Much of the content you see on this website is a credit to Allen's foresight.

Known as "Dangerous (don't give a fish a chance) Dan" to the fish and out-of-line government agencies, Dan, like all of us, fishes and writes about it. Dan does the tough research and interviews it takes to write the hard hitting editorials and action alerts you read on our pages. His years of experience dealing with fishery issues provide the impetus required to get anglers involved in political action. As Editor for the "Fish Sniffer Print Edition", Dan oversees production of the paper while making sure unique timely content arrives to the Fish Sniffer Online.

Steelhead has been publishing a fishing magazine on the internet for over 9 years now, becoming a member of the Fish Sniffer staff in June 1997. Richard is in large part responsible for concept and development of the Fish Sniffer Online features you have become accustomed to, in addition to creating the artwork for the site. Other responsibilities include internet content development, writing, online editing and publishing.

Deborah is the one who does the lion's share of the internet publishing, getting all that information online. She is also our code guru, writing the special programming that makes many of the Fish Sniffer Online features interactive. Her computer experience goes back to FORTRAN in the early 70's. The regulars at the Fish Sniffer Online BBS fondly nicknamed her "The Big Eraser" due to her successful efforts to maintain an open G-rated board. Deborah also writes some of the non-fishing travel articles. Deborah lives in Fort Jones, California with her husband "steelhead".

Cal has been fishing and hunting with his dad since he was 2½ years old. Growing up in the east bay community of San Lorenzo, Cal spent a lot of time fishing bay area waters and lakes such as Chabot, Shadow Cliffs, and Del Valle. Cal graduated from Cal State Hayward in 1994 with a BA in Psychology before moving to the foothill community of Auburn. In Auburn he continued to fish and hunt in addition to working with severely emotionally disturbed teenage felons. In 1999, he received a teaching credential from Cal State Sacramento and worked as a special education teacher for emotionally disturbed teenage boys until 2004 when he joined the Sniffer. Cal has a good deal of freelance writing experience, with 30 features and a number of photos published in California Game and Fish Magazine and Washington & Oregon Game and Fish Magazine. Cal loves all aspects of the outdoors but above all loves chasing smallmouth bass and hunting for turkey and deer with his bow.

Mark Wiza
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Mark has been with the Fish Sniffer Online for over 5 years now, providing the weekly "Wiza's Sierras" report. Mark's passion for fishing was brought to our attention when he emailed us: "There are people out there who want to know how to fish a woolly bugger on the East Carson and when to drift an egg pattern on the East Walker; what lures to use for cutthroat at Heenan Lake, how to troll up brown trout up at Silver and Caples, to drift a nightcrawler, to cast a spinner, to reach-the-un-reachable STAR! And by god, the star is Tahoe!" Mark is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of California, lives in Lake Tahoe with wife Martha, son Joseph, and daughters Jessica and Arielle AND is now guiding in the area.

Joan Carter
Staff Writer
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Joan has been writing for the Fish Sniffer Online for quite a while, specializing in the Smith River area. Her writing has focused on a woman's perspective of the Sportfishing Industry and making it easier for women to get involved in the sport we love. Joan has also developed a series of articles about what anglers can do for the fisheries, focusing on volunteer, restoration, and political action. Joan is also a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of California, and lives in Hiouchi overlooking Society Hole on the Smith River with her husband, guide Dan Carter.

Bill Roecker
Staff Writer

Bill Roecker published his first sportfishing articles in 1966, while attending the University of Oregon. Formerly a radio announcer, logger, professor of creative writing and hang glider pilot, Bill produces a stream of articles, a sportfishing calendar, books and the Standup Series of salt water fishing videos. He also acts as photographer and news editor for the San Diego Sportfishing Council. He sells his products in tackle shops and through his web site, www.fishingvideos.com.