Fly Fishing in Labrador Archives

Bonus Brook Trout Time at McKenzie River Lodge

February 4, 2017August 8, 2015 by Jeff

With the plane not coming till midafternoon to return Granny and me back to society there was time to fish. For the first time the skies were blue in every direction and there was no wind. The joke here at McKenzie River Lodge was that today was THE day of summer. After breakfast Andrew (I … Read more

Fly Fishing for Landlocked Salmon at McKenzie

February 4, 2017August 7, 2015 by Jeff

With so many brook trout of dreams this week, today, our last day, was all about ouananiche, better known as landlocked salmon. Paul Ostiguy, owner of McKenzie River Lodge, our friend and the man responsible for bringing Granny and me to Labrador was able to join us on the quest. This was fitting because Paul’s favorite … Read more

The Terminator – A Giant Brook Trout from Labrador

February 4, 2017August 5, 2015 by Jeff

It started out cold and drizzly for our twenty minute boat ride half way up Andre Lake this morning to where we anchored our canoe at the mouth of the Quartzite River. The ride speaks of how deep in the wilderness in Northern Labrador we are. There are no houses or any signs of man … Read more

Fly Fishing Labrador for Ouananiche Salmon

February 4, 2017August 4, 2015 by Jeff

It was a gnarly storm through the night. Heavy rain pummeled our cabin at McKenzie River Lodge and wind shook the walls. Granny got up at 2 AM for something and I heard her mumble, “I’m not fishing in this crap”. I’m not sure anyone would’ve but to our good fortune at 4 AM the storm … Read more

Made it to McKenzie River Lodge in Labrador

February 4, 2017August 3, 2015 by Jeff

With the Otter Seaplane down Labrador Air Safaris brought in a 1954 De Havilland Beaver to fly us to McKenzie River Fly Fishing Lodge. I was comfy with our replacement plane being that I lived off a Beaver much of June on the Selwyn Lake pike trip. Unfortunately with the smaller plane not all of … Read more

Brookies Like Wet Weather in Labrador

July 11, 2023August 2, 2015 by Jeff

We awoke to some bleak “Monsoon Currier” type weather this morning here in Labrador City, Labrador. But at the moment all is in play and we’ll fly further north for McKenzie River Lodge at 12:30 PM. No more news today will be good news! I don’t think we have internet from here on out … Read more

Montreal to Wabush – Hunt for Huge Brook Trout

July 11, 2023August 1, 2015 by Jeff

It wasn’t easy getting up at 5 AM in Montreal. For Granny and me 5 AM is like 3 AM. But then flashes of huge brook trout in Labrador entered the brain and next thing I knew we were at the Provincial Airlines flight gate. This flight originally wasn’t so early but the airport in … Read more

We’re Very Lucky to be Headed to Labrador!

July 11, 2023July 30, 2015 by Jeff

If you wondering how the heck the Currier’s have pulled off yet another incredible trip – it goes like this. . . . As most of you know I spend three months of winter on the road speaking at the Fly Fishing Shows and fly fishing clubs throughout the USA and Canada (2016 schedule … 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!