I grew up on Great Pond in the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine. Fishing was a passion from day one in my family. I was lucky enough to have parents who loved the outdoors, and we spent our weekends camping and fishing remote lakes and ponds all over the state. As I grew, so did our fleet of boats and the closet full of fishing rods.

   I was fortunate enough to land a summer job working at Alden Camps on East Pond, and it was there, after meeting a flyfishing crazed Puerto Rican staff member, that I became filled with the desire to someday guide. I went on to attend Bates College in Lewiston, Maine where I continued my fishing ways. I eventually became the President of the Bates College Fishing Club and crossed paths with a host of fishing heroes that I still keep in touch with today. During the summer months of my college career I continued to work at Alden Camps, where I was immersed daily in conversation with the people who traveled to Maine to fish. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner we talked fishing. On breaks between meals, staffers would sneak away to the lake to see what the waters would offer up. After-dinner treks were often made to flyfish the Kennebec River. Fishing was in my blood and there was no shaking it.

   After graduating from Bates I went on to get my Maine Guide's License, and over several years I purchased three Labrador Retrievers. The next logical addiction was duck hunting.  Our yellow lab (Cooper) turned out to be a very talented waterfowler which only intensified my desire to be on the water after Oct. 1st.

   I love getting back to the spots less traveled; it's here in the wilds of Maine that some of the best trout and salmon fishing can be found. Many of these secret spots are areas most people wouldn't think of venturing to. It's my desire to share these remote locations with my clients, cook up some fantastic meals in the field, and have you talking about the outing for years to come.