Pat Ehlers is from Milwaukee, WI and still lives in the area. He picked up a fly rod for the first time in the early 70’s and opened his fly shop, The Fly Fishers in 1988. Throughout his fishing career, Pat has guided throughout Wisconsin and the Great Lakes as well as in Montana and Alaska. He has also taught fly-fishing schools, fly-casting and fly tying classes around the country and has appeared as a speaker and instructor at shows and seminars throughout the U.S.
Pat is a member of the Echo Fly Rod Co. Design Team (Vancouver, WA) and designed fly rods developed for warm-water and saltwater fly-fishing. Pat is a contract designer/royalty fly tier and consultant for Rainy’s Flies of Logan, UT and has designed fly tying tools bearing his name for the Renzetti Co. of Titusville, FL. Pat also is a tackle consultant and trip host for Frontiers Travel of Warrendale, PA.
Pat is a pro team or pro staff member for the following companies: Vexus Boats Flippin, Arkansas, Mercury Marine Pro Team, Minn-Kota and Humminbird Electronics. Pat belongs to the National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA). He has done promotional appearances for Skoal Outdoors and had been a co-owner and an instructor for The Chequamegon Bay Smallmouth School in Wisconsin for 16 years. Pat has served as a retail advisory board member of AFFTA (American Fly Fishing Trade Association).
Pat has appeared in newspaper and magazine articles, makes regular appearances on radio programs and has also appeared on numerous TV shows throughout the country; both regionally and nationally including Fox, ESPN, Sunshine Network and The Outdoor Channel networks.
In chasing both fresh and saltwater fish his fishing has taken him across the US from Alaska to Florida, as well as Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, Central America, South America and the South Pacific.