riginally a Texas bass fisherman, I grew up fishing the “red-neck” way as taught to me by my great-grandmother. She would take me to her favorite tank (Texan for pond) and encourage me to catch as many as I could -- for dinner -- the neighbors or just for fertilizer for the garden. Later on, I would spend days fishing the great State of Texas searching for the elusive “hawg.”

Texas has some of the finest bass lakes anywhere; Lake Fork, Sam Rayburn, Lake of the Pines, Texhoma and Toledo Bend to name a few. My “hawg” came when I was 14, on Falcon Reservoir. A 10-½ pound black bass beauty caught on the Mexico side of the lake.

I relocated to Colorado, truly God’s country, a little over 9 years ago. I have become obsessed with the art and beauty of fly-fishing. I only wish I had discovered fly-fishing sooner. I have come to appreciate and protect these precious resources and have become Catch & Release only. 

I travel in my job, so I am able to fish some of the great rivers of the Rocky Mountain West.  My home waters are the Big Thompson, a wild trout fishery, about 20 minutes from home.  There’s a “tank” out back of the house that has a few carp and those little blue gills my grandmother loved so much.

I love the Salmonfly hatch on the Colorado River and will make an annual pilgrimage to the Roaring Fork & Frying Pan Rivers each year.

I really enjoy tying & swapping flies and am always striving to get better.  I also build a fly rod or two each year for friends and family.

“I’ve fished most of my life—the rest of the time I just wasted.”