MONTHLY MEETING - WEDS, AUG 20TH
Michael Peters
Long Branch Fly Fishing
"Western Waters & Alaska"
Michael J. Peters has been fishing since he was just 3 years old! Mike fished with his grandfather on weekends as a kid, and at the age of 5 years old, he fished in his grandfather’s pond every single day during the summer. Mike grew up in Lakewood, CA. He was a standout track star and football player and went on to play running back and kick returner for OLE MISS.
Mike used to primarily fish the ocean and spent many hours on trips for tuna, shallow water rockfish and many other species. He has fished off of the coast of San Diego, and the Channel Islands near Ventura and Santa Barbara. Mike has fished all over the country for trout, in areas like Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Minnesota, Oregon for Small Bass and Steelhead as well as the Trinity River in Northern CA for Steelhead. Mike also has experience fishing the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.
In addition to all of his fishing experience, he also attended South Lake Tahoe Guide School and received professional training in the sport of fishing, which he loves so much. Mike is active in the local fly fishing clubs in his area including the Long Beach Casting Club in Long Beach. Mike also sits on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Fly Casters and is also in charge of setting up all of the trips for the club.
Mike also competed in the Long Beach Casting Club Open Two handed Spey Casting Tournament and won the men’s amateur division in 2020. Mike has also competed at Spey-O-Rama in San Francisco amongst the top Spey casters in the world and finished 17th. Mike is also on the U.S. Fly Casting Team and is excited to compete in Italy next year.
Mike was also a panel speaker on Saltwater fishing for the 2022 Double Hall Ball in Long Beach CA. Mike was also a panel speaker at Patagonia in Santa Monica on the debut of the film Mighty Waters in 2022 as well.
Mike holds a guide license in CA and guide’s the surf inshore on local beaches, the Upper Owens River, Lower Owens River, the Eastern Sierra Nevada’s and provides hosted trips to fish Catalina Island offshore in CA.
Mike also has a guide’s license in Montana and provides hosted trips to fish the Bighorn River in MT for different species of trout. He has also been fishing for salmon in Alaska for over a decade and currently holds a guide’s license and guides there and he does hosted trips to Oregon to fish for Steelhead on the Deschutes River.
Mike is also a financial advisor at a major Wall Street Firm. Mike resides in Long Beach with his family. In Mike’s downtime Mike enjoys fishing, being the back country, and he has two saltwater aquariums 90 gallon and 30 gallon which he enjoys taking care of. As a dedicated father, he spends many hours developing his two sons into star baseball, soccer players, and of course fly fishermen.