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Sidetracked Profile: Per Jobs

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Swedish fly fishing entrepreneur and founder of Fish Your Dream Per Jobs, fishing near Geunja.

“At first glance Per Jobs is almost too intense. Intense in the way of an old-time Hollywood star or an artist immersed in practising his craft – radiating that singular energy of a man on a mission, keen eyes set in a sharp face, intelligent in their focus. It’s only when I learn of his former – rather significant – career as a composer that something clicks and the intensity makes sense. Even now, sitting in the grass playing with a mischievous 13-week-old puppy bred to hunt moose, there’s nothing lackadaisical about the businessman and entrepreneur.”

I had the great pleasure to fish with Per Jobs, founder of Fish Your Dream last summer while working with Swedish Lapland. He proved to be one of the most interesting people I’ve encountered in a while, and I was reminded once again that there’s no better way to get to know someone than by spending time on the water in a remote destination.

Read the story the UK’s Sidetracked Magazine here.

Weekend Vibes

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Black labrador dog curled up next to Patagonia dry bag backpack in a boat while fly fishing in Alaska at Bristol Bay Lodge.

It’s another cold, sub-zero day here in Montana Yesterday, I laid all my fly boxes out on the floor and began the ritual spring sorting of flies. It didn’t help matters—it’s still too cold to fish here locally—but at least I could close my eyes and pretend I was somewhere tropical, eyes scanning turquoise waters for the tell-tale shadow of a fish.

And then I’d look out the window.

Anyway…

Hope everyone is enjoying a relaxed weekend (or charging hard off on some adventure). This image, made during a shoot with Alaska’s Bristol Bay Lodge, will somehow always embody “weekend vibes” for me. Sage, one of the best boat dogs I’ve had the pleasure to spend time with, would raise her head now and then to check on us anglers, sniff for bears and then plop her head back down on my Patagonia dry bag. Keeping the cameras safe, as it were. She was the definition of work hard, play hard, and it was lovely.

Top Gear for Fly-Fishing Travel

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Patagonia duffel, Simms duffel and Pelican photography cases on a tropical island for fly fishing travel photographer Jess McGlothlin.Have a winter trip on the books? I penned a feature for Gear Junkie about my favorite gear for fly-fishing trips… give it a read and see what’s missing from your packing list.

Among my favorites?

Read the article and see what else I bring along on every shoot.

American Angler: Life. Simplified. In Swedish Lapland.

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Grayling jumping into the water fly fishing in Swedish Lapland. Underwater photography.More work coming out from last July’s partnership with Swedish Lapland and Fish Your Dream.

This article in American Angler Magazine, titled “Life, Simplified. In Swedish Lapland” talks about the remarkable slowing and rebalancing of life away from the distractions of modern life. By far my favorite aspect of this assignment was the removal from phones, computers and the internet. Life slowed to the pace of nature, rising and falling with the sun, and things just were. And it was glorious.

Girl fishing from boat, man smiling at grayling fish caught while fly fishing, macro image of grayling fish fin in Swedish Lapland.

Large fish signs and bar in fishing camp Tjuonajokk in Swedish Lapland, girl with pike fish caught while fly fishing in Sweden.

Fully Unplugged: Swedish Lapland for the U.K.’s Fieldsports Magazine

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Jess McGlothlin Media for Fieldsports Magazine "Fully Unplugged" article and images about fly fishing for grayling and pike in Swedish Lapland.Last summer I was lucky enough to go spend some time running around Swedish Lapland with a few newfound friends. While the team from Swedish Lapland Tourism was making a short film about my photography and writing work, I was running around with cameras and an underwater housing, trying to capture the incredible light, rivers, fish and people of far northern Sweden. Whenever you are above the Arctic Circle, magic tends to happen, and this was no exception.

Underwater image on man fly fishing with grayling caught in net in Swedish Lapland.

I really enjoyed penning a feature for the U.K.’s Fieldsports Magazine about the trip, especially mine time off the grid at Geunja and Tjuonajokk, now two my favorite “reset and remember what’s important” locations. Thanks to the Swedish Lapland team, the awesome crew at Fish Your Dream and the various editors around the world who have supported this project. It’s rare on international shoots that everything goes smoothly and is even kind of relaxed, but this shoot was one of them (despite the lack of sleep—why rest when the midnight sun is the best light for making images?). And, somehow, despite the lack of sleep I’ve rarely felt better.

Must be something in the water.

Grayling fish in golden sunlight being held in the water in Swedish Lapland.

Swedish Lapland: Woman fly fishing under Arctic midnight sun with a fish on the line on river.

New Work for onX Hunt

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Blog of onX Hunt "Camaraderie in the Blind" about goose hunting in New Jersey; images of men hunting with yellow Labrador dog.Email for onX Hunt with image of two women hunting in a goose bling at dawn using onX Hunt App on their phones.

 

 

 

 

I’ve been doing quite a bit of work with the gang over at onX Hunt, tackling writing and also photography (when I can sneak away). Recently, I found myself venturing away from the fishing world and heading out on assignment for onX to rural Pennsylvania and New Jersey (aka: not my usual haunts) to photograph a late-season goose hunt.

The resulting images and stories were used cross-channel for the brand, including a dedicated blog (Camaraderie in the Blind), email, social media images and takeover, as well as stock imagery for image archives. Check out the full breadth of the mini-campaign here, and let me know where you think I should be heading next to photograph!

Instagram image from onX Hunt of geese flying in a "v" in the sky at red dawn.

Into the Old West for Sidetracked Magazine

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Man on horseback herding cattle in the mountains of California.Last September, I had a chance to go back to my roots while on assignment with Visit California and the U.K.’s Sidetracked Magazine at the historic Hunewill Ranch in California. Sidetracked sent me out for several days in the saddle with the Hunewill clan, gathering up cattle from summer pasture high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, bringing them back down to the main ranch in preparation for the cattle drive to winter pastures in Nevada. Photographs of ranch life in California at the historic Hunewill Ranch, in Sidetracked Magazine.

It was truly one of my favorite assignments to date; while
juggling camera gear on the back of a horse in the midst of riding mountains and moving cattle is more challenging than many past assignments, it was incredibly rewarding and, quite simply, just nice to be back in the saddle again.

The story has just come to life in a campaign on the Sidetracked website—titled “Into the Old West.” Give it a read and let me know what you think!