Thank you so much for booking up my 2024 season! I have almost all my dates filled for the Yakima and I am so excited and grateful.
I’m only a few weeks away from getting back to it. I’m stoked to see familiar faces and a lot of new clients and some first time anglers this season.
My first run of trips are coming up soon, and I’m really looking forward to incorporating workshopping, journal use, advanced skill building, and pre amd post trip follow-up work. All to give clients and anglers the best experience while building confidence, knowledge, and skillsets for success without a guide and to really get into the river with a guide.
I only have 10 dates left on the spring calendar. Booked up three more today! I had to move which dates were open around, so I wasn’t booked 15 days in a row and to leave wiggle room for potential reschedules. We can also bump dates to the fall if the eiver just won’t cooperate. Fall dates are still open but are going fast, and I am leaving dates blocked off for reschedules.
I have been fishing the Yakima River and its surrounding tributaries, creeks, and lakes for 10 years. I have been tying flies specific to this river for 10 years as well. I have guided not only the river but also many of the hiking and mountaineering trails in the area and fished some of the more remote lakes and streams. I love to fish the Yakima River and have been running my driftboat here for 5 years. I guide a little differently than the other services here and have a slightly different philosophy on guided fishing trips.
Its all about the experience, and while I can't promise there will always be cooperative trout, there will always be good times. I learned from some of the greatest anglers the Yakima has both on the water and at the vise and I guide to share and pass on that knowledge and expertise so others can enjoy this river as much as I do. I love to teach people to fish, I love to teach people how to read the river, and I love showing people the beauty and art of fly fishing. My service is a bit cheaper but that is because I have no shop taking a percentage.
I use a lot of my own fly designs and patterns that no other guide has and have spent the past 10 years fine tuning my tying and patterns specific to this river. I have flies, leaders, tippets, and fly rods and reels, and always welcome anglers to bring their own gear. If you need waders and boots I can arrange for a rental. I support my local fly shop for my trips as well as it is important to me that our local shops stay open.
When you take a trip with me it all about fishing and the experiences that happen along the river. I love getting my clients to have great moments with our trout here. Ask me all the questions you can, I want to teach as much as you want to learn. Whether you are an experienced angler or brand new to the sport I love sharing this river with people. I guide the Yakima River and many other secret waters in the area. When you give me a call I will ask you lots of questions as I want to make sure you have the best experience possible while chasing the trout we have here. Whether its a guided river float or a hike and fish, or a walk and wade to the secret places, I can help make your fly fishing experience memorable and fun.
Give me a call today and lets set up a time to go fishing.
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