Schultzy is the Owner of Schultz Outfitters Fly Shop & Guide Service specializing in Southeastern Michigan angling, instruction, and destination travel. The shop was recently named the “Best Fly Shop in the Country” by Gink n Gasoline in 2014.
Born and raised in the Great State of Michigan, Schultzy has enjoyed the outdoors his entire life. After graduating from Eastern Michigan University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Business Administration, he started guiding and working in the fly fishing industry full-time.
Logging 200+ days a year on the water, Schultzy has developed a vast knowledge of Midwestern waters. The bulk of his guiding and angling takes place on his home waters of Southeastern Michigan. His angling travels have taken him from Alaska to Patagonia.
In 2008 with the help of the Huron River Watershed Council, he founded the Huron
River Single Fly. An annual fundraiser that takes place on his home waters of the Huron
River. In the spring of 2014 Schultzy was honored with the HRWC Partner of the Year
award.
He has been a member of the Simms Fishing Products Ambassador Program since its
inception and is a member of the Scientific Anglers, Regal Vice, and Hatch Reels National Pro Staff. His signature fly patterns are available through the ORVIS Company. Schultz currently resides in Dexter, Michigan on the banks of the Huron River with his wife, Allie and son Tanner.
We need a good head count for dinner planning for our group. They charge us if we tell them too few so get your name in or you might go hungry! RSVP by emailing Terry at terryflyfish@hotmail.com or call and leave a message at 269-424-5138. Please respond by 9:00 pm on Friday.
He was a friend to every member of the club, and often the face of the club. He was always interested in what John (P) was doing, especially after he started at Rutgers. A sad day, passing of the guard.
He was the first person I met in regards to the club at an expo downtown in South Bend many years ago. He was doing a demo on Lunker structures. I would see him many times at Dodd park sitting on a bench, always willing to share his wisdom, particularly about Striper fishing on the east coast which he said were his early home waters. I have a close friend in Mass. that I do that with and his advise was as always right on. Great guy and a big loss.
-Jim Gibson
Not everyone knows that Joe was an Adjunct Professor of Biology at Valparaiso University. He and I co-taught a river restoration course for several summers. Here we are with our first class. We only attracted a few students then because we “camped out” at the Conservation Club and at Dick Hall’s for two weeks. Most kids didn’t want that degree of involvement, but a few did. Of course, Joe and I loved it!
-Grayson Davis
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