redband rainbow trout Archives

A Float on the Low Deschutes River

May 5, 2025April 29, 2025 by Jeff

Paul Snowbeck and his Fin & Fire Fly Shop staff, Chris Peichel, Jessie Dodd and Dante Daniells along with my buddy Scott Robertson had one more beautiful part of Central Oregon to share with me today, their “Homewaters” section of the Lower Deschutes River. The stretch is referred to as the Day Stretch from Warm … Read more

An Old Fashion Canyon Hike for Fishing

May 3, 2025April 27, 2025 by Jeff

Yesterday was a successful one presenting at the Fin & Fire Fly Shop. Instead of flying right fly home after the gig I scheduled three more days fishing with buddy Scott Robertson here in Bend, Oregon. Being its likely we’ll never match Friday’s bull trout fishing; we’ve changed gears and we’ll chase redband rainbows and … 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!