JESSE LANCE ROBBINS hails from rural, midcoast Maine, where a love for waters, fly fishing, boating, camping, and nature was passed on by his parents, grandparents, and family friends. Following these passions, he has worked in and lived various facets of fly fishing since high school—from fly shop staff, trout bum, guide, casting instructor, trip host, and writer to tackle design and development, marketing, travel, and sales; for over a decade, he worked in-house at Sage, Redington, RIO Products, and Fly Water Travel. Jesse has over thirty years of fly fishing experience across the United States and five continents, and has found generous mentorship along the way from numerous exceptional and eccentric anglers, casters, and guides.
As an essayist, creative writer, and journalist, Jesse’s work has appeared in The Drake, The Flyfish Journal, Swing the Fly, Atlantic Salmon Journal, Modern Huntsman, and TROUT, among others, and he is a frequent reader and organizer of the Writers on the Fly event series. A 2006 graduate of Bates College, he was president of the infamous Bates Fishing Club, and his thesis on Atlantic salmon and dam removal economics was later published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
Jesse now works in nonprofit fisheries, river, and water conservation, connecting people with the places they love, and the work being done to protect and restore them. Jesse and his partner Stacey live near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers in Oregon with their cache of old boats, timeless books, acoustic guitars, and always-strung fly rods.
He is the author of The Best Fly Fishing is Everywhere.
Find out more at jesselancerobbins.com.
