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About John Field

John teaches fly casting, writes fly-fishing books, and also writes articles for magazines and the web. He gives presentations and casting demos for clubs and shows, and hosts fly-fishing travel. John will be hosting trips in Alaska, South America, and Canada starting in 2025. Hosted trip Details!

Press, Podcasts & Interviews

Presentations & Fly-Casting Demos

John gives group and private fly-casting lessons. He also gives casting demonstrations and presentations at clubs and shows. Contact John for club programs. See John's Schedule

Writing

His first casting book is titled, Fly-Casting Finesse- A Complete Guide to Improving All Aspects of Your Casting, Skyhorse Publishing, 2015. In 2018 he wrote his second book; a beginner's casting book authorized by the American Casting Association as a prequel to his advanced casting book. It is titled, ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting- Featuring the Twelve Casts You Need to Know, Skyhorse Publishing, 2018.

In 2024 Stackpole Books published John's latest book titled, Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass. John’s feature articles have been published in Fly Fisherman Magazine, Tail Fly Fishing, Midcurrent, and several others.

Travel

John has decades of experience flats fishing the Florida Keys and striped bass fishing in the Northeast. John has fished for trout extensively in the northeast, Canada, Europe, and the Rockies, and warmwater species in the Amazonas. He has spent extensive time exploring the waters of the Northwest Territories in Canada with Canadian Sportfishing Magazine, and Venezuela and elsewhere while working for Larry Dahlberg Productions. John filmed and co-produced Hunt for Big Fish, which aired on ESPN and other cable networks. Join him on hosted trips to great fishing lodges in prime locations. John currently resides in Weston, Connecticut.

Volunteering

He is past-president of the New York City Chapter of Trout Unlimited and past president of the American Casting Association. John is an FFI (Fly Fishers International) Certified Master Casting Instructor and in 2019 received the FFI Jay Gammel Award. This award recognizes individuals who have developed instructional materials that have advanced fly casting instruction.

Consider Supporting These Organizations:


AMERICAN SALTWATER GUIDES ASSOCIATION

The American Saltwater Guides Association was created to activate and unite guides, small business owners and like-minded anglers, and to represent them and their voice at the federal, regional and state level.

STRIPERS FOREVER

Stripers Forever, a non-profit conservation organization, seeks game fish status for wild striped bass on the Atlantic Coast in order to significantly reduce striper mortality, to provide optimum and sustainable public fishing opportunities for anglers from Maine to North Carolina, and to secure the greatest socio-economic value possible from the fishery.

BONEFISH TARPON TRUST

Mission: To conserve and restore bonefish, tarpon and permit fisheries and habitats through research, stewardship, education and advocacy.

THE HENRY'S FORK FOUNDATION

The Henry's Fork Foundation is the only organization whose sole purpose is to conserve, protect, and restore the unique fisheries, wildlife, and aesthetic qualities of the Henry's Fork and its watershed.

TROUT UNLIMITED

Trout Unlimited's mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.

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