About me

Since I've started fishing, I've never looked at water the same again.

I'm a licensed guide living in Brooklyn and the Catskills region.


I've been fishing for 10 years. It started with my brother showing me the basics in Missoula, Montana, when neither of us knew what we were doing. My father-in-law taught me more than just catching fish but about the heart and soul of the river and the life within and around it.

When the pandemic happened, I found myself hungry with curiosity and spent more time on the water than I'd like to admit. There, I found my passion for deeply studying the techniques and environments where trout live, and eventually expanded to catching other species on the fly. I learned on the Esopus, one of the more notoriously difficult rivers to catch anything — let alone trophy trout (see below).

I recieved my guide license to teach others all that I've learned and continue the tradition of what has brought me a deeper relationship with the Earth and water, specifically — by reading the books, hiring countless guides across the world to hone my craft, and practice, practice, practice.

and yes, I catch fish

The main thing many people likely want to when they hire a guide is: does this person catch fish? Can they help me catch one?

Personally, I think that's the wrong question. But yes, here's a personal best on the Esopus, a river typically thought of as a "small trout" river. I've caught hundreds of trout on dozens of rivers across America and beyond. I don't go to popular fishing spots — I find fish where others don't.

But the beauty of fly fishing isn't about the numbers. It's about the feeling and flow when everything comes together. Once you have that, catching fish isn't all that hard (stopping is).