CONTRIBUTORS

Andy Mill’s plethoric career has had deep traction as an athlete, broadcaster, angler, and author. An elite alpine downhill ski racer, Mill was one of the best in the United States from 1974-1981. For his 1976 Olympic heroics, where Mill placed 6th while skiing on a severely injured ankle, he was awarded the “Olympic Spirit Award”; in 1993, he was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame. Mill enjoyed a 20-year broadcasting career, covering two Olympics and hundreds of network specials, including 81 fishing shows from around the world. Personally, Mill holds his fishing accomplishments close to his heart. His success is profound, winning more invitational fly tarpon tournaments than anyone in history, including 5 Gold Cups. He is only one of two people to have won a tarpon, bonefish, and permit tournament on fly. In conjunction with his award-winning book, A Passion for Tarpon, and being a trustee of the International Game Fish Association, he has found himself as one of fly fishing’s leading authorities.

JAY BEYER

Jay Beyer never planned on being a photographer. He didn’t go to a fancy photo school and he didn’t study under an artistic mentor. He picked up a camera one day and started taking it on trips. It didn’t take long, and his photo business was keeping him so busy he had to quit pounding nails and just shoot photos. Now, he travels the world capturing stunning imagery of skiers, snowboarders, hunters, bikers, climbers, runners, and fly fisherman doing what they love. When he’s home he spends as much time as he can with his amazingly understanding wife and overly energetic son who are the fuel behind his motivation. Jay’s previous contribution to Strung (“Of Secret Tapes and Sockeye Lakes”) appeared in Volume 3, Issue 3.

JEFF MOORE

Jeff Moore is a photographer and writer based out of Livingston, Montana. He photographs everything from big game to waterfowl, bird hunting to gun dogs. His work has been honored numerous times by the Outdoor Writers Association of America and Communication Arts. In 2014, Sotheby’s used his photos to sell one of the most expensive decoys ever sold at auction. This year, his photo of a teal showcases the Montana hunting regulations guide. In addition to his outdoor work, he often comes indoors for product photography with a variety of clients. He’s always looking for the next adventure and trying to find something new. Find more of his work at jeffmooreimages.net

NATALIE BEHRING

Natalie Behring is a photojournalist based in Victor, Idaho, where she focuses on reporting about the issues facing rural America. She lives with her partner, a border collie, and enjoys hiking and exploring the Greater Yellowstone area.

RYAN EFURD

Ryan Efurd is an outdoorsman, entrepreneur, writer, and president of technical hunting clothing brand, CANIS. Born in Arkansas, Efurd grew up hunting and fishing. His love of the outdoors and an appetite for adventure has inspired him to pursue a variety of big game animals across the globe. In 2018, he partnered with awardwinning Swiss designer Marcel Geser and together they set out to create technical hunting garments that took inspiration from mountaineering apparel to meet the needs of the modern hunter. From the Swiss Alps to the remote Kamchatka Peninsula, they spent two years testing prototypes. CANIS is the result of that process. When he’s not running day to day operations, you will find Ryan coaching youth sports in Northwest Arkansas and fathering his four adventurous children. You can follow his adventures on the CANIS Athlete YouTube channel or at canisathlete.com

RYAN LEE

Ryan Lee is the founder of Think to Make, a graphic design and photography agency based in Denver, Colorado. Lee has worked in a broad range of industries but is particularly interested in collaborating with brands that combine form, function, and the great outdoors. Over the last few years, Lee has traveled as part of the CANIS crew to Argentina, Mexico, the Brooks Range of Alaska, West Texas, and the Himalayas of Nepal. He most recently photographed Ryan Efurd’s Ibex and Argali hunt in Kyrgyzstan. When not chasing big game with CANIS, he enjoys fishing and biking with his wife and two daughters.

TODD DAVIS

Todd Davis spends most of his time hunting and fishing in the game lands to the west of his home in Tipton, Pennsylvania, a small village that sits at the foot of the Allegheny Front. He’s the author of six books of poetry, most recently Native Species and Winterkill, both published by Michigan State University Press. His nonfiction appears in such magazines as Gray’s Sporting Journal and Anglers Journal. When he’s not in the woods, he teaches environmental studies at Penn State University’s Altoona College.

TOM CARROLL

Tom grew up in California, but left after college for a life outdoors in the Rocky Mountain west. First landing in Idaho, and eventually settling in north central Montana, he guided fishermen for twenty summers on the Alaska Peninsula in order to fuel his passions following bird dogs, hunting whitetails during the fall, and calling turkeys in the spring. An inveterate sporting “gypsy,” he now splits his time between Montana and Arizona, but still roams throughout the west in search of birds and fish away from the “madding crowds.” CONTRIBUTORS