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Celebrating 20 Years of Guiding on The Elk River ! Thanks to all our Clients for supporting us so that we could achieve this milestone .

Dave Brown Outfitters (formerly The Elk River Angler) has gained and earned a strong reputation in the fly fishing community as the go-to outfitter of choice for those seeking the ultimate Western Canadian angling experience. As the first multi-river guide service in Western Canada, we offer unsurpassed trips on more than a dozen of the finest trout streams in British Columbia and Alberta. These rivers are renowned for a number of reasons, including above-average fish size, healthy wild and/or native trout, diversity of species, intense dry fly fishing and incredible hatches. Combined with exceptional scenery and lack of crowds, we can’t imagine a better place to pursue your piscatorial adventures.

As the first “fly fishing only” guide service on the Elk River  in Fernie Britsh Columbia, the largest fly fishing outfitter in Western Canada, Dave Brown Outfitters ensures the visiting fly rodder top-notch customer service, award-winning accommodations and friendly, professional, hard-working guides.

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We have the knowledge, skill set, fly shop, logistics and multitude of rivers to make your trip a success. We are not ‘married’ to any particular watershed, and take great pride in the fact that our guides are the best in Western Canada and are more than willing to get you to where the action is.

John Barrett, host of ESPN's Fly Fishing the World and the fly fishing analyst at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games, teams up with Dave Brown to take supermodel Nikki Taylor fly fishing the world-famous Elk River 

For the last 5 years Dave Brown Outfitters has operated out of the Fernie's original Flyshop. Besides great products from Simms, Sage, Rio, Hatch and Scientific Anglers; the Kootenay Flyshop also boasts the most effective selection of Flies for both the rivers and lakes of SW Alberta and S.E. British Columbia.

Whether you are a Guided Client or a D.I.Y. Fly-fisher, D.B.O. and K.F.S. want to ensure that you enjoy your time in the area by providing you with the best gear and advise for our waters.

John GierachLast August Dave Brown, A.K. Best, and I were barreling down an old, wet logging road in the mountains of British Columbia, on our way to a cutthroat trout stream, going faster than you'd thing you'd want to through slick mud, standing puddles, and jumbled rocks. We'd been barreling for an hour without seeing another vehicle or even a tire track in the mud, and, as far as I could tell, we were nowhere near a river.