 Michael Simon with a Classic Jenkins Cane Fly Rod |
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Born in 1946 in New York City's Greenwich Village, watercolorist Michael Simon has
painted trout, trout flies and trout waters since he was a 10 year-old casting his first lines
into New Jersey streams. In 1980 he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the
University of Colorado and while residing in Boulder, Simon was commissioned to paint
the endangered Greenback cutthroat for Rocky Mountain National Park. His fascination
with the trout species led to work at a fish hatchery in California, tying flies professionally
for Hank Roberts, Inc. in Colorado, and as a ranger-naturalist at Yellowstone National
Park.
Simon's marvelously detailed renderings of game fish have appeared in many national
magazines, among them: Trout, Fly Rod and Reel, Flyfishing the West, Colorado
Outdoors, Fly Fisherman and Virginia Wildlife.
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