I saw this name for many years before meetting him online; his reputation preceeed him for the name was aways associated with stunning and far above average quality hotos of North American native fish. In h present day Derek works with the conservation of endangered native fish. On a personal note, my life with fish began fishing blue darters and minnows out of a local creek every change I could get on weekends and sometimes evenings and of course all summer. Derek still does that and I live vicariously through his work, each time reminding me of the joy and wonder of a simple creek ecosystem, every day of the year.