Sam moved from Colorado and has been one of our fly fishing guides for over ten years.  He is literally calm, cool and collected.  By nature he's a great coach and instructor and has a natural ability to impart knowledge in a concise, easy to understand way.  Sam is also a particularly experienced fly tyer.  He spins new patterns each year and some of them are tried and true Kootenai River patterns we use every day.  His organized fly boxes are a thing of beauty and his desire to see people improve and succeed is inherent.  If he’s not on the water, he’s hunched over the vice tying flies for his next trip.  Sam is a strong oarsman and loves nothing more than being on the water.  He lives in Libby, Montana with his English setter Abbey.