spotted bay bass Archives

Snapperless at Snapper Rocks

November 7, 2023November 1, 2023 by Jeff

We planned an early start for our drive north this morning from Magdalena Bay but unfortunately Sammy caught the crud. Sam and I were kind of expecting it because Grant was hurting when we got here. Hopefully I’m not next. Luckily we only had a couple hours drive to our next location. This was … Read more

Spring Tide Challenges and a New Species

February 4, 2017October 15, 2016 by Jeff

I leapt from bed early this morning here in Encinitas, California. Granny and I were eager to get to the Torrey Pines State Beach. She wanted to do a run while I was aiming to once and for all catch my elusive corbina on the fly. When we got there at 10 AM the tide … 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!