Brenda Swinney is a licensed, professional guide with eleven years of experience on the South Fork of the Snake River. She is an excellent teacher who has won over many rookies with her enthusiasm and patience. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned angler, you can expect a day spent with Brenda to improve your casting, technique, knowledge and enjoyment of fly fishing. Brenda is well known and respected by many experienced anglers and guides both for her professional manner and for her productive fly patterns. 

Her flies were featured in Fly Tyer magazine and have been used in Jackson Hole's famous One Fly Competition the past ten years. Brenda was also featured on Outdoor Life Network's Fly Fish Television Magazine in the spring of 2003. In the off season, you can find Brenda tying flies, painting and dreaming about trout in the Kansas City area.

Ken Burkholder has been guiding on the South Fork for over twenty-two years. Dry fly fishing is his passion and assists many anglers every year into great fishing on the South Fork.

He is also musically inclined and is an oboist, working for the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra.

Lee is a Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF) Certified Master Casting Instructor and Two Hand (Spey) Casting Instructor. He combines both a calming patience and an infectious enthusiasm when teaching fly fishing or Spey casting, and builds confidence in his angling students.

Lee is the CEO of Snake River Outfitters – CND Spey Rod distributor for the USA and Canada, and sole distributor in the USA for Snowbee Fly Fishing Products from the UK. Lee is also a Board Member of the FFF Western Rocky Mountain Council.

AJ has fished the South Fork for over fifteen years.  Born and raised in Idaho Falls ID, he is true to his roots.  From 2004 to 2007, AJ worked as the fishing manager at Sportsman’s Warehouse, holding fly fishing seminars and steelhead clinics. 

AJ attends Boise State University, pursing a degree in Biology and plans to graduate in 2012.  Hobbies include fly fishing in the summer, elk hunting in the fall, and chasing steelhead in the spring.  You may also spot AJ on the local outdoor show hosted by Jared Scott Outdoors.

Leslie has fished her entire life and discovered the thrill of fly fishing in 1984. She has spent many days guiding, fishing, and rowing here on our local rivers both before and after graduating from the Reel Women Guide School. Leslie is a Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF) Certified Casting Instructor. Leslie is an active member in the Idaho Falls Trout Unlimited Chapter - The Snake River Cutthroats, and each spring she leads the women's program at Eastern Idaho's Fly-fishing Expo. When Leslie's not on the river searching for trout, she can be found working on her freelance Film and Video business. Leslie loves to share her passion of fly fishing the South Fork of the Snake.

Scott grew up kick'n around the rivers and creeks of North Georgia and Alabama pursuing bass and trout well into his college years. After gaining his B.S. in Biology/Ecology he landed a fisheries job in Alaska for nearly 3 years, solidifying his interest in coldwater fisheries and especially trout.

Scott hasmade his home in Jackson Hole for 12 years now with his wife, Dana and their two daughters, Sydney & Maya. They feel lucky to live on the rivers of this region and take pride in showing them to our valued fishing clients.

Ben Brennan grew up fishing dry flys with his Dad, while camping on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies. A Denver native, those early days of fishing with his father migrated Ben to Mesa Sate College in western Colorado. Here he got a marketing degree and an even stronger passion for fly fishing and the outdoors. Ben moved to Jackson after college in 2001 and started fishing as many of the rivers surrounding this ultimate trout hub we call Jackson Hole. Ben has professionally guided the waters of Jackson, WY and Idaho since 2003. He currently works his winter months in Teton Village at Jackson Treehouse. Spring and fall represent Ben's favorite time to enjoy fishing with family and friends including numerous trips to rivers in Montana and Colorado.

Born in Western Wyoming Andrew has been fishing the South Fork since he could walk. He started guiding his summer after high school and continued through college and doesn't see an end in sight. Andrew enjoys every second he is on the water whether he is guiding, kayaking, drifting, or chasing ducks in the fall. In the winter he coaches skiing and spends most of his time on the slopes. The spring is set aside to explore fishing around the West and beyond with his chocolate lab Hoback. On days off you can find him on the same waters he guides; chasing trout and loving every second of it.