Guides
Our guides look forward to fishing with you this season.
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.
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...
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...
Many things have changed over the past 15 years in the Bulkley Valley. One thing that has remained consistent is seeing Richard Powe putting guests on steelhead in the Skeena watershed. Very few steelhead guides have had the opportunity to learn as much about Skeena Tribs as Richy. A local of Smithers, Richard has been an exceptional addition to the Frontier Farwest team. With more...
Scott has been with Frontier Farwest since ownership changed hands. His industry experience makes him a true encyclopedia of the sport. Scott has studied every detail of the art of fishing, and has caught an incredible amount of worldly species. You would think someone with as much experience in the sport would have a large ego, but Scott is one of the most humble experts you...
Ray is a true legend in the Bulkley Valley and all the staff and guides at Frontier Farwest revere his accomplishments over his 40 year career guiding on the Morice River. Ever since Ray started fishing on the Morice, he preached catch and release fly fishing for steelhead. He was a pioneer and a man far beyond his years. His passion for fly tying has made him very well known...
