spring chinook salmon Archives

Hunt for a Springer Chinook

March 18, 2022March 16, 2022 by Jeff

I’m not much of a troller but last year I spent two days on the water with Mike LaSota dragging some crazy outfits along the bottom of the Multnomah Channel in OR for spring chinooks. “Springers” as the locals call them, are regarded as the best tasting salmon in the world. These chinooks arrive in … Read more

Fingers Crossed for a Spring Chinook

April 10, 2021April 7, 2021 by Jeff

I’m 99% catch and release but when it comes to a Jenny Lake lake trout, a Wisconsin walleye or a grouper in Baja, I make an exception. Please understand, these species are undisputedly delicious. Last night here in Oregon, my friend Mike LaSota convinced me that “Spring Chinook Salmon” taste even better than the above. … 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!