About the Author

John Field is an IFFF Certified Master Casting Instructor and author of the book; Fly-Casting Finess: A Complete Guide to Improving All Aspects of Your Casting, Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. He is currently in the process of completing a second casting book, ACA’s Beginner’s Guide to Fly Casting and has contributed to several fly-fishing books by fellow authors. His feature articles have been published in Fly Fisherman magazine, In-Fisherman magazine and several others.
John Field grew up trout fishing in the Catskills and saltwater fishing off New Jersey and Cape Cod. As an adult, he explored the waters of the Northwest Territories and spent years fishing several provinces.
He has decades of experience fly fishing the waters of the Florida Keys and Florida’s east coast and has spent hundreds of days fly fishing for striped bass in the Northeast from shore and from boats. John also makes regular trips to fish in the Balkans of Europe and the Yellowstone region in the Rockies.
John has served as president of the American Casting Association and president of the New York Chapter of Trout Unlimited. He lives in Weston, Connecticut.