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Dutch John, Utah — Green River below Flaming Gorge
From $550Fly Fishing · Freshwater
Fly Fishing · Utah — Green River below Flaming Gorge
Owner of Spinner Fall Guide Service on Utah's Green River — dry-fly focused drift-boat days below Flaming Gorge since 1999, with canyon rowing and hatch timing built over twenty-seven seasons on the A and B sections.
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$550
Madison River, Montana
From $725Fly Fishing · Freshwater
Fly Fishing · Montana
"The river already decided the hatch — we're just trying to be on time for the meeting." Montana drift-boat guide on the Madison and Jefferson: eighteen seasons, dry-dropper mornings, and the patience to let a pod of rising trout teach the cast.
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$725
Islamorada, Florida Keys
From $750Saltwater · Fly Fishing
Saltwater · Florida Keys
Sixteen seasons poling Keys flats between Islamorada and Marathon — bonefish on the flood, permit when light and tide align, tarpon in bridge shadows when the moon says go. John Wick reads skinny water like weather: quiet bow, long leader, and the patience to pass the wrong fish.
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$750
Bahamas
From $800Saltwater · Fly Fishing · Conventional Fishing
Saltwater · Bahamas
Fifteen seasons on the Exuma Cays — bonefish on white sand, permit when tide and light align, tarpon when the calendar turns. Bruce Wayne pols skinny Bahamian water the way he learned it: quiet bow, long leader, and the patience to pass the wrong fish so the right one can eat on the push.
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$800
Jackson Hole & Bridger-Teton wilderness, Wyoming
From $1,850Backcountry · Fly Fishing
Backcountry · Wyoming
"Thermals and trail miles do not care about your packing list — they care whether you read them." Fourteen seasons guiding wilderness elk, mule deer, and high-country cutthroat on the Absaroka and Bridger-Teton front.
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$1,850
San Juan Mountains, Colorado
From $1,850Big Game · Backcountry
Big Game · Colorado
"Elk don't care about your alarm clock — they care about thermals, and thermals don't negotiate." Fourteen seasons glassing Colorado high-country basins for fair-chase elk on public land.
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$1,850
Bristol Bay, Alaska
From $950Fly Fishing · Freshwater
Fly Fishing · Alaska
"The run decides the day — we decide whether we are ready for it." Sixteen seasons on Bristol Bay sockeye rivers: tidal timing, bear discipline, and honest Alaska preparation.
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$950
Green River, Utah
From $650Fly Fishing · Freshwater
Fly Fishing · Utah
Utah trout guide on the Green and Provo — twelve seasons rowing cold, clear water with an unhurried eye for hatches, mend, and the cast that actually matches the seam.
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$650
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Featured field note
One story on the water — then the guides behind it.
Field Essay · June 8, 2026 · 5 min read
The lessons rivers reveal only to those who spend years listening.
There is a kind of intelligence living in a river that no amount of gear or research can replace. It belongs to the people who have spent seasons on the water—and it reveals itself slowly, if at all.
Read StoryWhy GuideTrails
The people on GuideTrails aren't selling a trip—they're sharing a world they already belong to. Water, terrain, season, and craft.
First light on a river. A bull elk in the timber. Tailing redfish at your feet. These are the moments people measure their lives by.
We built GuideTrails for relationships—the kind that start on a skiff or a ridgeline and last long after you're home.
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