Head Fly Fishing Guide (Full Season Only)

Head Fly Fishing Guide: Works as a member of the Fly Fishing Guide team, reports to Assistant Ranch Manager & Expeditions Director (Benjy Duke). Key traits for success: leadership, accountability, guiding/teaching skills, local fishing knowledge, customer service, organization.

The Head Fly Fishing Guide shares the responsibilities of the regular fishing guides, and is also responsible for training them pre-season and throughout the season, scheduling and overseeing the fishing guide crew, communicating with the Ranch Managers and other department heads on a regular basis, and ensuring that guests are receiving a top-quality fishing experience. The Head Fly Fishing Guide is expected to uphold Ranch policies for employee conduct and maintain accountability among the fishing guides. Additional specific responsibilities are listed below:

• Point person for communications with guests and for logistics.
• Communicating/training guide culture, norms, and expectations and upholding these throughout the season.
• Providing guest orientation on Sundays.
• Leadership Team liaison.
• Training week planning and execution.
• Daily trip planning, scheduling, logistics.
• Youth fishing coordination.
• Fish Shack organization and maintenance (creating systems to delegate and share these tasks among the guides).
• Vehicle cleaning and maintenance upkeep (creating systems to delegate and share these tasks among the guides).
• Gear/flies/equipment inventory maintenance and ordering.

[see Fly Fishing Guide description]

All fishing guide staff members work a 6-day work week with an average of 8 hours/day. They must be able to lift/carry at least 40 pounds.