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 returned each year until moving to Island Park in 2007. 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 - Erin
(whom he met at TroutHunter)
Kids - Fiona   
Pets - a really hairy Wheaton Terrier
Hobbies - I have a fly tying obsession and am a huge Boston sports fan.

Favorites
Trout rod - Winston WT 9' 4wt.    
Reel - Hatch     Line - Airflow
Place to fish locally - Wherever I can fish big flies for big fish....
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, Rigos Bar Review Vol 1-3!!
Movies - Goodfellas, True Romance, Slapshot, Caddyshack, Fletch, RISE (OMP Rules!)
Bands - Bob Marley & the Wailers, Willie Nelson, The Beastie Boys, The Grateful Dead, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge!

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

Contact Pat - gaffneypatrickj@gmail.com