Gary Borger 

is one of the world's foremost fly fishing educators. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Campus in Wausau. His achievements have been recognized in The Millennium Edition of Strathmore's Who's Who, Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Men of Achievement, the Dictionary of International Biography, a multiple year honoree in Who's Who Among America's Teacher's, Outstanding People of the 20th Century, and Outstanding People of the Millennium. He has been a fly fisher since 1955, and since 1972 has taught classes and lectured internationally on all aspects of fly fishing for trout and salmon. A free-lance writer and photographer and an active member of the Outdoor Writer's Association of America, Gary is also a Contributing Editor for Fly Fisherman Magazine, Editor at Large for the Virtual Fly Shop, and Fly Fishing Columnist for North American Fisherman. He has written five best-selling books on fly fishing: Nymphing, Naturals, The Borger Color System, Designing Trout Flies, and Presentation. Gary pioneered fly fishing video instruction with his release of Nymphing in 1982. Since then he has appeared in four videos for the 3M Company; and in cooperation with the Federation of Fly Fishers, produced the environmental video Where The Trout Are. His video production company has produced an additional 17, internationally acclaimed videos in the Skills of Fly Fishing Series. This production work has earned him a listing in Who's Who in Entertainment. Gary was also a consultant on Robert Redford's movie A River Runs Through It. With his award-winning CD/cassette tape, My Madison, he pioneered fly fishing, nature-music audios. In addition, Gary is a the designer of the Weinbrenner Ultimate Wading Shoe, the Gary Borger Fly Vest, the Gary Borger Signature fly rods and reels, and many other innovative angling products and unique fly designs. He is a founding board member of the River Alliance of Wisconsin, a founding member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of Fly Fisher's fly casting instructor certification program, a member of The Order of the Jungle Cock, Trout Unlimited, United Fly Tyers, the Federation of Fly Fishers, the American Museum of Fly Fishing, the Catskill Fly Fishing Center, and other conservation organizations. He is a recipient of the Ross Allen Merigold Complete Angler Memorial Award, the Charles K. Fox Rising Trout Award, the Joan and Lee Wullf Conservation award, and is internationally recognized for his conservation efforts; in recognition of this work he received the first Lew Jewett Memorial Life Membership in the Federation of Fly Fishers in 1979.

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Jim Casada    

who was born on January 28, 1942, is a son of the Smokies. He grew up in Bryson City, N. C. and cut his sporting teeth hunting and fishing in and around this small mountain town. He says that "a corner of my heart" still belongs to the high country. Jim is currently Senior Editor and Book Columnist for Sporting Classics magazine; Editor-at-large for Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine; Contributing Editor for Petersen's Hunting, Sporting Clays, Whitetail News, The Hunting Magazine and Tennessee Valley Outdoors magazines; Outdoor Editor for Smoky Mountain Living; Outdoor Correspondent for The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) and the Spartanburg Herald-Journal; Field Editor for Cabela's Outfitter Journal; Editor of the Outdoor Tennessee Series (University of Tennessee Press) and the Firearms Classics Series (Palladium Press). Jim is a regular contributor to regional and national magazines, with credits in Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Sports Afield, American Hunter, American Rifleman, Deer & Deer Hunting, Turkey Call, Wildlife in North Carolina, Tennessee Wildlife, South Carolina Wildlife, Crappie, Bassin, Bassmaster, Grouse Point Almanac, Trout, The Flyfisher, Pointing Dog Journal, Southern Sporting Journal, Cabela's Outfitter Journal, Outdoor World, North American Hunter, North American Fisherman, Hunting the Country and many others.

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Ed Chamberlain 

is an FFF certified Master Casting Instructor who enjoys working with flyfishers of all levels and ability.  Interests include salt and freshwater fly fishing, kayaking, and cycling. A long-time member of the Atlanta Fly Fishing Club, Ed is a retired Army Airborne Ranger who now lives in Buford, GA.

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Jay Clark 



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Eric Cook 

is an FFF MCCI from Atlanta.  When it comes to fly casting, he was originally self-taught, so he understands the frustrations of learning this skill and the importance of quality instruction.  Also from this experience, Eric's style of teaching deals more with the thought process of the student, which helps promote problem-solving skills rather than memorization of rules. Eric began learning fly casting at the early age of nine purely through trial and error. He earned a degree in engineering which enables him to blend the technical background with the artistry of fly casting. Being the eternal student, Eric continues to explore new concepts and techniques.

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David Diaz 

David Diaz  is a Master Certified Casting Instructor who teaches fly casting in Birmingham, Alabama. He has presented casting classes and teaching workshops, Casting in Your Comfort Zone,  Behind the Wizard's Curtain, and Single-Handed Spey for Fishermen   for the FFF South Eastern Council Conclave and   the FFF National Fly Fishing Show.   His article The Roadmap for Certain Success  is now used regularly  as an examination  preparation guide  by individuals, instructors, and in fly fishing schools. As a member of the Casting Board of Governors, he chairs the Continuing Education Committee.

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Allan Dozier  

of Charlotte, North Carolina has been working wood for years but decided the ultimate project would be building a boat.  He has been fly fishing since the late fifties, starting with an automatic reel and fiberglass rod for bream growing up in central Florida, and is a FFF Certified Casting Instructor.  When he is not fishing or in his workshop, he is working in the garden or practicing Veterinary Medicine.

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Kent Edmonds 

guides for Flint River shoal bass, Chattahoochee stripers and Callaway bass & bream. A certified FFF instructor and a lead instructor at the Callaway Fly Fishing Schools, he has taught casting to 1000's of anglers in the last 20 years. His articles have appeared in regional and national fly fishing and outdoor magazines. Kent's Stealth Bomber fly is distributed by Rainy's Flies, and custom foam cutters for the pattern are available from River Road Creations (www.riverroadcreations.com ).

Oscar Feliu  

Oscar Feliu a native of CHILE came to the US in 1969. Here he became a fly-fisher, and fly-tier. As an entomology student he conducted aquatic studies in several Michigan Rivers, his home of twenty years. His innovative fly patterns became well known throughout the Great Lakes region, and were the subject of several newspapers and Magazines articles; Lansing State Journal, FFF Magazine, Trout Canada, Fly-fishing Magazine, Scientific Anglers Quarterly, American Angler, Field & Stream, Fly-fish America, Michigan Out-Of-Doors, etc. Oscar subscribe to the True to Life style of fly tying! Here are some of the fly patterns: Oscar's Hex: covering all the metamorphosis stages of the Hexagenia Limbata. The Ribbon Flies Series - Life Cycle of the Caddis: Ribbon Caddis, Skittering and Low profile Oscar Riyacophila, Pupa and a Caddis E-merger (Klinkhammer Variation), Ribbon Stone (Pteronarcys), Ribbon Golden stone (Acroneuria), Ribbon Hopper & Ribbon Cricket, Ribbon Crawfish, Oscar's Terror Nymph (Stenonema Foscum), Ribbon Fox (Generic Nymph), Peccary Trico, Peccary P M D. The Great Lakes Streamers series: Emerald Dace (Imitating Silver Sided brooks, and Pin-head Herring), Blue Darter (Shiners), Barred Minnow (Stickle Backs, Purple Smelt). Salt water Patterns: Estaz Shrimp, Mantis Shrimp, Sea Brat, Generic streamer, Oscar's White-bait, Oscar's Threadfinns, Baby Mullet, Oscar's Pin-fish, Oscar's Lady Fish, Estaz Collared Tarpon Flies, Mini Deceivers (Beach Dweller, Beach Darters).

He has presented workshops For FFF International Conclave for 35 years mostly in Montana's Paradise Valley and also made demonstrations in Canada, Italy, and throughout United States. He's a member of Trout Unlimited and The Federation of Fly Fishers for 37 years. Oscar and his wife Bobbye have lived in Central Florida since 1989. Their family is composed of five children (Scott, Kristye, Danny, Christina and Nikole) and two grandchildren(Madisyn Olivia and Macy). Oscar continues to produce new fly patterns for trout, and naturally for Bass and Salt water. He conducts three six-week courses per year on Fly tying and Fishing at The Villages, in Central Florida. He teaches two fly-tying and fly-fishing workshops every summer at the FFF international Show, in Montana and now Colorado. Most of his Trout Fly patterns have been capture on a just released two-part Videos and DVDs - Fly Tying with Oscar Feliu Part One (Caddis Flies), and Part Two (Mayflies). He also has now another two Fly Tying DVDs in HD Form  - the new series called Hooked on Fly Tying by James & Kelly Watt. Also you will find Oscar's fly patterns in the Farrow Allen & Dick Stewart's Books (Flies for Saltwater, Steel-head, Trout, Bass & Pan Fish). His saltwater Patterns can be found in a new Book by Aaron Adams called Saltwater Prey Fish.

Oscar is very entertaining - as a singer. He attended Central Michigan University for short while and became a restaurateur and spend 20 years in the business. All the while he maintained a singing career that led him to the world of opera. He was principal tenor in several Central Florida Lyric Opera Company productions: Duke of Matua in Verdi's Rigoletto; Alfredo Germont in Verdi's Latraviata; Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca; Canio (Clawn) in Leoncavallo's Ipagliacci; Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir D'amore and Danilo in Lehar's Merry Widow. Today Oscar has retired from full production operas, but continues to perform Concerts and Recitals. On October 5^th & October 6^th , 2010 Oscar will perform in Torino and Piemonte Italy, as principal tenor in Mozart's Coronation Mass. On his return he will continue to perform and teach his beloved Fly-Tying Classes at the Life Long Learning College in the Villages Florida.

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Dennis Ficco 

Dennis Ficco has been an avid saltwater fly fisherman for the past 16 years. He has fished in the Bahamas, Turneffe Island in Belize, Ascension Bay, Cabo San Luca, Puerto Vallarta as well as the Florida Keys and Homosassa, FL. He has caught Bonefish, Permit, Tarpon, Snook , Redfish, Dorado, False Albacore and Striped Bass on the fly. Dennis has written Saltwater Fly Fishing Articles for American Angler and Saltwater Fly Fishing magazines. He also works part-time in some local Fly Fishing Shops.  

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Rex Gudgel 

is an FFF Master Certified Casting Instructor. Rex came to us from California with a stop over in Florida to build Hells Bay Flats Boats with Hal Chittum and Flip Pallot. With fifty years of fly fishing under his wading belt and over twenty five years of guiding and teaching, he brings a vast knowledge of casting and fishing techniques to the table ! Starting his casting "recovery" at the Long beach casting club with Michael Maloney led him to realize he could catch fish ,but did not really cast all that well (sound familiar ?) . The process began to remove all the bad habits acquired through the years and to gain an understanding of why and how waving a long bendable stick in the air, flinging a plastic string actually works !  With Friends and mentors like Lefty Kreh, Flip Pallot and David Diaz the process was fun and very rewarding. Lefty says that" Rex can cast a fly line through a screen door and he can help any body (beginner or advanced) become a better caster with his teaching skills ! " 

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Jimmy Harris 

has been flyfishing for about 3 decades now and has fished in some great places around the western hemisphere - from Costa Rica to Argentina, the Bahamas and north to Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. But his favorite streams are in the southern Appalachian Mountains where he can explore these small environs twelve months of the year. He has been a partner in Unicoi Outfitters since 1998 and is proud of the fact that they are the premier fly shop and guide service in north Georgia. They now have two shops; one in Helen and one in Blue Ridge and have a guide staff in excess of 20 experienced anglers, 5 of which are Certified FFF Casting Instructors. Jimmy has been involved with cold water conservation and education since the early 70's and is a Life Member of Trout Unlimited. His program on "Fly Fishing in Argentina" will focus on the western section of that country which butts up against the Chilean border and the Andes Mountains. An area where the fishing is like going back in time and fishing the great streams of the Rockies 40 or 50 years ago. It offers fantastic dry fly action and the wildest streamer fishing Jimmy has ever experienced personally. Overnight float trips are complete with traditional Argentine cuisine and famous wines. All on rivers where you may see only a handful of other anglers, if any, in two days of floating and fishing. Those are trips everyone should try to plan to make at some time in their lives.

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Rene Hesse 

is a Certified Casting Instructor with the Federation of Fly Fishers. 2009 American Casting Association South Eastern Competition - distance and accuracy champion, Casting Instructor for the city of Roswell Parks and Recreation Dept., Organizer and casting instructor for Atlanta Fly Fishing and Camping meet-up, on the Orvis Pro guide team and is an Atlanta Boat Show demonstrator and presenter.

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Anthony Hipps 

of Lexington, North Carolina has served as the FFF-SEC Conclave Fly Tying Co-Chair 2004-2006 and on the FFF- Southeastern Council Board of Directors since 1999. Anthony enjoys publicly sharing his flt tying techniques and writing about fly tying. He has served as president, vice president, program chairman and Board member of the Nat Greene Fly Fishers in Greensboro, NC. Anthony has been nationally recognized for his spun deer-hair bass flies, smallmouth bass nymphs, saltwater streamers and especially his unique soft-bodied foam files. In 2004 he was a featured fly tier on the Outdoor Life's Fly Fish TV Magazine.  Anthony has authored four articles published in Fly Tyer Magazine 2006-2008 on tying his unique soft-bodied poppers, soft-bodied frogs, hellcraw nymphs and jig-flies. 
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STEVE HUDSON

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Jimmy Jacobs   

is editor of Alabama Game & Fish, Florida Game & Fish, Georgia Sportsman, Kentucky Game &Fish, Mississippi/Louisiana Game & Fish, Tennessee Sportsman and West Virginia Game & Fish Magazines. He is also the Outdoor Columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper. Jacobs has also authored four guidebooks to fishing in the southeastern United States. His writing and photography have earned Excellence In Craft Awards from the Florida Outdoor Writers Association, Georgia Outdoor Writers Association and the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association.

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David Lambert 

is a North Florida native and the editor of On-Water Journal. He is a master casting instructor, an outdoor writer, a TFO and Patagonia pro staffer, and author of Smart Casts: The New Approach to Fly Casting & Practice. Lambert was 2002 SEC-FFF Man of The Year and was Co-Youth Chair for the SEC for 10 years. He splits his fishing time between North Florida's salt and its spring rivers. Lambert would like you to know that paddles hard, returns fish, drinks little, and has generally a grand old time.

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Dane Law 

lives in Reliance, TN on the banks of the Hiwassee River; began guiding in the Illiamna region of Alaska in 1987; is a US Coast Guard Licensed Captain; his favorite hatch is the Cicada; his specialties are tailwaters and smoked chicken. He graduated from the University of Georgia and is a licensed realtor in north Georgia mountains and east Tennessee.

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Joe Libeu 

chairs the Casting Board Of Governors committee that devises and tests changes) to the MCI performance test. Joe presented the MCI test changes program at the National FFF meeting in Loveland, Colorado last year. 


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Allen McGee   

has been fly fishing and tying flies for trout for nearly 20 years. Allen has fly fished extensively throughout the eastern, mid-western, and Rocky Mountain western United States and even as far away as the mountains of South Korea. He enjoys pursuing big fish with light tackle particularly on difficult spring creek-type streams. He is a fly designer for the Montana Fly Company, an outdoor photographer, and author. His fly fishing articles have appeared in numerous industry magazines including Fly Fisherman, Eastern Fly Fishing, Fly Tyer, and Gray's Sporting Journal. He is the author of the book Tying & Fishing Soft-Hackled Nymphs. Much of his fly tying has focused on developing new and innovative soft-hackle techniques and fly patterns. He believes in designing and fishing flies that imitate the movement and behavior of the naturals, feeling that these trigger a trout's feeding instinct. He lives in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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Kevin McGrath   

is a Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Fly Casting Instructor.  An avid angler, he began fishing as a young boy and now enjoys both fresh and salt water fly fishing.  You can find him fly fishing for trout, bass and bream in North Georgia to chasing redfish and snook on the coast to pursuing northern pike, lake trout and grayling in the Canadian North Country,  Very active in Trout Unlimited, Kevin chairs Georgia TU's Back-the-Brookie Program conserving, enhancing and restoring native brook trout.  A retired USMC A-4 Skyhawk pilot, he now practices financial planning and portfolio management with a global wealth management firm.  Kevin and his wife, Karen, reside in Roswell GA with their five daughters all of whom have caught fish (and their father) on a fly.

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BILL OYSTER 

The art of bamboo fly rod making is William "Bill" Oyster's full-time career and passion.  Bill is the sole artesian involved on each and every Oyster Fine Bamboo Fly Rod,  including the intricate hand engraving.   The action and aesthetic of each Oyster rod  is of the highest possible quality. Bill has been featured on Fortune Magazine's Small Business Journal,  The Atlanta Journal and Constitution,  The Gainesville Times, The Forsyth County News, The Clinch County News and  the Small Business Journal.  Our rods have also been featured on O'Neil Outdoors, the Huntley Way (on VS channel) and several other feature stories in a variety of newspapers and magazines.

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Capt. Paul Rose 

is a licensed fishing guide and USCG Captain, Paul is a proud, active member of both CCA and FFF. Flyfishing for more than 25 years, his experience started in western PA fishing rivers and streams for trout and bass. As a Pittsburgh native it is OK to associate him with Steeler  football, Mario Lemieux and a Permanti's sandwich. After his anesthesia training (pays the bills, refer to children below), he relocated to Austin, TX and became a longhorn fan and a saltwater junkie on the famed Texas coast. Starting out with a tunnel jon-boat with the highest platform you ever saw, he learned to saltwater fly-fish. The passion still burns bright as ever, but his boat has been upgraded a bit to Hells Bay Waterman.  Three children later (all girls and all can flyfish), Paul moved back east to Charlotte, NC to be closer to family and friends. Four years ago he decided to combine all of his experiences with some new ones from the Carolinas to create a quality guide service. This service is dedicated to teaching and to customer service. That's a guarantee along with hard fishing and hard guiding. In fact he never wears a watch on the water. When you're satisfied with the trip, you can go home. While the service offers a variety of trips, Paul is a warm water specialist particularly enjoying carp and bass on the fly, not to mention trout and redfish. Check things out send some feedback, ask for info or send a tip.

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Chris Scalley 

grew up in Roswell,Georgia, doing the things he loves: hunting, fishing and trapping the Chattahoochee River and surrounding watersheds. Comparing and contrasting other fisheries throughout the world, Chris has fly fished New Zealand's famed freestone waters of the South Island, Ireland's productive loch angling, the Gmundner Traun tailwater of Austria, the Rocky Mountain Western U.S. to more domestic waters like the limestone rich spring creeks of the State of Pennsylvania. Although these distant waters are well worth the journey, Chris and many of his clients have always felt the 'Hooch compares favorably with these "destination rivers" both from an angling and an aethsetic perpective.Field and Stream Magazine recognized Chris as a finalist in the Heroes of Conservation 2007 Awards Gala for efforts to protect the Chattahoochee sport fishery.  He has guided drift boat trips under a National Park Service permit in the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area since 1994 and has maintained a commercial guide's license under the Kentucky's Department of Fish and Wildlife since 2000 leading Cumberland River tailwater float trip adventures. Chris has a BA in History degree from Elon College, North Carolina; and, maintains CPR certification.  Whether you are a beginner,novice or expert, Chris wants to help you rejuvinate your soul on the water!

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Ross Schweinforth 

got his start in flyfishing at the ripe age of 12 with a telescoping steel fly rod in the foothills of the New York Adirondacks.  After a four-year enlistment in the Marine Corps and a tour of duty in Vietnam he settled in Tennessee with his young bride, and the two have remained together in the southeast.  His 32-year career has ranged through fisheries biology, aquatic toxicology, and environmental engineering.  Retirement has arrived and rings true with travel, more fishing, and contractor/consultant opportunities.  Ross has tied flies and built rods for a number of years, as well as building knotted leaders and making most of his own extra gadget stuff, like line winders, net grabbers, etc.  About five years ago furled leaders caught his attention and he attempted to wade thru the literature in search of an understandable method of furling tapered leaders.  Even with his Ph.D. in hand he became frustrated with the difficulty of interpreting the written methodology.  With that challenge behind him and several hundred leaders later, Ross wants to pass on the process of furling with clear step-by-step instruction that will bring a gleam in your eye that shouts YES!!  I can make it myself!


Dusty Sprague

has a passion for teaching fly casting and shallow-water fly fishing.  He began fly fishing in the late 1950's; tying flies and teaching fly casting in the 1970's; and guiding in the early 1980's.  He has fly fished for fresh or saltwater species in 24 states, Belize, Mexico, the Bahamas, and Canada, and has guided in Alaska. He is a senior instructor for Ascension Bay Bonefish Club in Mexico and has conducted saltwater fly fishing schools and hosted groups in pursuit of shallow-water species in the Bahamas, Mexico, and Belize. He is the former manager of two fly fishing shops and a fly fishing guide service at the Broadmoor, a five-star resort hotel in Colorado Springs. He has been a featured presenter of fly casting demonstrations at numerous fishing shows and has appeared on NBC's Today Show and ESPN's Fishing Across America. In 1992 the Federation of Fly Fishers began the Casting Instructor Certification Program for the purpose of enhancing the overall level of instruction in fly casting, including instructor knowledge, casting proficiency, and teaching ability.  Two levels of certification exist - Certified Instructor and Master Certified Instructor. Today, there are approximately 1,000 Certified Instructors in the world and 100 Master Certified Instructors. Policy for the program is established by a Board of Governors consisting of 30 of the world's top fly casting instructors, including Mel Krieger, Bruce Richards, Steve and Tim Rajeff, and Gary Borger. Dusty is a member of the Board of Governors and is a Master Certified Instructor. He chairs the casting committee for the Florida Council of the FFF.

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Becky Strain

is a Certified Casting Instructor with FFF and a member of Georgia Women Flyfishers. She has over 20 years experience fly fishing in both fresh and salt water and works with Unicoi Outfitters in Blue Ridge, Georgia, as a guide and instructor for Unicoi's monthly fly fishing classes.  In addition Becky has won three Women's World Invitational Bonefish Tournaments and holds a world record for bonefish on fly.

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Tom Travis

has been teaching fly tying for over 30 year and has taught seminars and performed fly tying demos at the SE FFF Conclave for a number of years. Tom has also tied at the British International Fly Fair, and countless other shows.  Tom is a fly designer & contract tyer for the Orvis Company.  Tom has also written for several of the fly fishing publications as well as doing a booklet for the National FFF. He likes to blend in strong doses of humor into his fly tying and is willing to help you anyway he can.  Tom has traveled to the Southeast Conclave to assist us from his home in Livingston, Montana where he operates Montana's Master Angler Fly Fishing Guide Service and Custom Flies.

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Beth Tuttle   

did not seriously  start fly fishing until she joined the Georgia Women Flyfishers in  1998, and she has been hooked ever since! She began tying flies as  soon as she started fly fishing. As a teacher and mentor, Beth has  taught "Beginner Fly Tying" at the FFF Southeastern Council  Conclaves, at Unicoi Parks "Woodsy Women", at TUs "Youth Fly Fishing   and Fly Tying Clinics", at NGTO seasonal Flings, and at Georgia   Women Flyfishers "Casting for Confidence" events. She fishes the  streams around her home in Atlanta and North Georgia, Southern  Mississippi/Louisiana and the Bahamas and Colorado. She is a member and  past-president of the Georgia Women Flyfishers, a member of the  Tailwater Chapter of Trout Unlimited and past-director of North  Georgia Trout Online. She was awarded the FFF Southeastern Council's Woman of the Year in 2007.

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Mike Arnold   

Mike Arnold started flyfishing in 1980 after running into some folks from a local flyfishing club at a Boat and Sportsman's Show in Cincinnati. It didn't take long for him to completely hooked (in a tree of course) and to fall (face-first into 6-inches of water) completely in love with the sport. Back then Mike's job in the data processing industry (now known as IT) kept him very, very busy for long periods and then virtually without work (although still employed) for several months at a time. This allowed him to attend many flyfishing seminars and schools and extended flyfishing trips. In 1987 Mike lead a handful of rogue northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana fly-fishers away from the local Cincinnati club to form Northern Kentucky Fly Fishers which quickly grew in size to equal the other club. Both clubs still flourish today. Imagine that, two of the most successful flyfishing clubs in the US within miles of each other, with the closest trout stream several hours away and not a mountain within sight. NKFF was hell-bent on warm- and salt-water flyfishing and used that venue to lure many local "trouters" into their group. Retired after 38 years in EDP/IT/telecommunications in 2002, Mike now spends most of his non-fishing time helping to raise their adopted daughter who currently is seven (going on thirty), a 2^nd grader (6^th grade reading and 5^th grade math) who loves fishing, gymnastics, piano and ice-skating as well as most computer games. Both his wife and he work at their daughter's school and have been honored within the overall school district for their volunteerism. Mike still gets to fish twenty or thirty days a year - but also still thinks that is not enough time spent on the water.

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