Atlanta Fly Fishing Club

Jimmy Jacobs has been fishing the trout waters of the southeastern states for almost 50 years. He was the editor of Georgia Sportsman magazines for a quarter century before retiring in 2014. He presently is the Georgia Editor for Don Kirk’s Southern Trout online magazine, as well as the editor for Southern Saltwater Fly Fishing Magazine.

 

He also authored the books TROUT FISHING IN NORTH GEORGIA, TROUT STREAMS OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA, TAILWATER TROUT IN THE SOUTH and BROOK TROUT IN DIXIE.

 

Jimmy is a member of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association, Georgia Outdoor Writers Association, Southeastern Outdoor Press Associations, and most importantly the Atlanta Fly Fishing Club.  In 2015 he was inducted into the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association Hunting and Fishing Hall of Fame. In 2017 he also was elected to the Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians Hall of Fame and the Georgia State University Athletics Hall of Fame.