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March 4, 2010

SPOTLIGHT:
RICHARD SCHAAFF

Rich Schaaff lives along the banks of the East Fork of the Lewis River outside Portland, Oregon. with his wife Julie and their dog Cooper.
I moved out west around 10 years ago from the Upper West side of Manhattan. My first summer here I decided rather than settle down too quickly that I would [...]

February 16, 2010

SPOTLIGHT:
BRENDAN McCARTHY

I grew up in New England and, ironically, I didn’t fish much as a kid, other than throwing plugs off the beach to Bluefish in Truro while on family camping trips. After college in Boston, I spent some time ski bumming in Utah, and decided to move to NYC to try my hand [...]

January 25, 2010

SPOTLIGHT:
BRYAN GREGSON

When approached to write a bio the first thing that goes through my head is surprise and stoke. The next is, well, nothing. I can’t ever think of anything witty to say about myself and I’m not comfortable talking myself up. I’m just a guy who likes to fish and shoot photos. Like everyone else, [...]

January 18, 2010

SPOTLIGHT: RYAN DAVEY

For the past six years, I’ve made the majority of my income from fly fishing. It wasn’t always that way, though, which gives me a unique appreciation for my lifestyle. For five years I worked in the Information Technology field as a network administrator and security analyst, riding a wave of working for a [...]

January 11, 2010

SPOTLIGHT:
MIKE SPEARS

Mike Spears is from Bloomington, Indiana and grew up in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico.Mike Spears has a Bachelor of Science in Film from Boston University. Mikes’ spent about eleven years working in the photo industry in New York City and hiding out in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

My dad is an avid fisherman and by virtue of [...]

January 6, 2010

SPOTLIGHT:
ADAM BARKER

Raised amongst the towering peaks of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, Adam Barker has a passion for photography matched only by his zest for life. Inspired by photographer legends like Adams and Rowell, Barker captures dramatic imagery with a style and uniqueness all his own.
 

Obsessed with golden light and unforgettable vistas, his landscapes have sold as limited [...]

December 9, 2009

SPOTLIGHT: DAVID CANNON

I was born in the sovereign nation of Texas, but have lived most of my 27 years in the outdoor playground known as Georgia. I’m married to a great girl named Stephanie who has always encouraged me to pursue what I love, which is what led me to start writing professionally about four years ago. [...]

November 24, 2009

SPOTLIGHT: PAT CLAYTON

Focusing so much of my time and effort on attempting to document our native trout species in their natural environment is a labor of love for me. I could say I got the idea while observing a school of hundreds of brook trout and Klamath rainbows hovering over an aquamarine seep amongst the lava rocks [...]

November 16, 2009

SPOTLIGHT:
LANCE SORENSEN

A little about me, I was born and raised in the Gallatin Valley of Montana. I started college in MSU’s engineering department, after 2 years, head over flowing with pointless equations, I turned sideways and headed to the School of Photography in little Powell Wyoming’s Northwest College. After graduation I spent a [...]

November 9, 2009

SPOTLIGHT: TIM PASK

To be honest I’m not total sure how I have gotten here. It’s not that I don’t remember the trip, but it’s more the route to this specific place that seems a bit foggy these days. If you run in to me along the way, you’d probably thank the fish gods you weren’t [...]