Seven Guides. Montana Water.

Ria French

Missouri River

License: GUD-LIC-37359

Paramedic turned guide. Trout Unlimited board member.

I grew up fishing the Missouri with my dad out of Great Falls. Did fifteen years as a paramedic before I decided the river was where I needed to be. Started guiding full-time in 2019 and haven’t looked back. I’m on the board of Trout Unlimited for the Missouri River Flyfishers chapter — conservation isn’t a bumper sticker for me, it’s why this river is still worth fishing. I’ve got a ten-year-old who already outfishes me on a good day, which I consider a success.

Colter Day

Missouri River · Bitterroot River

Lifelong Montanan. All skill levels welcome.

I’ve lived in Montana my whole life. Guide on the Missouri out of Craig, and spend a good part of the season on the Bitterroot too. I fish with anglers at every level — beginners who’ve never held a fly rod, and experienced anglers who want to fish water they couldn’t find on their own. Both days are good days.

Andrew Osborn

Yellowstone River · Madison River

Late convert. Better teacher for it.

Moved to Montana from Nebraska a couple of years ago and the rivers here changed everything. I’ve been fishing hard ever since — Missouri, Yellowstone, Madison. I came to fly fishing later than most of the guides on this crew, which I think makes me a better teacher. I remember what it’s like to not know what you’re doing. I’ll get you there.

Dylan Huseby

Bitterroot River

Loves the cast as much as the catch.

I guide because I love teaching the cast as much as I love making it. A good drift is a good drift whether you’ve been fishing for thirty years or thirty minutes. I fish the Bitterroot because it rewards patience and punishes sloppiness — which makes it a great place to learn, and a great place to keep learning.

Sam Botz

Missouri River

Streamer junkie. Night fishing. Trophy browns.

Grew up in Bozeman hunting and fishing from the time I could hold a rod. I fish everything — streamers, mice at night, tiny tricos at first light when most people are still in their waders. Big fish are the goal but the method is the obsession. If you want to fish something technical or go looking for a brown that’ll ruin your whole idea of what a trout looks like, I’m your guide.

Rain Keating

Missouri River

Snake, Flathead, Green — then the Mo pulled him in.

Not from Montana, but I got here as fast as I could. Guided on the Snake, the Flathead, and the Green before the Missouri pulled me in for good. I live here now. My days off are spent the same way my days on are — on the water, or walking behind my bird dog in the prairie. The Mo is home water. I fish it like it is.

Dave Buck

Bitterroot River

Air Force vet. Bitterroot specialist.

Grew up hunting and fishing in central Oregon. Joined the Air Force, moved to Spokane, worked as a police officer in western Washington — and kept sneaking off to Montana every chance I got. Eventually I stopped sneaking and moved to Conner. The Bitterroot is my river. I guide it year-round and fish it when I’m not guiding. If you want someone who knows the Bitterroot the way some guides know the Mo, I’m the call.