Guiding for the Future

07/18/2026

I guess you can say we’re really into bugs.
Students and instructors at our Fort Smith course look closely at what the trout are finding below the surface.

06/27/2026

With hatchery fish, Keep Fish Wet’s Sascha Clark Danylchuk demonstrates several methods that guides can use to determine fish health while on the water.

06/19/2026

Collecting streamside data.
On the Bighorn River in Fort Smith, Montana, last March, Mike Sanctuary of Confluence Consulting, Inc. taught guides how to collect a variety of measurements to assess the ecological health of a river.

06/13/2026

The Guiding for the Future program brings together guides from around the region to expand their expertise and grow as professionals.

Learn more:
guidingforthefuture.org

Ph: Tim Harden Photography

G4F is an advance training program for professional outfitters and guides designed by some of Montana’s most experienced guides and outdoor professionals.

06/03/2026

We believe fly fishing guides have a responsibility to be stewards of our resources, and conservation work often means advocacy. At our course in Jackson, Wyoming, this spring, guides learned and practiced advocacy skills with Wyoming State Representative Andrew Byron of House District 22.

05/30/2026

At our course near Jackson, Wyoming, this spring, Keep Fish Wet’s Sascha Clark Danylchuk showed guides several methods for assessing the health of fish. Hatchery trout were used, and this field experience was connected to classroom instruction related to fish health and survival post-catch.

05/23/2026

With instructor Mike Sanctuary of Confluence Consulting, Inc., students in the G4F program learn to get river data using several measuring tools.

05/14/2026

Fly fishing guides all have a responsibility to support fish health. At the Guiding for the Future course in Jackson, Wyoming, this spring, Keep Fish Wet’s Sascha Clark Danylchuk demonstrated how to best assess fish heath through a variety of tests that guides can employ while on the water.

05/06/2026

Many thanks to the Jackson Hole News & Guide for giving a nod to Guiding for the Future!

OPINION: Clients look to outdoor guides for local knowledge, expertise on a sport and safety. Whether newbies getting started or grizzled veterans, guides should be saluted for keeping their skills, knowledge and professionalism continually sharpened.

05/02/2026

At our recent Guiding for the Future course in Jackson, Wyoming, we were joined by Maggie Heumann of Trout Unlimited. She broke down a variety of local issues impacting trout, the four Lower Snake River dams, and much more.