Joshua Bergan grew up fishing the lakes of Minnesota for walleye and northern pike. Upon completing his coursework at the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2002, he decided a new challenge was in order and he moved to Montana. Shortly thereafter, he picked up a fly rod and has been perfecting his craft ever since. He has developed a particular affinity for studying the aquatic insects upon which trout feed.

He has been a writer since high school, where he was the editor of his high school newspaper. Professionally, he's been writing since 2002 when he interned as a writer/researcher for Sportsman's Connection, writing fishing information about lakes in Michigan. He wrote sports and outdoors for the Bozeman fish-wrap factory from 2005 to 2007.

He spent three years waking up on the banks of the lower Gallatin River, studying and learning the day-to-day habits of a Montana freestone stream. He currently lives in Belgrade, Mont. with his junkyard dog Boges. When not on the water, Bergan enjoys tying flies, tickling ivory, cooking and can often be found at the Madison River brewery discussing upcoming outings.

He is the writer and editor at Wilderness Adventures Press, Inc., publishers of the Flyfisher's Guide and Best Fishing Waters series of books, where he wrote the text for Idaho's Best Fishing Waters and other flyfishing publications and has edited numerous hunting, fishing, and outdoors books. Bergan is also an author/book consultant, amateur map maker and rod builder.

Bergan also writes a flyfishing column for the Montana Sporting Journal.