fly fishing the Amazon River Archives

Massive Peacock Bass of the Marie River

November 10, 2024September 15, 2019 by Jeff

I’m back to my early up routine today here on the Marié River in the Amazon. The chef had the coffee ready at 5:30 and I headed on the deck of the Untamed Amazon to work on my blog and watch the sunrise. The skies were ominous showing signs of rain. By the time … Read more

The Long Flight to the Amazon

September 11, 2019September 10, 2019 by Jeff

It happens often; I get so tired I can’t sleep. I hit the pillow at around 1 AM after the Jackson Hole One Fly weekend on Sunday night. But knowing I had to be up at 4 AM to catch a flight to the Amazon, it was impossible to sleep. At 3:58 AM before the … 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!