AO Shop Manager and Community fly fishing advocate
An Alpharetta native, Jeff, loves sharing his knowledge of the outdoors and fly fishing he has honed from his early teens. He has worked tirelessly with Chuck, his AO team, and customers to create the ultimate hands-on fly fishing store experience.
An advocate for the strength of community, he has created true relationships with members of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, Georgia’s Trout Unlimited, Georgia Women’s Fly Fishing Association, Project Healing Waters for disabled veterans, The Atlanta Fly Fishing Club, Chattahoochee River Keepers and numerous youth and local community groups.
New to fly fishing? Fantastic! Lifetime fly fisherman? Fantastic! It’s immediately clear his enthusiasm is equally tailored to the individual at every level. He almost always knows each client by name. Jeff is dedicated to the water. Whether catching the coveted Grand Slam on his first outing in Belize; pacing a 20 minute, seven jump, swift current fight to bring in a grin piercing 32” Patagonia brown trout; Spey casting for giant rainbows, char and salmon in Alaska; or fishing small hike-in streams and fabled watersheds throughout the U.S. his thrill is just being on the water.
Ask him about his favorite fish story and it may involve bouldering over or crawling under mountain laurels in our own North Georgia mountains for native brookies or throwing gigantic salmon flies floating and camping the Black Canyon on the Gunnison River with family and friends.
Everyday is a good day. On a typical day off Jeff can be found wet wading with this man’s best friend, Nova, as well as maybe one or two others river partners on stretches of North Georgia or North Carolina waters.