The Madison-Gallatin Chapter of TU (Bozeman) is hosting Jeff Currier at their December meeting tomorrow night.
I’d still argue that Currier’s Quick and Easy Guide to Saltwater Fly Fishing is the best intro on the topic out there.
MGTU shared a bit of his ‘resume’ in their recent newsletter…
Jeff Currier resides in Victor, Idaho with his wife Yvonne where he bases his globe-trotting career in fly fishing. He is an active member of the Ross Professional Advisory Team, Scientific Anglers Product Advisory Team, Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures Advisory Team, a fly fishing lecturer and well known fish artist. He has taught the skills of fly fishing, guided fly fishers throughout Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park and escorted fly fishers on six continents.
Jeff is a well sought after expert for television appearing on Fishing the West, Fly Fishing the World, In Search of Fly Water, Reel Adventures, Fly Fish TV and Fly Fish America. He has also been a four time guest on Ask About Fly Fishing Internet Radio speaking on European Fly Fishing, Nile Perch in Egypt, Mahseer in India and Tigerfish in Africa. Jeff is one of the featured fisherman in Confluence Films movie, Connect, where Jeff is part of an incredible segment catching enormous tigerfish in Tanzania as well as a Burl Productions film, Soul Fish 2, where Jeff and friends document an expedition in search of taimen in Mongolia.
Jeff’s articles and photographs have graced the pages of magazines, catalogs, brochures and books. Jeff is the acclaimed author of Currier’s Quick and Easy Guide to Saltwater Fly Fishing and Currier’s Quick and Easy Guide to Warmwater Fly Fishing guide books. These books have become the standard introductions to saltwater and warmwater fly fishing. When not fishing or writing, Jeff is usually found working on one of his favorite hobbies, painting fish. His fish art decorates Simms T-Shirts, fly reels, coffee mugs, books, magazines and his original watercolors are always in high demand.
Although Jeff spends much of his time fly fishing for trout, he is constantly traveling and developing techniques for catching the most exotic fish imaginable in places where even the most avid adventurer refuses to go. This IGFA World Record holder and National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame Record holder has fished in over forty countries and caught over 275 species of fish on the fly!
Jeff has won several Best of the West Long Distance Fly Casting Competitions and competed throughout the world in fly fishing. Jeff’s most recognized accomplishment was leading Team USA to its first ever top-ten finish in the World Flyfishing Championships in Jaca, Spain. Placing third in the individual standings, Jeff became the only American ever to take home a medal in the twenty-eight year history of the Championships.
When not fishing, Jeff can be found lecturing throughout the United States and Canada on nearly every aspect of fly fishing. He demonstrates fly casting, teaches seminars on the basics to the advanced skills of fly fishing and presents many fly fishing destination programs ranging from his home waters in the Rockies to the most remote corners of the globe. Some of his shows take you to distant waters and a world of fly fishing that many don’t know exists and will leave you in awe that such creatures can be enticed to eat a fly!
Great guy and a great speaker.
