-Name, Outfit, background #years guiding

Jack Bombardier – Confluence Casting – 20 years

-Favorite type of flyfishing (Nymphing, dry,, streamers, etc.) and why (can be more than one)

Dry flies for the subtlety, streamers for the action

-Favorite time of year/condition/hatch/etc. and why (can be more than one)

Mid-September to Mid-October - The spawning colors of the brown trout are echoed by the changing foliage

-Favorite fly and why

Foam bodied Hopper – Foam bodied Hi-Vis Elk Hair Caddis – Fly Formerly Known as Prince

-Interesting fish/wildlife story while fishing -

Anglers have had double hookups several times while using two streamer rigs

Have had beginners out fish veteran anglers many times while using tenkara rods

Lost a camera once while photographing a customer’s fish, turned up ten years later after a big water year two miles downstream

-Best (positive) client story -

I took a couple fishing once, and the wife was in remission from cancer. The next spring, I got a package in the mail from the husband with a couple of flowers in it.

Turns out, the cancer had returned aggressively that winter and she died. But in her last days, she repeatedly mentioned how much she enjoyed her float, it was one of her last happy memories. The flowers were from the funeral, and her husband asked me to leave them in the river along the way on my next opportunity, which I did

-Best advice you’ve received -

Using two streamers instead of just one

-Best advice any angler can use –

Fish can smell desperation. The less you care about whether they eat your fly, the more likely it is that they will

-Your general fishing mindset and/or philosophy

The best thing about trout fishing is that they live in beautiful places, and pursuing them is your ticket to those spots. Enjoy the experience of being there, whether you catch one fish or twenty.

-Anything else you feel is important –

I appreciate the work that the Headwaters Chapter does, and the attention you bring to the Upper Colorado River