fly fishing travel Archives

Lucky it Didn’t Happen in Bhutan

May 4, 2024April 25, 2024 by Jeff

It was a rough trip home from Bhutan. Rugged. Remember my tooth and jaw were hurting upon arrival to Thimphu after our extra-long drive from the river? Well, pain woke me up around 3 AM the next morning. Something was going south. Knowing my predicament of 40 something hours of travel immediately ahead, I gritted … Read more

When Travel Goes Wrong

April 21, 2023 by Jeff

Yesterday was a travel day to forget. I was headed for Ascension Bay in Mexico to host a group of Fly Fishers International guests for Yellow Dog. With my intense work schedule in the rearview along with a harsh winter, I’ve been looking forward to high heat and fishing the flats. But my travel didn’t … 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!