Jimmy is a Seattle native. He is a FFF Master Certified instructor and is a casting instructor for Casting for Recovery. He has been teaching fly casting for the last 25 years. He is a four time international Tarpon tournament champion and has owned Patrick's Fly Shop is Seattle, WA for the last 19 years. He was the Grand Champion of the NWFCE 2002, Chairman of the NWFCE 2003 and will be Co-Chairman for the NWFCE 2006 with Craig Koeppler.