Simms Fishing Products Archives

Saved by the Nunya 2016

February 4, 2017September 14, 2016 by Jeff

Sept 12, 2016 The Yellowstone Country forecast was dismal for Granny’s days off. Plummeting temperatures and heavy rains with thunderstorms were predicted. But it didn’t stop us from floating down the Nunya. The weatherman wasn’t wrong. We headed on our long drive west of Victor only to hit storm after storm. We made the … Read more

2015 Fishing Year in Review

December 31, 2015December 30, 2015 by Jeff

I’m not sure every year keeps getting better, but for certain 2015 ranks up there as one of my best since I quit working the fly shop. I continue to get busier with my business and I fish and travel more than ever imagined. My year started with three months of speaking engagements … Read more

Never Underrate Florida Keys Bonefish

November 5, 2015November 2, 2015 by Jeff

A common occurrence on any photo shoot is that on the last day you scramble to get pics you haven’t gotten yet. The shorter the length of the shoot the longer the last day photo list is. I’m in the Florida Keys on a two day shoot with Simms modeling new product. Simms has some … Read more

Fly Fishing in Key West

November 10, 2024November 1, 2015 by Jeff

Early morning comes quick especially if you were up checking out Fantasy Fest on Halloween in Key West earlier this morning at 1 AM. But, when you travel, whether in a foreign country or in a far-flung part of the USA, if you have the opportunity to take in an experience, you do so. Fantasy Fest … Read more

Key West, Halloween & Fantasy Fest

November 3, 2015November 1, 2015 by Jeff

One of the many perks of being on the Simms Fishing Products pro staff is being one of the first to fish the newest of Simms long array of products. Tonight pro photographer Brian Grossenbacher and I landed in Key West, Florida. We are here the courtesy of Simms. My job is to fish and … Read more

Florida Keys here I Come

October 31, 2015 by Jeff

With a trip to San Francisco this Friday November 6th to be the keynote speaker for the Henry’s Fork Foundation Reception Dinner then to Africa for three weeks on Monday November 9th, squeezing in two days of fishing in the Florida Keys tomorrow and Monday didn’t seem logical. But then it seemed less logical not … Read more

Thanks Simms!

April 2, 2024April 23, 2013 by Jeff

Just waiting around to fly out to India this morning here in Bozeman, Montana. To use up the time I made a visit to Simms Fishing Products. Simms is a top sponsor of Confluence Films fly fishing projects. That’s great news for me and I loaded up on great sun protective clothing, waterproof bags … 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!