Ambassadors
Yampa River Outfitters
https://yampariveroutfitters.comPaul Russell, aka Pablo, hooked up with us in 2007. He is our original "Lightning McQueen", and our shop his pit stop for things needed to keep him running. His drift boat, as the saying goes, has been ridden hard, and put up wet. It has been a great boat to try new things with. We installed a once, and never again plastic drain tube system in his boat. His boat has a notorious crack in her chine from hitting metal in the Yampa. He wasn't rowing that moment he tells me. I've personally learned a lot over the years about plastic welding by fixing that hole.
Yampa Valley Anglers
https://yampavalleyanglers.comHerb, aka Ping Pong Panda, amazingly the best ping pong player in the Valley, Michael, aka Roland Martin, my brother-n-law, and Tim, the Stillwater guru from North Park, run our SW 16 skiff in the valley, and beyond. These guys are family literally, and figuratively. We believe almost nothing they say.
Tamarack Outfitters
https://tamaracksguideservice.comNate has been guiding from our drift boat on the Yakima River since 2011. He is fearless when it comes to his boat, and has been on the front edge of "in the field, and on the fly" repair techniques. He has an awesome blog that is cool to read even if you have no history on his beloved Yakima River, and her tributaries. His passion for floating rivers, and fishing comes through in his writing.
West Fork Anglers
https://westforkanglers.comNils has been bumping down shallow East Tennessee, and Western North Carolina Rivers in our drift boat since 2012. In turn Nils has melted a good bit of plastic into his hull to keep his boat going. It has been a mutual learning experience for us, and we are blessed that he has kept his sense of humor. He is a modern Renaissance family man bringing new people into fishing, tying flies, turning out master works in wood, playing guitar, and singing songs in the General Store.
All Water Guides
https://allwaterguides.comAlvin and Lenee Dedeaux are right this minute inspiring kids of all ages to fish in Texas and beyond. They are literally paving the way for future husband and wife teams that will raise a family while outfitting, and sharing their passion for fishing, and Conservation. Alvin has positively influenced too many to count of our customers who want to use our skiff in a river with a jet outboard. He drove up to our shop in 2013 to get his first SW 16 from us, and all I could tell everyone is I just met the humblest, and coolest, in a good way, guide ever, and I've met thousands of guides.
Kevin Arculeo
http://www.kevinarculeofishing.comKevin is a very talented, and unique fly developer who naturally looks at things, and wonders how to make it better. Kevin is the first to take customizing our skiff to "another level". His front deck, and grab bar set a new standard for folks that wanted a gunwale flush mounted front deck to walk on. Kevin has a bit of "007 style" in him as well. He converts his outboard from prop to jet depending on whether he's running in the river, or the lake, or the salt.
Cohutta Fishing Company
https://www.cohuttafishingco.comAndy Bowen and Garner Reid. Cohutta Fishing is where I would want to work if I was 21. They are close to pretty much everything. They fish for multiple species of Bass in their home water, the Etowah, multiple species of Trout in nearby Georgia mountain streams, and Coastal water is less than a half day drive away. Their Cartersville store has a guitar leaning against a couch, and a Sweetwater Brewery tap. In June they host a World Famous Annual fundraiser Tournament named "Bassapalooza" on the Coosa, Etowah, Oostanaula, Coosawattee, and Chattahoochee Rivers. Their style epitomize the "go anywhere-do anything" goal with our skiff by going from the river to the lake to the salt fishing.
Soul Fly Outfitters
https://www.soulflyoutfitters.comKyle Schaeffer is an award winning author, wooden paddle board maker, passionate Conservationist, outfitter, and very well-travelled guide. He is our anchor in the Northeast. Kyle's home water is the Coast of Maine where he runs his company Soul Fly Outfitters. He runs our skiff in beautiful Coastal shallow water poling, and sight fishing for Stripers.
Finns West
https://finnswest.comMichael Tayloe founded a cool company that specializes in wilderness first aId for hunting and fishing guides, outfitters, and lodges. For several decades now Tayloe has traveled from Everest to Antarctica, and lots of places in between giving guides in Wilderness settings a piece of mind that when something goes wrong they have a plan. When he's not holding classes he's guiding from the tip of South America, or his new home in Pamlico Sound. Tayloe brings a focused vision for what he wants his SW16 to do.
Livin On The Fly
https://www.livinonthefly.comGeorge Daniels in Pennsylvania has had the "fever" for a awhile. It all began at age 6 when George caught his first trout on a fly rod. Since that day, George has been addicted to fly fishing. George is a former competitive angler for Fly Fishing team USA, and former Coach for both USA Youth and Adult Fly Fishing Teams. He has written three books, and has published countless articles for fly fishing magazines. Currently he is director, and lead instructor for the Pennsylvania State University's Angling Program-a positioned once held by George's fly fishing mentor, Joe Humphreys. George is also an on-stream instructor on his home waters, and runs clinics and presentations throughout the US.