The Team

NICKNAME(S): Jefé or Heffe or Hephphe
BIRTHPLACE: Sterling, KS
FAMILY: Wife Lucy and dog Lola
STARTED FLYFISHING: 1975 (8 yrs. Old) Upper Crystal River
FLYFISHING MENTOR(S): My Grandfather-Jack Dysart Sr.
FAVORITE PLACE(S) TO FISH: Colorado River
FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES: Magnymphico and Burk’s Bullethead Minnow
OTHER HOBBIES: Fly Tying, Skiing
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): The Godfather
FAVORITE FOOD(S): Carne Asada
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM(S): Broncos
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC: No Rap, No Country
FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE: Bonefish from 10 o’clock to 3 o’clock-Cast Now! -Enrique

Tanner Shelp

BIRTHPLACE : Denver, CO

STARTED FLYFISHING : High school

FLYFISHING MENTORS : My Dad and his friends

FAVORITE PLACES TO FISH : Upper Fork, Lower Colorado, North Platte

FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES : Pats, Goldie, Cream Dungeon

OTHER HOBBIES : Welding, Fly Tying, Staying Sober

FAVORITE MOVIES : Goodfellas, Hell or High Water

FAVORITE FOODS : Sushi, Mexican

FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC : Lots of stuff, but no country!

FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE : "Lots of good water coming up!"

Michael Lambert

Wade Guide/Shop Staff

NICKNAME: Marble

BIRTHPLACE : St Louis, Missouri

STARTED FLYFISHING: Somewhere in the 1990s

FLYFISHING MENTOR: My Dad

FAVORITE PLACES TO FISH: Upper Roaring Fork, Lower Colorado, Gunnison Gorge, Bitterroot

FAVORITE FLIES: Jiggy Pats, Chubby, RS2 (Because they are CP's favorite) No Dungeons, Drunk N Disorderly

OTHER HOBBIES: Tying Flies, my dogs, backcountry skiing, splitting firewood, teaching 7th and 8th grade algebra

FAVORITE MOVIE: Good Will Hunting

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Team Michael

FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC: Trampled By Turtles

FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE: "Try Mending. You're motorboating it!"

NICKNAME(S): Doc Limbo, 70’s?, Boneshark
PREFERS TO GO BY: Bruce or Limbo
BIRTHPLACE: NYC, NY
FAMILY: Yes – ask for details when we fish – it’s an extended extended one
STARTED FLYFISHING: Roaring Fork valley – 1983
FLYFISHING MENTOR(S): Gil Fin
FAVORITE PLACE(S) TO FISH: Colorado River, Roaring Fork above Carbondale, Bighorn river, High Country Creeks, Mexico, Bahamas
FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES: Ginger Variant, Magnymphico, and others that you’ll just have to fish with me to find out
OTHER HOBBIES: skiing, swimming and soaking at the hot springs pool, saltwater flyfishing
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): King of Hearts, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Apocalypse Now, Forest Gump, a river runs through it
FAVORITE FOOD(S): raw oysters, garlic stuffed olives, caesar salad
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM(S): Denver Broncos, NCAA basketball 64 March Madness teams
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC: Allman Brothers
FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE:
“I didn’t want to cast to that fish because I thought it was a shark, it was so big”. from a recent trip to the Bahamas“you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need”- Rolling Stones & “give me these hills and the friends I love, I ask no other heaven” – Daddy O’Rourke

Email: cadcode@hotmail.com or cadfish@rof.net

FULL NAME: marc bassett
NICKNAME(S): grizzly adams
PREFERS TO GO BY: marc
BIRTHPLACE: southern new hampshire
FAMILY: wife-erin son-jerimiah daughter-natalie
STARTED FLYFISHING: new hampshire and ontario canada
FLYFISHING MENTOR(S): my dad and my great uncle (outfitter)-canada
FAVORITE PLACE(S) TO FISH: roaring fork valley-grean river utah-bighorn montana
FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES: grasshopper-green drake cripple-rainbow warrior
OTHER HOBBIES: golf-gardening-horses-atv’s-skiing-travel
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): hang em’ high-jeremiah johnson
FAVORITE FOOD(S): antelope-prime rib-lobster
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM(S): Broncos
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC: country-old rock and roll
FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE: gloves cost money-skin grows back
Email: hangemhi@wildblue.net

FULL NAME: Kenneth J. Lubrant
NICKNAME(S): Luby Abdulabrant
PREFERS TO GO BY: Luby
BIRTHPLACE: West Point, NY
FAMILY: 2 wives and 2 sons, David and Tracy, 2 Brothers in Atlanta – One is a fly designer
STARTED FLYFISHING: 1973 with Chuck Fothergill
FLYFISHING MENTOR(S): Chuck Fothergill, Dr. Limbo
FAVORITE PLACE(S) TO FISH: Roaring Fork, Small Streams (Secret)
FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES: Royal Wulff, Flashback Pheasent Tail and My Brothers fly…The Fly Formerly Known as Prince
OTHER HOBBIES: Skiing, Golf, Horseback Riding and Mtn. Biking
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Rancho Delux, Dances With Wolves, Caddyshack
FAVORITE FOOD(S): Salmon, Beef Wellington
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM(S): Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche and Rockies
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC: Allman Brothers
FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE: ‘One mans gets what another man spills’
Email: lubrant@sopris.net

FULL NAME: Ivan L. Perrin
NICKNAME(S): Ivan, Ivon Parron, Crazy Cajun, Token Coon Ass, Colorado Cajun
PREFERS TO GO BY: Ivan
BIRTHPLACE: Chatom, AL
STARTED FLYFISHING: 1989 upon Moving to Snowmass Village after LSU
FLYFISHING MENTOR(S): Henry Louie, Tony Fotopolus, Kea Haas
FAVORITE PLACE(S) TO FISH: 90’s, Roaring Fork River-Shale Bluff Canyon; 2000 to Present and Future, Colorado River Below Silt where I’m the Designated Self Proclaimed Mayor of the River
FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES: Grasshopper, Pat’s, FKA Prince, Streeeeeeemers
OTHER HOBBIES: Skiing, Snowmobiling, Ice Fishing, Cross country Skiing
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): The Highlander, Silence of the Lambs, Caddyshack
FAVORITE FOOD(S): Crawfish, Oysters, Lobster, Crab, Shrimp, Not necessarily in that order
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM(S): LSU
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC: Classic Rock, Stevie Wonder
FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE: Uncle Fester is in the Boat!; Put the Lotion in the Basket!
Email: ivanperrin@gmail.com

Testimonial:

"Ivan, can't thank you enough. You gave us an amazing ending to what was already a fantastic fishing trip. Timmy and I have committed to an annual fishing trip until one of us dies. You win the guide of my life award. Thank you!"

-Craig

Denver, CO

Dylan Hagan

Float/ Wade Guide

NICKNAME: Trail Boss

BIRTHPLACE : Roaring Fork Valley

STARTED FLYFISHING : As a punk teenager on the Roaring Fork River

FLYFISHING MENTORS : Tom Trowbridge, Tony Fotopulos, Jeff Dysart

FAVORITE PLACES TO FISH : Roaring Fork River; Pyramid Lake, Nevada; Baja, Mexico

FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES : Stubby Chubby

OTHER HOBBIES : Dirt/ Snowbike, Skiboarding

FAVORITE MOVIES : Hot Rod

FAVORITE FOODS : Sushi and the nearest taco truck after a long day on the water

FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC : Reggae music or whatever the fish are feeling

FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE : "That's why they call it fishing, not catching!"

FULL NAME: Mal Burks
NICKNAME(S): The Great Facilitator
PREFERS TO GO BY: Mal
BIRTHPLACE: Durham, NC
FAMILY: Mom, Dad and 3 sisters
STARTED FLYFISHING: 1995
When & Where? I learned to fly fish on the South Platte near Deckers.
FLYFISHING MENTOR(S): My Dad
FAVORITE PLACE(S) TO FISH: Patagonia, Gunnison Gorge & Spring Creek PA.
FAVORITE FLY OR FLIES: Anything by Whitlock .and a hare’s ear
OTHER HOBBIES: Soccer, Fly Tying, Philosophy and learning new languages
FAVORITE MOVIE(S): Anything by Tarentino, Stripes and Gangs of New York
FAVORITE FOOD(S): Italian, Cheeseburgers, Philly Cheese Steak
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM(S): Philly Eagles, Real Madrid, Inter Milan
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSIC: Reggae, Galactic, Tito Puente
FAVORITE QUOTE, ADVICE OR EXCUSE: Approach every situation with a clear mind and an open heart and you will be surprised with the results.
Email(s): malburks@hotmail.com

Full Name: Dan McMahon
Nickname: DMac
Prefers to go by: Dan
Birthplace: Fairfield, Iowa
Family: Wife Mia, daughters Lila and Daisy
Started Flyfishing: Early 1990’s on the upper Roaring Fork
Flyfishing Mentor(s): My Dad and Roy Palm
Favorite place(s) to fish: Upper Roaring Fork, Lower Colorado, Bahamas, Belize
Favorite fly or flies: 20 incher, pats rubber leg
Other hobbies: Skiing, mountain biking, golf
Favorite movie(s): Caddyshack
Favorite foods(s): tacos
Favorite sports team(s): Iowa Hawkeyes, Broncos
Favorite band or music: Pearl Jam
Favorite quote, advice or excuse: Get ready, fish coming, 11 o’ clock, 80 feet…
Email: inclinedan@comcast.net