WHO SAID WHAT?
Here’s a few introductions to the people commenting on your favorite products.
DILLON GIVEN - PONDERAY, ID
Simply a lover of the outdoors. If I am not in the field
hunting the current animal in season, I am on the water
chasing whatever will eat my fly, or skiing Schweitzer.
I am the flyshop manager at North40 Outfitters in
Ponderay, ID and loving it. I am a big believer in buying
quality products once.
ROB PATTON - GREAT FALLS, MT
I’m a husband, a new dad, and an avid outdoorsman. I’m
a 3D addict and archery gear junkie. I prefer gravel over
asphalt and concrete. I’ve been confused with Sasquatch
- more than once! I know few things for certain... but I
know that September is the best month of the year, and a
generator won’t run on water.
SAM WIKE - GREAT FALLS, MT
I fish, ski, and climb. I ride my bike to work so that I don’t
get too fat in my office job. I’m an eater of pizza and
have chosen red as my favorite color. I know under 100
Spanish words which I piece together and get laughed
at on trips south. Steelhead fishing is life. My wife and
my sons are more important than life. I don’t like Chubby
Chernobyls. I have the best friends and family on earth,
and they are all anglers. I’ve been educated in New
Zealand and Argentina by people much more creative
than myself, and it was not from a text book. I’m inspired
by creative people. I work with friends, and they motivate
me to be better. I like to read. I like to fish, climb, and ski
(in that order). I enjoy bringing people in the Northwest
US the very best products and values for what we need to
live, work, and play… I’m serious… I really obsess about it.
Cheers :)
CALVIN FULLER - PONDERAY, ID
I grew up in eastern Washington fishing or hunting
every chance I could. My hobbies quickly turned into
addictions and I was constantly on the Columbia River
swinging flies for steelhead. I headed to the westside
to attend college and receive a degree in physics. This
proved to be difficult due to the new addiction of spey
casting to steelhead on the rivers of western Washington.
After graduating, I moved to Sandpoint, ID where I
married my college sweetheart. I opened my own fly
shop and ran it successfully for 6 years until I merged
with Big R Fly Shop. Now my days are spent loving the
outdoors, with my wife and two boys, who certainly got
bit by the fishing bug, and teaching anglers to enjoy the
sport of fly fishing and spey casting.
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STEPH AVENA - OMAK, WA
Hiking the rivers and creeks east of Seattle hooked Steph
Avena. Teaching himself to fly fish on streams like the
Tolt, Raging and Upper Snoqualmie Forks showed him
that trout and steelhead don’t come easy and that you
have to be dedicated to have success. Now residing
in Omak, fish come a bit easier, but Steph is no less
dedicated to the greatest angling pursuit on Earth -- fly
fishing!
MATT FEATHERLY - OMAK, WA
A local from the Okanogan valley, when I am not at North
40 Outfitters, I am hitting the river for some fishing action,
or I am running the mountains – checking trail cams.
In my free time, I am also a volunteer fire fighter. I really
enjoy serving my community. I live for Mother Nature. It’s
who I am.
TYLER HICKS - OMAK, WA
I spent my childhood chasing bass and panfish on the
windswept lakes of Kansas. I was drawn to the West by
the vast public lands where I could fish and hunt. My
greatest passion in life is fishing and if it has fins and
swims, I will pursue it using both fly and conventional
tackle. I have a particular interest in angler education and
recruitment as well as kayak angling. Stop by and see me
at the Ponderay store and we can trade fishing tales.
FRED TELLEEN - GREAT FALLS, MT
I fly fish to live.” (25+ years guiding) “I live to fly fish”
(obsession). At the age of two, I captured my first bluegill
in southern Michigan. Since then, I have never stopped
looking into waters for fish. My first wild trout came
from the waters of Glacier NP a few years later. I spent
much of my youth chasing fish in Wisconsin, the Great
Lakes and thro