I grew up on a small farm in the hills of Northwestern Connecticut and playing in ponds and streams was pretty normal. My favorite was when I got to go fishing with my Dad. I miss him every day and I am so thankful that he passed his love for the outdoors to me.My 20's and 30's found me raising a family on a corner of the same little farm. Raising horses and teaching children to ride. Teaching about something I love has always been natural to me.A few years later, after a serious accident with a young horse, I started to think maybe it was time to find something else. My children had grown up and were on there own. Riding by myself felt more risky.I had always wanted to try tying flies and fly fishing. I hadn’t even heard of spey casting? But, through a ladies fly fishing class at my local fly shop I made some friends and discovered that I loved fly fishing. I was not very good at casting and struggled to learn, but I was having fun and I would catch an occasional trout. Around the same time, a friend was learning two handed casting and showed me how to do it. I instantly fell in love with the technique. Right away I signed up for a lesson. It was then that I met my now teaching partner and mentor, Jerry Jahn. I spent every spare minute learning the casts, grain weight, scandi, skagit you name it. I am on the pro-staff of HMH Vise and Sage Elite pro-staff.