Guest Speaker: Jeff Currier
Topic: Streamer Tricks for more & Larger Trout
November 12th, at Manual’s Tavern at 7 PM •
Bio: Jeff Currier was born in Massachusetts and grew up fly fishing throughout New England. After he received his degree from Northland College in Wisconsin, he moved to the Yellowstone area where he lived for 34 years.
Now, Jeff resides in Hayward, Wisconsin, with his wife Yvonne where he bases his globe-trotting career in fly fishing. He is an active member of the R.L. Winston Rod Co Professional Advisory Team as well as Simms, Scientific Anglers, Costa Sunglasses, Fly Fishers International, Yeti, Kates Real Foods, Be Alive, and Bauer Reels. Jeff is a “Fishing Ambassador” for Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures, which hosts exotic trips and explores new destinations throughout the world for fly fishing enthusiasts.
Jeff is 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 throughout six continents for many of the world’s greatest game fish.
Jeff is a well-sought after expert for television programs 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 an eight-time guest on Ask About Fly Fishing Internet Radio speaking on European fly fishing, Nile perch in Egypt, mahseer in India, tigerfish in Africa, fly fishing for peacock bass in the Amazon, golden dorado in Bolivia, the Red Sea of Sudan, and St. Brandon’s Atoll of Mauritius. Jeff is often a featured angler in the Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) worldwide including the popular fly fishing movies:
Kendjam, Evolution, Carpland, Waypoints, Connect, Soulfish 2, and Atlanticus.
Jeff’s articles, photographs, and artwork 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 t-shirts, fly reels, coffee mugs, frosted mugs (beer steins), books, and magazines. His original watercolors are always in high demand. He is a licensed artist with Montana Fly Company.
Although Jeff spends much of his time fly fishing for trout, he is a walking encyclopedia of fly fishing for species worldwide. 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 63 countries and caught over 430 species of fish on the fly!
Jeff has won numerous fly casting competitions such as the Jackson Hole One Fly 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 Fly Fishing Championships in Jaca, Spain, in 2003. During the competition, Jeff managed to fool fish on every venue and placed third in the individual standings, becoming the first American ever to take home a medal in the 30-year history of the championships. In June of 2017, Jeff did it again at the World Masters Fly Fishing Championships in Covilha, Portugal. In 2019 he and his team took home the silver medal in Dullstroom, South Africa.
Furthermore, 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 waters in the Rockies to the most remote corners of the globe. Some of his shows take you to distant regions – to a world of fly fishing that many don’t know exists which will leave you in awe that such creatures can be enticed to eat a fly!
Jeff brings a sense of humor, enthusiasm, approachability, and over 45 years of fly fishing experience to wherever he goes.
