Born and raised in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, author Bob Allen now resides in Brookfield, Wisconsin. His previous book, Walter the Wily Walleye, won a Mom's Choice Gold Medal Award and two Midwest Independent Publishing Association Silver Finalist Awards. His Fly-in to the Boonies also won a Midwest Independent Publishing Association Gold Medal Award.

For more than thirty-five years, Bob coached hockey in Wisconsin at various levels, from the local mini mites to college-age kids at Lawrence University; his West Bend High School varsity team won a state championship. While in West Bend, he served as the chairman of Ice '92, building the Kettle Moraine Ice Center, and as the regional director of the Badger State Games. Yet fishing remains the constant passion in his life. Bob has taken numerous fly-in fishing trips to Canada and has traveled the Midwest on the professional walleye circuit. He especially enjoys taking his kids and grandkids fishing.