JIM HABERA Eastern Tennessee
Coldwater Fisheries
Biologist Jim is a coldwater fisheries biologist with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. His primary responsibility is monitoring and management of the wild brook, rainbow, and brown trout populations in the mountain streams of eastern Tennessee (Region IV). He also helps manage the trout fisheries in five tailwaters, including the well known Clinch, South Fork Holston, and Watauga rivers. Jim has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from the University of Tennessee and has been an American Fisheries Society Certified Fisheries Professional since 1997. He is an avid angler, particularly for trout, smallmouth bass, stripers, and muskies.
ROY HAWK TENNESSEE
"just a guy who likes to fish"
Roy grew up as a kid fishing in Florida. After a stint away from the angling sports for something called a job and a career he is making up for lost time by fishing at every opportunity he gets. He has traveled widely in the U.S. and to Argentina in pursuit of his favorite piscatorial adversary, the trout. He is unique in his approach to the angling sports by successfully blending a mix between fly fishing and spin fishing for trout. Roy recently has expanded his fishing to include smallmouth bass, hybrids and stripers. One thing that Roy loves is that Trout Magnets can be fished successfully on either a fly rod or spinning outfit – using light line is the key. Roy has been active in the Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited, which works closely with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to benefit Brook Trout restoration. Roy now calls East Tennessee home with more rivers and streams than he can fish in a lifetime…
ROB LINDBOM TENNESSEE WILDLIFE AGENCY
Aquatic Habitat Protection Biologist
Rob is an aquatic habitat protection biologist with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. His primary responsibility is the protection of aquatic habitat in 21 Counties of eastern Tennessee (Region IV). He also is the farm pond coordinator and fish kill investigator for Region IV. Rob has a B.S. degree in Biology from Augusta State University in Augusta Georgia and a M.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from the University of Tennessee. He is an avid angler, particularly for trout, smallmouth bass, stripers, and muskies.
