fly fishing the rizzo river Archives

First Float of the Year – The Rizzo River

July 6, 2021July 5, 2021 by Jeff

After a good full day of hiking for backcountry fishing there’s nothing better than getting behind the oars with a cooler of food and a couple beers with friends. Today I took Steve and Lisa on the Rizzo River with hopes of finding a few nice cutthroats and some moose. I should have been a … Read more

The Comet Neowise Hatch

July 16, 2020 by Jeff

Float fishing the South Fork on a July day is a treat. That being said, I’d choose an evening on the Rizzo River with a mayfly hatch over the SF every time. In fact, my partner in crime on the South Fork Sunday, Jesse Belcher, would too. He’s and old Henry’s Fork Ranch guy also. … Read more

Dry Fly Redemption!

July 6, 2020 by Jeff

I’m not a big fan of getting skunked when fishing. And that’s exactly what happened during the short outing on the Teton River yesterday. So today I grabbed my friends Steve and Lisa Berry and floated them through the dry fly section of the Rizzo River. It was time for a little redemption! The … 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!