Dave Brown Outfitters

Dave Brown Outfitters prides itself on the quality of our guide staff and the fact that we enjoy the highest retention rate of any guide service/fly shop in Western Canada. We are all fly tying, sunglass wearing, drift boat rowing, fly fishing professionals with a common goal - to provide you, the customer, with a Western Canadian fly fishing experience that you will talk about for years to come, and that will make you want to come back for more!

Since 1990, Dave Brown Outfitters has provided discerning anglers from around the world with exceptional fly fishing opportunities on the trout-rich waters of southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Our list of “firsts” includes:
- first “fly fishing only” guide service on the Elk River
- first Western Canadian multi-river guide service
- first full-time guide service on B.C.’s Upper Columbia and Slocan rivers
- first upland bird outfitter in Western Canada to work with pointing dogs.

We make it a top priority to satisfy our clients’ sense of adventure. We make that possible via our experienced, intrepid guides and “off the charts” venues. We’ll take the front road, the back road or no road - whatever it takes and you desire to put you into the best fishing available. It’s for that reason that we’ve developed a strong reputation in the fly fishing world as the "go to" outfitter in the Canadian Rocky Mountain West.

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Headhunters Fy Shop

Mark Raisler and John Arnold incorporated Headhunters in the fall of 2007, with the idea of creating a fly shop dedicated to customer service, education and the best guides on the Missouri. The shop didn't need to be big. It needed to offer customers what they want; great customer service and flies in a friendly atmosphere. We don't want anglers to be intimidated.

It didn't take long to realize that fishermen were looking for just such a place. Our business has grown dramatically in the 3 seasons we've been in existence. Headhunters reputation as a place where fisherman and guides can get accurate information, quality products, the best guides and socialize over a free cup of coffee has spread well beyond the borders of Montana.

Guided Fly Fishing will always be the focus of our business. After all, we're guides ourselves. We understand that you can put up with a lot on a fishing trip, but poor guides are intolerable. No matter what you see going on in our store, guide performance and happy clients are always foremost on our minds.

Headhunters is more than a fly shop. It's a community. We keep in constant contact with many of our customers throughout the year. Our wildly popular blog let's our freinds keep up with what's happening at the store, in Craig and on the Missouri -- or wherever we are. Many of our friends make the trip to Craig to participate in special events, like our annual showing of the Fly Fishing Film Tour, 4th of July festivities, or winter fly tying nights.

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