Joe has been fishing most of his life and as a military dependent has

       fished all around the United States. After 20 years in broadcast

            news, he took a job with the Nevada Department of Wildlife

                as eastern Nevada’s Regional Supervisor for the Conservation

                  Education Division in 2000. His responsibilities included the

                    Angler Education program which under his care included

                     popular programs such as Free Fishing Day events, fly

                      fishing and tying programs, and the Angel Lake Kids Fishing

                      Derby. Joe has been fly fishing since he was 16 and opened

                     the Elko Fly Shop in 2008 inside of Cedar Creek Clothing

                    in Elko. In 2016 the Elko Fly Shop moved into its current

                  location at 310 Silver Street. In January 2022 after almost

              22 years with NDOW, Joe retired. He continues to be a volunteer

          instructor for NDOW’s Angler Education and Hunter Education

    programs. He spends his days fishing, working the fly shop and

whatever honey-do’s his wife Mary demands!