Joe began rowing drift boats and guiding while studying for his degree in Geography and Environmental Studies at Central Washington University in Ellensburg.  After graduation, he continued guiding and worked for several outfitters including his own guide service.  Eventually, he joined up with Red’s Fly Shop in the Yakima River Canyon where he has excelled as a senior member of the guide staff developing new adventures and programs.

His first love is with the Yakima where he still guides most of the year, but he cannot help but turn to summer steelhead on the Klicktat, Methow, and Grande Ronde rivers in the fall.  His newfound passion, is casting a spey rod and he jumps on any opportunity to hook steelhead, especially if it is on a swinging fly!

Joe has appeared in Fly Rod and Reel, Fly Fisherman, Field and Stream, and Outdoor Life.  Someday he hopes to begin writing articles or even a column for these magazines, but he is just too busy chasing fish to sit down and write about it just yet.  Joe’s favorite “off river” activity is just goofing off around the house with his wife Kelly and two young children, Faith and Jensen.