After the parade was a day of live music at the Knotty Pine then an evening … Read more

Spring Runoff Carries into July

July 6, 2017July 2, 2017 by Jeff

I took the boat out today for the first time this year to treat some longtime friends of mine, Mark and Linda, to a day on the Rizzo River for some big cutthroats. I met Mark and Linda when speaking in Albuquerque about ten years ago and they have since joined me on trips for … Read more

Celebration of Life and Fishing on the Henry’s Fork

June 23, 2017June 15, 2017 by Jeff

Being home for a change is the greatest thing in the world. For me it’s like vacation from vacations. And best of all its Henry’s Fork time and the best dry fly fishing of the year. It’s also when I spend time with some of my longtime friends. Many of my Henry’s Fork pals … 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!