mike bias

Licensed Montana Outfitter, number 9960.

Licensed Guide in Idaho.

Pro Staff for Hyde Drift Boats
Guide for World Cast Anglers out of Victor, ID

Fly fishing is one of my greatest passions.

I began fly fishing at the age of 12, and have fished with nothing but a fly rod since. I spent my childhood catching native brookies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I fished throughout Maine while attending college. In the mid-80s, I moved out West to attend graduate school and hit fly fishing pay dirt. I lived within casting distance of one of Northern California's great steelhead rivers.

In the 90s I fished a lot. So much so that in 1996 someone suggested, "maybe you should guide, you can make some money from fishing so much!" That was all the prompting I needed. I attended Guide School at the Clearwater House in California and "hung my shingle" soon after in 1997.

In 1998, I met the Hyde Driftboat boys, got my first Hyde, and started guiding in Idaho by 1999. While guiding in Idaho, I fished the Madison and Bitterroot Rivers in nearby Montana. By 2000, I was guiding in Montana as well. In 2009, I became a Montana Outfitter - Number 9960.

While guiding, I split my time between beautiful Twin Bridges, Montana and Island Park, Idaho. My home is in Twin Bridges, where I am self-employed as an ecologist.