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Testimonials

"Speaking of guides, what an outstanding group!  And in our opinion, you couldn't find a better manager in the industry"

Barry and Cathy Beck

Guides

Alpine River Outfitters takes pride in the quality individuals it hires to represent us on and off the water. Many guides have over ten years of guiding experience and some guides have been with the company since it started. You will not find a more experienced, well-rounded, and fun guide staff in the Vail Valley. To learn more about an individual guide please click on their link below.

 

 

Miles Comeau

Assistant Manager - Years Guiding: 5 years
 Top Six Flies: Pat’s Rubber Leg, Sparkle RS-2, Prince, Royal Stimulator
 Favorite Trip: Half Day Wade Deep Creek
 Favorite Rod:  Scott F Series
 Favorite Reel: Ross Evolution 2
 Hobbies: Skiing, Hiking, Writing
 Why I guide: I learn more about trout and fly fishing every time I guide and I really like meeting and getting to know people.

Brian Culp

  Home Town: Middlesex, New Jersey
  Years Guiding: 11 years
  Top Six Flies: Colorado Green Drake, H&L Variant, Royal Wulff, CDC  Green Drake Emerger, Loop Wing Olive Emerger
  Favorite Trip: 1/2 day Float on the Eagle River
  Favorite Rod: Sage SLT 486
  Favorite Reel: Ross Evolution 2
  Why I guide: Fishing has been a passion for me from a very early age. A day on the water is an excellent way to discover who you are and what in life is important to you. Fly fishing will introduce you to interesting people and you will make new lifelong friends in your pursuit of the trophy rainbow trout. Let’s go out discover if you are a natural, or just want to spend a beautiful day meeting new people and learning about the river and what happens just below the surface!!!!!! Can you make the cast?   Let find out!

Chris David

 Home Town: El Paso, TX
 Years Guiding: 7 years
 Top Six Flies: Swisher's PMX, Quasimoto PT, Furminsky's BDE, Motor  Oil, Slump Buster, Platte River Spider
 Favorite Trip: Full Day Float From Pinball to Cottonwood
 Favorite Rod: Scott S4 905
 Favorite Reel: Lamson Litespeed Hard Alox
 Why I guide: It validates my obsessive gear habit and I will always have the right bug for the right time!.

Lee Doberstein

Home Town: Woodbury, MN
Years Guiding: 2 years
Top Six Flies: Olive Bugger, Prince Nymph, Rojo Midge, Adams, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator
Favorite Trip: Full day trip on into the backcountry
Favorite Rod: Scott G2 and S4 - 950
Why I guide: Fly fishing is a great way to experience nature. It forces you to slow down and really enjoy all the little details. As a guide it is very fulfilling to bring a little slice of this into people’s lives.

Alvin Dedeaux

Years Guiding: 20 years both Texas and Colorado  
Top Six Flies: Olive Bugger, Prince Nymph, Rojo Midge, Adams, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator
Favorite Trip: Full Day Float Roaring Fork River
Favorite Rod: Scott S4
Hobbies: Road Biking, Camping, Fly Tying, Saltwater fly fishing
Why I guide: It’s the best job in the world. No stress. You can’t find a better way to spend a day.

Brody Henderson

Shop Manager and Guide: Years Guiding- 12 years
Top Six Flies: PMX, SuperFly, Guides Choice, Pearl and Elk
Favorite Trip: Full day Float Eagle River
Favorite Rod: Scott G2 and S4 - 950
Hobbies: Hunting, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Hiking, Travel, Fly Tying, Wildlife photography
Why I guide: The teaching aspect is what I love about it. It’s nice to share the outdoors with people and you see things on the river you’d never see if you weren’t out there. I get more pleasure these days out of putting others on trout than catching them myself.

John Jameson

Home Town: Athens, GA
Years Guiding: 5 years
Top Six Flies: Zebra Midge, Royal Wulff, Prince Nymph, WD-40, Yuk-Bug, Brassie
Favorite Trip: Full day anywhere!
Favorite Rod: Scott S4-950
Why I guide:  I started Fly Fishing when I was 14 years old learning the trout streams of the Southeast along with several waters in Northern Michigan. I first started guiding in Montana when I was 18 years old and I have not looked back. I am currently in my 6th season with Alpine River Outfitters and continues to take out a majority of the Outfitter and Club wade trips. I have fished in several  states and have guided in Colorado, Montana, and Arkansas. I am currently pursuing Saltwater guiding in Key Largo, Fl during the off season. " I guide because my passion is Fly Fishing. Guiding gives me an opportunity to be on the water while at the same time sharing my passion with others!"

Joe Montoya

Home Town: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Years Guiding: 4 years
Top Six Flies: Pat’s Rubber Legs, Pheasant Tail, Olive Wooley Bugger, Parachute Adams, Soft Hackles and Hoppers!
Favorite Trip: Full day Eagle River!
Favorite Rod: Sage VXP 905-4
Hobbies: Fly Tying, Backpacking, Camping, Hunting, Soccer and Snowboarding
Why I guide: My dad and I took our first fly fishing trip with a guide when I was 11 years old, fishing grass hoppers in a meadow stream in Valle Vidal, NM.  Since then, I have spent time fishing and learning rivers and techniques primarily across New Mexico, Colorado and Pennsylvania.  I can credit my core fly fishing skills to my guide during that trip, who provided me with enough information for me to catch fish on my own.  I now love teaching both beginners and seasoned vets alike, enjoying the outdoors and catching some fish! 

Drake Perry

Years Guiding: 5 years
Top Six Flies: Zebra midge, Girdle bug, Orange egg, Sparkle worm, and Green Drake.
Favorite Trip: Full Day Float: Eagle River
Favorite Rod: Scott S4 9ft 4 wt
Favorite Reel: Galvan T-5
Interests: Upland game hunting (ducks, pheasants, and grouse), Pointer dog training and shooting shot guns.
Why I guide: got my start fly fishing on the Little Miami river on the east side of Cincinnati Ohio, where I fished primarily for small mouth bass. I worked for the mountain for a season, told my parents I would only come up to this beautiful place for a season. As soon as the snow melted I knew I wanted to be a fishing guide, and now here I am. I continue to grow my knowledge of fly fishing and am enjoying the responsibilities of managing the Piney Valley Ranch sporting shooting sports complex. Alpine River and Piney Valley are great places to work because they let me share my enthusiasm of the great outdoors, not to mention my office has a better view then yours does!

 

Janis Putelis

 Home Town: Kalamazoo Michigan
 Years Guiding: 13 years
 Top Six Flies: Bead Head Flashback PT, Caddis Poopah, Black Wooly  Bugger, H&L Variant, Lime Wulff, Double Renegade
 Favorite Trip: Full Day Float: Eagle River
 Favorite Rod: Scott G2
 Favorite Reel: Ross Evolution
 Why I guide: I love the outdoors. The slower pace of the natural world  grounds me. I have the best office in the world. Guiding surrounds me  with happy people. How can you not be happy spending a day on the  river trout fishing in Colorado? Seeing the expression on someone's face who just caught their first trout on a fly is priceless.

Dan Rejda

Home Town:Taylor, NE
Years Guiding: 7 years
Top Six Flies: Chernobyl, Renegade, Adams, Barrs emeger, 20 incher, Bitch Creek.
Favorite Trip: Full Day float on the Eagle River
Favorite Rod: SAGE - ZXL
Favorite Reel: Waterworks - Purist
Why I guide: Because I can think of nowhere I'd rather be than on the river...

Josh Shrimer

Home Town: Woodbury, MN
Years Guiding: 2 years
Top Six Flies: Streamer madness....streamers, streamers, streamers!
Favorite Trip: Full day wade - any river
Favorite Rod: Winston BII 950
Why I guide: I love fishing and being outdoors. It's an honor to share this love with others!

Nick Varnberg

 Home Town: Arvada, CO
 Years Guiding: 14 in Freshwater, 8 years in Saltwater
 Top Six Flies: Wooley Bugger, Royal Wulff, Parachute Adams, Barrs Emerger.
 Favorite Trip: Full Day Float on the Colorado river from Two Bridges to Catamount
 Favorite Rod: Sage 489-5 SLT
 Favorite Reel: Ross San Miquel
 Why I guide: I love the office space.

Rob Waters

 Home Town:Great Falls, VA
 Years Guiding: 7 years
 Top Six Flies: Adams, Charlie Boy Hopper, Autumn Splendor, Elk Hair Caddis, Pheasant Tail, Disco Midge
 Favorite Trip: Full day wade on Gore Creek
 Favorite Rod: Scott S3S
 Favorite Reel: Ross Evolution
 Why I guide: Fishing has become more of a lifestyle than a sport. The sheer pleasure of getting a fish on the line can change your whole world. I enjoy showing people the simple pleasures in life and giving them a better appreciation of the environment in which we live.

Dan Chalfant

 Home Town: Rockport Maine
 Years Guiding: 18 years
 Top Six Flies: H&L Variant, Double Bunny Leech, Spotlight Emerger,  Renegade, Babine Special, Lime Wulff
 Favorite Trip: Full Float Lower Colorado
 Favorite Rod: Sage 696 XP
 Favorite Reel: Ross Canyon
 Why I guide: Its all about the bugs!