“I started my flyfishing photography in the trenches, documenting trout bums who slept under bridges and carried fish back to camp in their waders to cook for dinner with a Bic lighter,” says Bozeman-based photographer Mike Greener. While this sounds remarkably like a fishing story, Greener’s camera doesn’t lie. Through his lens we glimpse the color, grit, grandeur, excitement, silence, humor, and myriad personalities that exist in today’s flyfishing culture. Greener’s compositions eschew trophy glory and pretty riverscapes, and instead seek, as he says, “To tell the story of how the person got to this point where he or she could battle and land an awesome fish.”

“I started my flyfishing photography in the trenches, documenting trout bums who slept under bridges and carried fish back to camp in their waders to cook for dinner with a Bic lighter,” says Bozeman, MT-based photographer Mike Greener. While this sounds remarkably like a fishing story, Greener’s camera doesn’t lie. Through his lens we glimpse the color, grit, grandeur, excitement, silence, humor and myriad personalities that exist in today’s flyfishing culture.
If the formula for successful photography is talent combined with insanely hard work, it’s no wonder Greener is at the top of the game. We’ve spent many days together on the water over the years and one thing is certain: his work method is intense and straightforward. He is a perpetual-motion machine. He’ll swirl around a scene, looking for the perfect combination of light and subject and then lock on point when the dots connect. And he shoots constantly. “I don’t even hear the shutter anymore,” he says.Subscribe to start your collection of the world’s best flyfishing publication.