Eumer Representatives

Canada - Francois Blanchet

Born in the late seventies, Francois grew up surrounded by nature, boats and fish! He soon realized that sitting by a river all day was not only a past time, but a way of life. At an age of only 29, Francois already has quite a curriculum in the North American fly fishing industry . FFF certified instructor in 2003 and passionate guide, his species of choice to target are the atlantics salmon and wild Steelhead. His guiding areas ranges from Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula to the Southwest BC trout and steelhead streams. He loves to drift and constantly explores remote rivers. His last exploration trip was on Canada’s last frontier: the Queen Charlottes Islands in Northern British Columbia.

A fun and energetic instructor, Frank can teach every style of spey casting in both French and English! He preaches minimize the amount of effort while casting, and adapt your casting to your body. He also teaches about all aspects of fly fishing and tube fly tying, but casting two handed rods is his “speycialty”...He is known as a clean and stylish underhand caster. His personal adaptation of this style is called “scanadian" casting. Frank is very excited to be the new technical director of sales and representative for Outdoor Sport Canada which is distributing Eumer Tubes and Loop tackle and many more products.

Rocky Mountain Region - Ben Furimsky

Ben Furimsky has been fly-fishing since he was five years old and trying his own flies since he was seven. Following his passion, he is now a professional fly fisherman and can be found guiding the rivers and streams of CO. Ben also works several other jobs in the fly fishing industry that include: sales representative, fly tier and designer for Montana Fly Company, author, photographer and lecturer.

Ben has also pursued his passion for skiing. As a professional free skier he teaches skiing during the winter months on Crested Butte Mountain in CO.

Midwest - Jerry Darkes

Jerry Darkes is a well known Great Lakes area fly fisherman, guide, speaker, and instructor. He has over 40 years of experience in fresh and saltwater, and he is featured in several books and films about fly fishing in the Great Lakes area. Jerry is the author of many fly fishing related articles. He is also an avid fly tier with numerous patterns to his credit. Jerry's popularity in the midwest and beyond is also due in part to his great personality, and Eumer is very lucky to have him in our corner.

Jerry can be found traveling the Great Lakes promoting Eumer with his faithful sidekick - Aspen, the fish dog. He also maintains a popular blog where he shares his knowledge of tying and fishing. Check out the blog at: http://www.acs-thefishdog.blogspot.com.