fly fishing in africa Archives

Final Leg to Sette Cama Camp in Gabon

April 24, 2016March 17, 2016 by Jeff

I’ve referred to traveling from one side of the earth to the other as entering the “time warp” many times before. I left the Midwest Fly Fishing Show in Detroit on Sunday night and I’m finally at my destination, Sette Cama Camp in Gabon. I’m struggling to shake off one of the biggest time warps … Read more

The First Fish in South Africa

December 26, 2015November 12, 2015 by Jeff

Granny and I awoke to a spectacular morning here in Knysna, South Africa at our friends Craig and Coreta Smiths house. It’s nice to be here for many reasons but the first that crosses my mind while in the Southern Hemisphere in November is that while the days are short and wintery in Victor, Idaho … Read more

Sudan Deals an Ugly Set of Cards

September 1, 2015April 10, 2015 by Jeff

The wind was light out of the east when I put my head down last night here in Sudan. At 4 AM the Scuba Libre started to swing on anchor. A massive wind picked up from the northwest. It came on so strong that as the boat spun around the waves slapped the side of … Read more

Travel to Sudan – 2015

August 31, 2015April 6, 2015 by Jeff

Mike and I relaxed this morning for the first time since we left the States. We sat with Nick Bowles and visited over coffee. I watched the play by play of the Cubs Cardinals baseball season opener on my computer. It was Sunday night in the US and here in Dubai it was 5 AM. … 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!