fly fishing the California surf Archives

Spring Tide Challenges and a New Species

February 4, 2017October 15, 2016 by Jeff

I leapt from bed early this morning here in Encinitas, California. Granny and I were eager to get to the Torrey Pines State Beach. She wanted to do a run while I was aiming to once and for all catch my elusive corbina on the fly. When we got there at 10 AM the tide … Read more

Clever California Corbina

February 4, 2017October 14, 2016 by Jeff

Time flies when you’re having fun. Granny and I have been in Southern California for nearly a week and I’ve given presentations to Santa Barbara Flyfishers, Fly Fishing Club of Orange County and the Pasadena Casting Club. I’ll continue my speaking tour next week but starting today, we have three days off so we hit … Read more

Chasing “Beans” in the Southern California Surf

November 11, 2024October 14, 2013 by Jeff

Granny and I rolled in to Encinitas, California late yesterday afternoon. We came down here because tonight night I speak to Golden State Flycasters. Our early arrival gave us a little time to screw off including a night on the town at the local sports bar where we watched a thrilling Sox Tigers game. Then … Read more

Contact Jeff

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!