fly fishing lakes in Wisconsin Archives

Cold Front and Wind Prohibit Return to Lake Superior

June 12, 2023June 10, 2023 by Jeff

Dreadful weather moved in last night. I could feel the temperature drop while sleeping in my van. Then the drizzle started followed by gale wind. By the time college pals Howie, Mike, Mark and I were ready to head for Lake Superior for our second day we got word there was a small craft warning … Read more

An Evening on Windigo Lake

August 12, 2022August 9, 2022 by Jeff

I’ve been drooling over Google Earth Maps a few evenings now that it gets dark earlier. There is so much water to fish within just ten miles of our house here in Hayward, WI its almost unbelievable. While I’m certain may of the lakes are far from epic fisheries, all are fun to explore. Late … 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!