Mike is currently the Managing Partner at WestBank Anglers. Mike has been immersed in the sport of fishing since the age of five when he caught his first trout on the fly. Both his Grandfather and Father were avid anglers who introduced him to the sport at an early age, exploring rivers and lakes in the Adirondacks and Poconos. His Grandfather helped found Deep Water Cay Bonefishing Club in the Bahamas, where Mike had his first taste of saltwater fishing and where Mike later worked for a year.
A graduate of St. Lawrence University (1996), Mike moved to Denver, where he received an MBA in Marketing from University of Denver Daniels College of Business (2000). To help pay business school expenses, Mike worked in a local Fly Shop in Denver, exploring Colorado fisheries every chance he could get. After graduating and attending one job interview, Mike opted out of the real world and instead used the remaining funds from his student loans to purchase a plane ticket to SouthEast Asia where he spent mon
With a business marketing degree in hand and his passion for travel intensified, Mike dreamed of a career in the fishing business full time. But it wasn’t until he was recovering from a major surgery in 2001, where he donated a portion of his liver to his father, that he realized that he needed to work in a field he was truly passionate about. He has worked full time in the fishing business ever since.