Jerry Gibbs is Fishing Editor for Outdoor Life magazine, a position held since 1973. He is author or co-author of many angling books including a collection of short stories--"Steel Barbs, Wild Waters." He has been sportfishing contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and is a consultant to the fishing tackle industry.
His writings have won top honors from the Outdoor Writers Association of America and he has received awards for excellence in craft and service in the field of sportfishing from the U.S. tackle industry. He is a member of the Overseas Press Club of America, Trout Unlimited, American Fisheries Society, International Game Fish Association, and is an inductee in the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame.
Gibbs brings readers a wealth of first-hand experience in saltwater and freshwater sportfishing, having fished across the U.S. and Canada, in Europe, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Russia, New Zealand, and Australia. He makes his home in northern Vermont .