fly fishing Island Park Reservoir Archives

The Return to Island Park Reservoir

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 by Jeff

I went through a phase a number of years ago where Island Park Reservoir was one of my favorite places to spend a day. The thing however, back then the lake was high and the waters edge was natural with trees and grass. But for years we had light snowpack and it became so low … Read more

Trout Can’t Hide at 33% – Island Park Reservoir

August 27, 2015August 26, 2015 by Jeff

Say the word reservoir to a trout fly fishermen and they run for cover like cutthroat in the radar of an osprey. Mention furthermore that the reservoir is only 33% full and they envision a dried up cracked earth desert. Personally, I love fly fishing the reservoirs simply because I know I’ll have a body … 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!