fly fishing St Brandon's Archives

Time for the Famous St. Brandon’s Boat Ride

April 7, 2026 by Jeff

It was smooth flying from Paris to Mauritius arriving to this southern Indian Ocean country on April 5th. All my Yellow Dog friends arrived at varying times over the 5th and 6th. This includes, Michael Lodge, Jeff Smith, David Moeller, Mike Brennan, Bob Ylagan, Heath Marston and Morgan O’Brien. Last night we celebrated the fact … Read more

Focused on One Fish at St Brandon’s Atoll

May 20, 2017April 15, 2017 by Jeff

I’ve cycled through fishing friends and today I was back with Scott. This means at the end of today the trip is more than half over. Damn these journeys go fast. You wait and wait and wait and count the days till the trip for months then bang – the adventure is gone! At … Read more

Rock On Spring Snow – Off to St Brandon’s

April 4, 2017 by Jeff

I may not have fished the last ten days since the Wisconsin Driftless but I was home, happy and packing for what should be a top adventure. Tomorrow I’ll be headed to St Brandon’s Atoll which belongs to the country of Mauritius. I’ll be fishing with a few buddies from the states, Scott Smith and … 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!