Jeff Kennedy
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As an infant, Jeff Kennedy crawled away from his family's camp-site, fell into a trout stream and became hopelessly lost. He was adopted by a pair of brook trout who were on the gravel looking to expand their brood. As a young fry he was taught the way of the river, how to forage for food and avoid predators. He was a happy trout sipping dry flies from the surface and gobbling down helplessly drifting nymphs and larvae. He learned first hand the beauty of abundant colors and shapes nature has to offer. Like other trout before him, he fell for the angler's imitation and was pulled to shore. There, his fins transformed into arms and legs and he learned to walk upright. Over time, Jeff married and is raising two young fry of his own. When he is not out teaching other young trout the ways of the drifting fly, he is in the studio painting and drawing. Many of his watercolors are held by State senators, pro golfers and fly fisherman. Jeff's work has appeared in American Angler, Fly Fusion, Ducks Unlimited magazine and the Croatian magazine, Sportski Ribolov. He is also a regular guest on Fishing Florida Radio. Jeff spent the entire year of 2008 painting a fishing fly everyday for 365 days. Part of the challenge was the discipline to accomplish this every day and the other was to expand his creativity and to help find his artistic voice. Jeff claims that he still has his adipose fin. |
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