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Guides
The bottom line is that the quality of your guide can really help to
make or break your trip. Another truth is that there is no one "best"
guide.....one angler's perfect guide may not be the same as another's....that
is one reason there are many of us. All of these guides have gotten
great reviews from many of my clients and I trust them to represent
me, work hard, be fun, teach you and show you as many fish as they can
and contribute to you having great time on Montana's rivers. These are
the guys I want to fish with on my day off!
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The truth is, as long as I've been doing this I still love
to guide and fish and want to get as much time on the water as I can.
I fish a lot of different places during the course of the year, partly
chasing the best fishing, partly because Montana has so much to offer
it would be a shame to not get out and enjoy it. I was born and raised
in Montana and still haven't seen all the great trout water. One of my
great thrills is fishing somewhere or someway new. No matter who you are
there is much left to learn in the world of flyfishing (remember the great
butterfly hatch!) I spent 10 years in Bozeman getting to know the Yellowstone
and Madison as well as river's further east, north, west and south. I
now call the Missoula area home.
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Adam Spenner
Adam (he's the one holding the fish) is a Missoula, MT native who began
fly fishing the local waters at age five. His passion for the outdoors
has driven him to fish, hike, ski and whitewater raft all over the world
and the western U.S. His positive, patient style and intimate knowledge
of Montana's rivers and hatches are sure to make your time on the water
an enjoyable experience.
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Bill Buchbauer
Growing up in Bozeman Montana provided a perfect environment for
developing a passion for the outdoors. I grew up in an active outdoor
family and spending time skiing and fly fishing have been part of
my lifestyle for as long as I can remember. This exposure to nature
has been a fundamental theme throughout my life and has lead to
incredible experiences with wonderful people in amazing places all
around the world! These adventures have enabled me to build the
all around outdoor skills and awareness necessary to safely lead
groups through the mountains and down the river and follow my dream
of earning a living as a profesional guide. Sharing these experiences
in amazing places with others is as a rewarding and enriching career
as I could ask for.
Not only is Bill as friendly and knowledgeable trout guide as you
could ever meet, he is a year-round guide. When not guiding in Montana
he can be found in Alaska guiding heli-skiing. If you only spent
time with him on the river you might never know he is as good on
skiis in the mountains as he is with a flyrod in a river, check
him out Buchbauerguiding.com.
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Craig Boyd
(with a Montana trout of a lifetime...Craig is on
the left)
How's it going eh? Craig is our Canadian contribution. His enthusiasm
for flyfishing and trout streams is genuinely contagious and springs
from a lifetime of outdoor pursuits. He is one of the friendlies
and funniest guys you will ever have the pleasure of fishing with.
His humor is balanced by his deep appreciation of the rivers and
fish…..with him, you'll not only catch fish, you'll learn to
savor the results of your efforts. Usually he skis every day that
he can in the winter, but this year he is off to Chile…to guide
and pursue trout year round.
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Dan Mahoney
Dan has been working in the fly fishing industry in Western Montana
for nearly a decade now. Originally from Kansas, Dan moved to Missoula
to attend the U of M and upon graduating, decided to stick around.
In a busy season he guides over a hundred days a year on the Missoula
area rivers. Dan prefers dry fly fishing but will do whatever it
takes to catch fish. Day in and day out he works extremely hard
to help achieve his clients goals. His work ethic, experience level,
and his retained midwest values make any day on the water with Dan
an enjoyable reel Montana experience.
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Dell Despain
Dell is another guide that has been a friend of mine almost from
the outset of my guiding and outfitting career. He is one of my
favorite guys with whom to spend time on the river. He is a patient
and innovative fisherman and a genuinely creative fly-tier……two
things I particularly enjoy. If someone brings something new to
my bag of tricks, it is likely to be Dell. He guides mainly on the
Bighorn but also works the Yellowstone, roams the state to some
extent and guides lots of hidden gems that he won't even tell me
about.
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Matt Ernst
I'm Matt Ernst. I'm 32 years old and was born in
Columbus Nebraska. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a family
where hunting and fishing were an integral part of family life.
A love for the outdoors was instilled in me from the beginning.
I attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and graduated with
a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management in 2002. I moved
to Montana immediately after graduation in pursuit of hunting
and fishing opportunities. I have been guiding big-game hunters
and fisherman for the past seven year. It is my full time, nearly
year round career, and my main focus. I live in Red Lodge Montana
with my wife Amie and two retrievers Bel and Gus. My turn-on's
include a good streamer bite, dry fly eaters, large buck mule
deer, and well-behaved hunting dogs. I would love the opportunity
to share my knowledge and passion for hunting and fishing in South-Central/South-west
Montana with you.
Tom's note: Matt started working for me as a "gear
guy" when he first moved to Montana and I'm proud to say
he is now a top guide for me and many other top lodges and outfitters.
He spends much of his time on the Bighorn, as well as the Stillwater
and lower Yellowstone Rivers.....he moved east, I moved west and
I don't get to see nearly enough of him!
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Brian Citro
A native of New Jersey, Brian has been fishing the
waters of MT since the late 90’s. Growing up in a fishy family,
Brian has been on some type of water since the age of 5. The open
spaces and never ending options for fishable water has kept him
busy here in MT. When not on the water; he is a Health and Physical
Education teacher in the winter season. A graduate from Montana
State University; Brian has been traveling and teaching internationally
while calling Bozeman home during the summer months.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch
the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
-- Mark Twain
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