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Chris Marshall  - editor and publisher
Chris has been an outdoors writer and field editor for over twenty years, and is a member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada. His articles have appeared in magazines in Canada, the US, Britain, and Australia; he's the author of Fly Fishing Across Canada, and has run successful fly fishing schools. Recently he was awarded the Gregory Clark Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts of Fly Fishing for the second time, for publishing the Canadian Fly Fisher magazine.
Jason Marshall - accounts and IT manager
Taught fly-fishing at an early age by his father, Jason turned away from the arts of fly-casting to pursue his vocation of computer programming. A graduate of the Loyalist College Information System Program, Jason has spent the last 8 years working in the field of computer software, hardware and systems design and analysis. His joining the team is now allowing him to again pick up a fly rod and take some time to enjoy the arts of fly-casting once more after keeping the office and the databases running smoothly.
Jim McLennan - Field Editor (Alberta)
Jim is one of Alberta's most experienced and literate fly fishers. An award-winning outdoor writer and author of a number of books, including Blue Ribbon Bow, he also hosted the popular TV fly fishing show, Iron Blue Fly Fishing. He is a founding director of both the Calgary and Edmonton TU Canada chapters.
Rory Glennie - Field Editor (Vancouver Island)
Rory is a master fly tyer and designer of several popular patterns; a saltwater and freshwater fly fishing guide on Vancouver Island; and has twice been a member of the Canadian Fly Fishing Team. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada, the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Society, and the IGFA. He is co-author of The Ardent Angler and The Essential Guide to Fly Fishing in BC. Rory was recently the recipient of an OWC award for his article on Roderick Haig-Brown in this publication.
Brian Chan - Field Editor (BC Interior)
Brian has lived in the southern B.C. interior for the past 27 years. This area is known for its spectacular stillwater trout fishing, as well as being close to some of the province's best inland river fishing. When not managing trout fisheries for the provincial government, Brian is usually out fly fishing or writing about it.
Bob Sheedy - Field Editor (Manitoba)
Having discovering fly fishing in 1953, Bob is currently a photojournalist, lecturer and fly fishing instructor. Besides making digital and video productions on fly fishing, Bob is the author of two highly respected books on stillwater fly fishing: Bob Sheedy’s Lake Fly Fishing Strategies and Bob Sheedy’s Top Fifty Stillwater Fly Patterns.
Duane Radford - Field Editor (The Canadian North)
Duane is a freelance writer and photographer from Edmonton, Alberta, whose writing and photographs have appeared in many outdoor publications in Canada and the United States. Duane is the former Director of Alberta’s fisheries branch as well as having worked as a regional director and regional fisheries biologist. He is certified as a Fisheries Scientist by the American Fisheries Society and has fished throughout much of Canada.
Scott Earl Smith - Field Editor (Northern Ontario)
Scott is a freelance writer and photographer whose work has been published in most major North American fly fishing publications. A frequent contributor to The Canadian Fly Fisher, Scott is also the author of Ontario Blue-Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide. He is active on the lecture circuit. He lives in Thunder Bay at the western end of Lake Superior.
Don Maclean - Field Editor (East Coast)
Don is a fishery biologist in Nova Scotia. An avid angler and fly tyer, Don has written for a number of outdoor publications. He makes his home in the town of Pictou, which puts him in the heart of some of Atlantic Canada's finest trout and salmon fishing.
Thibaut Millet - Field Editor (Quebec)
Thibaut is an enthusiastic fly fisher who moved to Canada from France. Having grown up in Europe chasing spooky browns and finicky grayling in France’s chalk-streams, Thibaut is a long time freelance contributor to France’s leading fly-fishing magazine. He now lives in Montreal, fishing for trout, bass and Atlantic salmon in the East.
Duncan Hardie - Field Editor (Eastern Ontario)
Duncan is our saltwater field editor and a passionate saltwater angler and fly tyer. He has spent the last 25 years exploring the Carribean. He is a retired environmental scientist with over 30 years experience in marine and freshwater impact assessment. Duncan makes his home base in Ottawa, which puts him in the heart of eastern Ontario fly fishing country. He is also a frequent speaker at local clubs and educational facilities around the Ottawa area.
Sheldon Seale - Fly Tying Editor
Sheldon is an award winning fly tyer who is regularly called upon to demonstrate his skills in Canada and the USA. He's also an instructor/guide for the Grand River Guides Co-op. As a resident of Toronto he's an active member of the Izaak Walton Fly Fishing Club. Sheldon is also involved in TU (Canada) in southern Ontario.
Dave Jensen - Writer / Photographer
Dave and his wife Amelia operate Fly Fish Alberta, along with Fortress Lake Retreat, which features perhaps the best brook trout fishing in Canada!  Dave is experienced throughout Alberta and beyond, and he shares his knowledge and tips in the pages of Canadian Fly Fisher regularly.
Glen Hales - CFF Photographer
Even when casting a line, chasing a storm or roaming the woods for wildlife, Glen carries the camera right beside him. An angler since he was old enough to walk, he took up fly fishing in the late eighties. Glen has been a freelance outdoor photographer and a professional fishing guide since 1993.
Mark Krupa - CFF Photographer
Viewed by CFF to be the absolute best at what he does, Mark has worked as freelance outdoor photographer, writer, editor and correspondent for numerous North-American and International publications for the past 15 years. In addition to working as camp manager for exclusive lodges on Russia's Kola Peninsula, he has led tours in Siberia, Northern India, and the Amazon. Having contributed to a variety of magazines, calendars, brochures, newspapers, journals, and books, Mark's most recent project has been the highly successful fly fishing TV series "Hooked With Mark Krupa".

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