guide

Joel Gourley

guide

It can be the coldest, windiest, wettest winter day, and Joel will come rowing down the river with a grin on his face. Oh ya, he's a true steelhead junkie.

He is a technician when it comes to finding steelhead on the Bulkley and Morice rivers. Constantly changing his methods to match the conditions. His knowledge comes from experience. He has been a key ingredient to the success of Frontier farwest fishing lodge for many years, and will anchor the staff for years to come. He has quickly become one of the most respected guides in the region.

Mike VanWormer

guide

Mike spent 8 years as a British Columbia Lodge Manager/guide through the 90’s. Since then he’s guided and fished extensively at various international destinations over the past years, including Chile, Argentina, Alaska, Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, The Pacific Northwest, and all over British Columbia’s Skeena River region. Mike has spent the past 7 years as a camp manager/guide, and director of The Fly Shop/Wild Salmon River Expedition’s Trout and Steelhead fly fishing programs in Kamchatka.

Derek Botchford

guide

Often times fishing guides speak of a great passion they have for the sport. They live, eat, and breath fishing. Derek Botchford exemplifies this attitude. His love of fly fishing is contagious. Derek’s instructing philosophy is based on the most respected and freshest training concepts today in flyfishing.