flyfishing for spotted grunter Archives

Fly Fishing the Port Elizabeth Estuary of South Africa

August 3, 2019November 18, 2015 by Jeff

Anthony and Ed took Granny and I out on the Port Elizabeth estuary today. The Port Elizabeth estuary is the 2nd richest in all of South Africa. Our plan of attack was to hit all the spotted grunter hot spots as possible in hopes to fool one of them into eating a fly. You may … Read more

Fly Fishing for Spotted Grunter in South Africa

December 26, 2015November 13, 2015 by Jeff

There was barely a cloud in the sky this morning when we left Craig and Coreta’s house for fishing. Today was an exploratory in search of tailing spotted grunter. Craig knew of some flats about a half hour from Knysna, South Africa which put us at a river mouth and estuary near Sedgefield. The entrance … 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!