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Shane Parker-Kast

Shane has been involved with fishing his whole life. When he was 2 weeks old he went out for his first boat ride on his father’s (Noah Parker) lobster boat. As soon as he could handle a rod he was fishing for just about anything that swam. At about age ten, he started fishing streams and ponds with a fly rod and hasn’t stopped fly fishing since. Shane has fished for trout and bass in New England as well as fishing in Canada for Atlantic salmon on Anticosti Island and the world famous Miramachi River. A six month stay in Ireland enabled him to fish many of the great streams of County Clare. Since moving to Northern New Mexico in 2004, Shane has fished all over the West – in Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, California and, most of all, here in New Mexico. He has been guiding for three years on many of the public and private waters in our area. In the last few years, when not fishing, guiding or tying flies, Shane attended the California College of Art and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Everyone that fishes with him finds they have made a new friend. Shane’s natural skill as a fisherman and teacher coupled with his consistent good humor make him a great person to go fishing with.

Jerry Burton

 Jerry grew up in Wisconsin where he started fly fishing in the mid 1950’s. After college he started working as a fisheries biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His 28 year career with the Service took him to Oklahoma, North Carolina, Washington, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico. When he worked in Arizona, Jerry was in charge of federal fisheries and endangered species operational programs for Arizona and New Mexico. He has worked on recovery efforts for Apache and Gila trout as well as doing fish surveys on streams and rivers throughout the Southwest. Everywhere he lived and worked he fly-fished. Fishing for bass in the streams of northeastern Oklahoma; trout in the streams in the mountains of the Southeast; steelhead and salmon in the northwest and trout in the Southwest, Jerry has done it all. After retiring from the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1995, he started guiding fly fishermen full-time. A day with Jerry will include information on local, natural and geologic history, and a wealth of knowledge about all things involving fish. It will include lots of laughter, good conversation, and could even involve catching quite a few trout!

Noah Parker

Noah started fishing at a very early age with his father on many of the classic trout streams in the Catskills and New England. During his youth, he often fished with the renowned fly fishermen Ernie Schwiebert and Arnold Gingrich, both of whom were family friends and inspired his love of fly fishing at a young age. At about ten years old, Noah also started tying flies and selling them to make extra money. A great influence on his early fly tying endeavors were Harry and Elsie Darby who encouraged and helped him to learn the craft. In his early twenties, Noah’s love of the water and all things involving fishing led him to a career as a commercial fisherman. Working off the coast of New England, he ran his own boats fishing for lobster, cod and bluefin tuna (see the picture below of Shane & Noah). After over twenty years on the ocean, he has gone back, full time, to his first love of fly fishing and fly tying. Noah moved with his family to northern New Mexico in 2004, where he has been fishing and guiding ever since. When guiding, he brings along his lifelong experience in all types of fishing as well as his great enjoyment of fly fishing. First and foremost, he thinks fishing should be relaxing and fun - this is what you will be guaranteed to have on a guided trip with Noah.

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