Brian is an experienced angler and world traveler with stamps on his passport from as close to home as Mexico, as far away as Mongolia and Nepal and most every angling destination in between. His formal background is in accounting and business management. While well versed in all of Fly Water’s offerings, Brian is a true authority on the fisheries of New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, the American West, Christmas Island, and Mongolia. Brian’s business savvy, attention to detail, and dry humor make him the ideal business manager and an invaluable asset to Fly Water customers. Brian is the company’s Chief Financial Officer and secondary photographer.

Ken is a fourth generation fly fisher who has guided throughout Alaska, Oregon, and California.He has taught hundreds of students the fundamentals of the sport, managed fly shops, consulted with leading fly rod manufacturers and designed an extensive line of popular fly patterns produced by Idylwilde Flies of Portland, Oregon. Ken is an accomplished writer and photographer whose work has appeared in Patagonia, Outside, Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod and Reel, Northwest Fly Fishing, Wild Steelhead and Salmon, and other popular publications. Ken serves as Fly Water’s Chief Operating Officer, primary photographer, and catalog copywriter.

Rachel has come to us with over ten years experience in the industry. She has done everything from guiding to selling international travel and is widely regarded as one of the, most well informed, and highly skilled female anglers in the nation. For over a decade, her love of fly fishing has taken her to fish all over the world, including the Bahamas, Venezuela, British Columbia, Mexico, Tahiti, Christmas island, Russia, Chile, Argentina, and Alaska.

As a Federation of Flyfishers Certified Casting Instructor, Rachel has taught for the Mel Krieger Schools and was the director of the family and children’s summer FISHCAMPS for the past seven years. She has been a guest instructor at the International Womens Flyfishing Festival in San Diego and Northern California, she is the founder of the Shasta Mayflies (Redding’s Womens Fly fishing Club), and she is a member of the Scott Rods pro staff. Rachel has been published in Northwest Flyfishing and The Womens No-Nonsense Guide to Favorite Waters and is a sought after instructor and public speaker on a wide variety of fly fishing topics.