John Smeraglio
Oregon Fly Fishing Guide and
Fly Shop Owner

Rick Hafele
Professional Aquatic Biologist and Author of Fly Fishing Books

Greetings! I'm John Smeraglio, a native Oregonian born and raised in Portland. I can't remember the first time I went camping and fishing with my family because at the time I was only two months old.

I was six the first time I fished, and it was on the banks of the Deschutes River. I began fly fishing at the age of ten, and since then I've enjoyed camping and fishing on most of the rivers in Oregon and the Northwest.
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I was born to a poor bait fishing family in central Illinois. Thus, my earliest memories of fishing are of dark nights filled with the sent of stink bait and catfish.

The TV show, "Gad About Gaddis," started me thinking about other ways to fish - like with flies! Finally, at the age of 12, a fly fishing Uncle in Missouri gave me my first fly fishing lessons and managed to get me into my first fly caught trout. I saw the light and never fished stink bait again.
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