Pat Gaffney

Patrick Gaffney was born and raised in Connecticut. Pat came to TroutHunter after “seeing the light” and leaving a career as a corporate law attorney. Pat is passionate about all things fly fishing, and has been tying and casting flies in fresh and saltwater since the age of ten. He grew up fishing flies for stripers, bluefish and false albacore in Long Island Sound, and has chased Great Lakes salmon, steelhead, and migratory brown trout for the past 20 years. He made his first trip to the blue ribbon waters of the greater Yellowstone area at age 17, and has returned each year for the past 14 years. Pat’s energy and enthusiasm for the sport is contagious, and a day on the water with Pat is a learning experience filled with streamside entomology lessons, innovative fly patterns and fishing techniques, and plenty of laughs.

Birth place - Meriden, Connecticut
College - College of the Holy Cross.  Suffolk University Law School
Wife - nope    Kids - nope    Pets - nope
Hobbies - I have a fly tying obsession and am a huge Boston sports fan.
If you could take anyone fishing, who would it be? - Manny Ramirez....because he's a "bad man!!"

Favorites
Trout rod - Winston WT 9' 4wt.     Reel - Hatch     Line - Airflow Ridgeline
Place to fish locally - Wherever I can fish big flies for big fish....dries or streamers
Outside of the region - The saltwater migration along the southern coast of Rhode Island
Books - Trout Hunter by Rene Harrop, In the Ring of the Rise by Marinaro, Caddisflies by Lafontaine
Movies - Goodfellas, Raging Bull, True Romance, Slapshot, Animal House, Caddyshack, Fletch
Bands - Bob Marley & the Wailers, Willie Nelson, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Bros, The Beastie Boys

Pat's Blogs:
Play Ball!
Early Season Report 2008

Contact Pat - gaffneypatrickj@gmail.com