Jack’s early flyfishing was in the trout streams of New England and Narragansette Bay in Rhode island in the 1950’s and then with the help of Ted Rogoswski and Ed Zern from Field and Stream, landed the greatest job on earth for an outdoor loving boy: Living with and working for the Catskill Legendary fly tyers, Harry and Elsie Darbee in the cradle of American Flyfishing, the Beaverkill Valley.

That experience afforded Jack the fabulous opportunity of being able to fish and do seminars with greats such as Harry Darbee, Sparse Grey Hackle, Art Flick, Helen Shaw,

Ray Bergman and other from those bygone days

After writing for Field and Stream, The Flyfisherman, Flyfisher, Florida Sportsman, Florida Angler, Florida Outdoors, Florida Woods and Waters, Fly Tyer Magazine,

Scientific Angler and others, Jack is now running Wolfglen Fly Fishing Schools.

Since the inception of Florida Sportsman Magazine, Jack has been highlighted as a drawing card with his casting seminars.

At Wolfglen, you can learn fresh and salt water fly fishing tactics, casting, fly tying, rod making and even wood carving

The ponds at Wolfglen abound with a variety of fish, largemouth bass, bluegills, shell crackers, warmouths and tilapia.

Tilapia fishing with a fly rod is far under-rated. After learning to eat floating catfish food, chopped spaghetti, cracked corn and other morsels, they respond to brown beetles, white wooly worms and yellow sallies the same way a brown trout responds to a dry fly. A series of aerators in the water provide some moving water for learning the necessary trout fish techniques of curve casts, line mending and all of those mysteries of trout fishing.

Wolfglen sustained about 150k -200 damage during Hurricane Charley, but is being rebuilt. However, fishing lessons are still available at very reasonable charges.

$30/ hr for one or two anglers, $40/ an hour three to four anglers $50/ an hour for five to six fisherman.

Decent accommodations are available locally, or camping for customers is available on site. (wake up and catch a five pounder on a dry fly at first light)

Wolfglen fly fishing schools are also available by request at your location with a minimum of eight students for a one, two or three day school.

More information on Wolfglen can be obtained by writing to Wolfglen or by email at

Jack@wolfglen.net or by visiting our website at wolfglen.net