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Chris grew up on the banks of the Missouri River in Great Falls, MT. Spending time camping and fishing was a way of life growing up in Montana, but it wasn’t until his teens, that Chris began feeding the addiction that has since consumed him. The last two years of high school, after a move to NM, is when things began to get serious. The San Juan being a short drive away made this new found love all too accessible, and fly fishing became an everyday activity. This continued throughout his time at undergraduate and graduate school at The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

A move to Phoenix is where things became a little bit bleak from a fishing perspective. Boxed in a cubicle for most of his waking hours, Chris was relegated to fishing irrigation canals and city parks for bass and carp; watching for joggers on his back cast. Five years later he came to his senses. He and his wife, Michelle, packed their things and headed back to the heart of trout country in southwest Montana.

Chris and a fishing buddy, who is also his brother-in-law, decided to push their passion for the sport to the next level. They opened The StoneFly Fly Shop in Butte, MT in the spring of 2006. Whether he is guiding clients on a beautiful Montana river or helping a customer in the shop, one thing is apparent; Chris has a passion for fishing and for sharing that passion with others. While running a fly shop and guiding consume endless hours, Chris still manages to find the time to spend with his wife and their three year old twins, Caleb and Sienna. We think they’ll have a couple of life-long Scott fans here!

There one constant in his fly fishing journey has been Scott Fly Rods. There is just something about these rods that is hard to put into words. You can talk all day about the technical specs and tangible benefits that make Scott rods the best in the business, but it’s hard to quantify that feeling you get when casting a Scott fly rod to rising fish on your favorite piece of water. That is the Scott difference.