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Ian Stubbs, Fraser Valley of BC:
A 32 year veteran of the Canadian Navy,
Ian has "sort of retired" on the banks of the Chilliwack River to become a committed, fulltime, Fishing Bum. An outwardly hard and grizzled individual, Ian's heart is as big as a mountain.... and twice as hard. An incredibly gifted casting instructor, with both single-hand and spey techniques, he spends many hours passing on his casting talents to those who are truly committed to learning.
"Single or two handed fly all the way.."

Email: ianbcprostaff@gmail.com

Claude Cipelletti-Okanagan, BC:
Born in Quebec, Claude started fly fishing at an early age. Since moving to BC in the early 80's he has fly fished for most of the province's species, in fresh and salt water. Claude is most at ease(and obsessed with) fishing rivers and streams, enjoying varied methods of presenting the fly and teasing the fish. Flyfishing is a lifelong pursuit and at every opportunity, he can be found on Okanagan lakes and streams or wet wading the streams of the East Kootenay.

Email: claudebcprostaff@gmail.com

Shane O'hara, Mainitoba:
Shane O'Hara has been addicted to fishing as long as he can remember. His love for the sport eventually led him to fly fishing which quickly turned into an obsession. Growing up on the banks of Ontario's Grand River, he can now be found on one of Manitoba's many lakes or rivers, targeting everything from trout to channel cat on the fly. He spends as much time as possible on the water testing his flies to make improvements, all while chasing after the next big fish.

Email: shanembprostaff@gmail.com

Paul Kirbis, Nanaimo & WCVI, BC:
Born and raised in BC, Paul has fished most of his life and has been guiding since 1997. He started out fly fishing and guiding on the Elk River in BC. Since re-locating to Vancouver Island a few years ago, Paul has turned into a hardcore salmon angler. He has fished the Juan du Fuca, Georgia Strait, WCVI, mid Coast and the Haida Gwai.
His passion for catching big salmon, has turned into his own guide service based out of Nanaimo and the WCVI.

Email: pmkurbis@gmail.com

Brian Thomas, Kamloops, BC:
Kamloops offers almost an unlimited choice of different lakes to choose from, and lake fishing is something I enjoy immensely.
But the real passion in my life is fishing with spey rods on moving waters. Part of my yearly routine finds me drifting and fishing some of the most beautiful waters in Canada on the mighty Skeena tribs. I wouldn't miss it for the world. It helps that my dream is to become a full-time stealhead bum, of course. But I spend more time on my local waters with light-weight spey rods, chasing trout.Tying my own flies helps when the rivers and lakes are iced over brings the sport full circle and continues to fuel my life-long passion for fly fishing.

Email: brianbcprostaff@gmail.com

David Masse,Toronto, Ontario:
Born and raised in southern Ontario, fishing and fly fishing is second nature to him. At a very young age David's father would take him pretty much anywhere he wanted to fish. David has the privilege of having many different types of water to learn and master his fly fishing skills. He is known fish many bodies of water including small rivers and tribs loaded with specks, browns and rainbows and four of The Great Lakes within 3 hrs drive that produce huge Steelhead and Salmon runs. Ontario is blessed with thousands of small lakes, making the fly fishing experience endless.

Email: drmasse01@gmail.com

Tiana Nordstrom, Alberta:
Originally from the West Coast, Tiana grew up on the ocean, fishing for salmon and learned to fly fish on the interior lakes and rivers of B.C. with her family. Always lover of the outdoors, she has been fly fishing for 20 years. Tiana is an accomplished fly tier and an executive board member of the Hook and Hackle club. After moving to Alberta 10 years ago, the multitude of lakes sparked a love for early season pike and spring chironomid fishing. However, her passion lies in the perfect dry fly presentation to eager trout on the streams located in the foothills of Southern Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Currently living in Calgary, she can sometimes be found practicing her Spey casting on the Bow River.

Email: tianaabprostaff@gmail.com

Martin Poisson, Quebec:
Guide and salmon fishermen for over 20 years, I have found in products of fly fishing Amundson, the qualities needed to face the Atlantic salmon in rivers.

Guide et saumonier depuis plus de 20 ans, j'ai trouvé dans les produits de pêche à la mouche Amundson, les qualités nécessaires pour affronter le saumon de l'Atlantique en rivière.

Email: info@destinationlemirage.com

Chris Puchniak, Cloverdale BC:
Chris was first introduced to flyfishing when his father brought him home a fly tying kit when he was in elementary school (some 35 years ago), and like many anglers. Chris was introduced to competitive fly fishing, and once he discovered the immense social and team aspect to the sport, he completely immersed himself in it. With a desire to ever improve, he also discovered that competitive angling brought to him the aspect of fly fishing that he appreciated most – the infinite volume of knowledge that one can possibly learn.

DON WATSON, New Westminster BC:
Born in New Westminster, raised in cloverdale. Don has worked all his life in heavy construction as a foreman .His love for fishing is grand. Fishing for trout to the great white sturgeon and salt water fishing.

Email: dwflyrod@yahoo.ca

Fossil Hao, BC:
Fly Fishing has absolutely nothing to do with his job. Perhaps that’s why he loves it so much. Fossil grew up in China, active with high intensity sports since he was very young. After coming to Canada, fly fishing immediately appealed to him. Maybe it was the excellent British Columbia scenery that motivated Fossil to pick up and continue the fishing hobby. Or maybe it was the feeling one gets during the fishing process: the silence, the lack of stress, the steady breathing of the water and surrounding nature…the peacefulness. Either way, Fossil was mesmerized by fishing and proceeded to self learn all that there was to know about fishing and fly fishing during his eleven years in Canada. In his free time, he ties his own customized flies and surfs the web to further educate himself in fishing. Today, he’s still enjoying fishing in beautiful British Columbia, often disappearing early in the morning every weekend and not returning until nightfall.

Email: sdsunhao@hotmail.com

Nathan Paul, Lethbridge, Alberta:
Nathan has fishing since he was old enough to hold a rod, starting out with pike fishing on local lakes as a child and working his way through to more challenging fish as a teenager. He enjoys all sorts of fishing, from chasing perch in small lakes to salmon and halibut fishing off the British Columbia coast. Being a walleye tournament anger, Paul fishes year around, spending spring through fall on his boat throughout southern Alberta and fly-fishing the rivers flowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. As well he fishes the rivers for goldeye, whitefish and walleye. In the winter he ice fishes for perch and walleye and find time for trips to the mountains for winter stream fly-fishing.

Email: npauls@shaw.ca

Steven Erickson, BC:
Steven grew up in Victoria and learned to fish on the Island with his Dad. He looked up the Manitoba Fly Fishers Association, and joined in April 1999. I quickly became re-addicted and have been fishing as much as possible throughout Manitoba and elsewhere ever since. The things Steven is proud of in fishing are: catching many different species on the fly, still water fishing, Atlantic salmon on a dry fly on the Margaree River in Cape Breton, and catching golden trout in Alberta. His current fishing goals: Catch a master angler pike (42 inches or longer), catch 10 different species of Master Angler (Manitoba Tourism designated trophy size) in one season and catch Pacific Salmon on the fly.

Email: steven.erickson@yahoo.ca

Justin Elia, BC:
Justin is obsessed with Steelhead and Salmon; heading out on the rivers and lakes every chance he gets. He frequently fishes the Great Lakes and their tributaries in search of chrome salmonids. He is also an executive on the Credit River Anglers Association with an integral role is preserving and improving the watershed. Justin also writes for WFN in the "pro" section, which outlines his various outings as well as product review.

Email: justin.elia@j-elia.com