My career as an educator has spanned more than 48 years, I have been an Elementary Teacher, Principal, Assistant Superintendent, and Professor of Education at Warner Pacific College. My passion for teaching and learning has only grown more with time. Through all these years I have learned many lessons, perhaps one of most important is that learning must be relevant and fun.

I find teaching fly fishing, fly casting, and fly tying a great opportunity to give back, and share my passion on what I have learned. I love to see people become excited about learning. It is exciting to see people tye their first fly, cast their first cast or catch the first fish on a fly...The joy of learning is such a powerful motivator.

I began fly-fishing at a young age. My father purchased a JC Higgins fly rod outfit for me. The purchase of that outfit began a life-long love affair with fly fishing.

I got my start in the fly-fishing industry in 1983 at Stewart’s Custom Tackle.  At that time, I taught fly tying classes from beginning to advanced.   I instructed fly fishing seminars.  In those seminars I did in-store demonstrations on knot tying, entomology, reading streams.  I co-taught

with Doug Stewart the on-the-river portion which covered instruction on casting and general fly-fishing techniques.   

I am a fly-fishing instructor.  I instruct/teach fly fishing schools, I teach and present fly fishing throughout the Pacific Northwest. My presentations are seen by hundreds at shows, such as the Portland Sportsman Show. and The Fly-Fishing Show.  I have for the past years put on a one-day school in Scappoose. I currently co-instruct a fly-fishing school at Clydehurst Ranch in Montana with Gary Borger.

I am a long-time member for the IFF

I am a co-founder and one of the Directors of Northwest Christian Fly Flyfishing.  Our organization has since 1995 put on a fly-fishing camp. Christian Fly-Fishing Retreat.