Dan Kennaley is a fly fishing and outdoors writer who has been writing about the outdoors since 1983 when he first had an article published in Ontario OUT OF DOORS magazine. He was the magazine’s fly fishing editor from 1998 through 2015. Dan enjoys fly fishing in all its dimensions, from the heritage, history and literature of the sport, to fishing for trout and alternate species. He  has been an adjunct lecturer in outdoor recreation at the University of Waterloo.  In 2008, Dan won the Gregory Clark Award for outstanding contributions to the arts of fly fishing at the Canadian Fly Fishing Forum. He has been a popular guest speaker at fly clubs across the province, at the Canadian Fly Fishing Forum and  the Grand Opportunities Fly Fishing Forum and has been a fly tying instructor at the Canadian Fly Tying Symposium.  A land use and recreation planner by profession, Dan has a B.A. in outdoor recreation from the University of Waterloo and a M.Sc in land use planning from the University of Guelph.  He recently retired as the Director of Engineering and Planning Services for the Township of Woolwich. Dan lives in Rockwood, Ontario with his wife Jan, cats Tiger and Finnegan, and golden retriever Mitchell.