Brooks Lodge, Katmai National Park

I am currently part of the team that runs four remote lodges and a flight service in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska.

Interested in visiting this amazing part of the state?

With three decades working at remote operations, I am happy to share my expertise in planning a great trip. 907-308-5774

Someone recently said, “I love to fly fish, but I am not at your level”. He was right in a way. I don’t claim to be the best at any aspect. It is just that I have taken fly fishing to an absorb level, trying to think like a fish. 

It started with a four week fly tying course at age 10…

In Elementary School, I was the kid that concerned teachers because I was always scribbling outside the lines in ‘coloring books’. At a very young age the idea of being forced to add color to someone else’s drawing bored me to death. The parent/teacher conference in 1st grade was insulting. During second grade I just colored everything in with a black crayon. The parent/teacher conference was down right amusing! I sat through both as the teacher spoke to my mother like I was not even there or could not comprehend what was being said and implied.

Ended up in college art classes by the age of 10, and eventually graduating with a degree in Graphic Design & Photography, with an emphasis on the digital frontier. But instead of pursuing art for art, I went fly fishing instead.

My commercial art has existed side by side with my fishing career, but mainly focused on the marketing for the places that I have worked at over the last few decades.

A little video I put together for the Mission Lodge website circa 2015-2018.