Beau Beasley has spent three decades as a career firefighter and paramedic for Fairfax County—making him just the man you hope to have on hand if you’ve been shot, stabbed, or electrocuted. Though he grew up spin fishing in farm ponds and on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, his love of fly angling began after a grateful patient introduced him to the sport.

While Beasley’s original work appeared in Virginia Outdoor Weekly, and Fly Fish America, he soon saw his work appear in nearly every major fly-fishing publication in the country. His work also appeared in publications like Virginia Wildlife, Virginia Living, Blue Ridge Outdoors and newspapers like the Roanoke Times, and Baltimore Sun.

He is known for his in depth research ranging from conservation topics like menhaden management, where he won the Mason- Dixon Outdoor Writers Talbot Denmead Memorial Award in 2001. In 2019 he was recognized for his work on Bonefish management when his article on that species ran in both Bahamian newspapers and was given to every member of Congress to help them understand management of that species.

Beasley is also known for his work on river bottom ownership covers rivers like the Jackson in Virginia, the South Holston in Tennessee, and the Delaware in New York.

He is the author of Fly Fishing Virginia and Fly Fishing the Mid-Atlantic. His latest book Healing Waters: Veterans Stories of Recovery in Their Own Words will be released December 2023.

When not writing, Beasley serves as the Director of the Virginia & Tennessee Fly Fishing Festivals. For more information on the author go to www.beaubeasley.com