Craig Fellin
Craig Fellin has owned and operated the Big Hole Lodge since 1984. Craig's business philosophy is very simple, "give the clients more than they are expecting and do it with a smile". In addition to guiding for twenty seven years in Montana, Craig has managed a fly shop in Aspen, guided in Argentina, and fished New Zealand on numerous occasions. He enjoys saltwater fishing in the Keys, the Yucatan, and the Carribean with his son Wade, and he plans to get back into steelhead fishing starting next fall.
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Chuck Ravetta
Chuck is originally from Michigan where he graduated from Michigan State
University. During the off-season he builds custom homes and lives eight miles
outside of Yellowstone Park. His fishing experience includes 30+ years fishing
throughout the Rockies, Caribbean, extensive experience
in New Zealand as well as some in Tasmania. It was 'down-under' where his skills
in casting and line control were recognized and featured in an article
in Flyfisher , Australia's premier fly fishing publication. Chuck prefers to have his clients catch fish on dry flies and will often employ unorthodox
strategies in order to do so. While
it's true he likes to fish hard, Chuck strongly believes that the most
important aspect of any fishing day is simply to have fun. "After all,” he
says, "at the end of the day, it’s only fishing." This will be Chuck’s eighteenth season with Big Hole Lodge.
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Wade Fellin
Wade grew up in Montana, fishing in the summers and skiing in the winters, and has worked at the lodge with his father for the past eleven years. This will be his sixth season guiding for Big Hole Lodge. Wade's enthusiasm, engaging personality and sincere enjoyment of teaching, along with his strong work ethic, have allowed him to make his mark as an excellent guide amidst the seasoned staff. Wade spent the past four years fishing the limestone streams of Pennsylvania where he earned degrees in management and philosophy from Bucknell University, and will spend the next three years fishing the waters around Missoula and attending law school.
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Chuck Page
Chuck has been guiding on the Big Hole River and other Southwest Montana waters since 1984. His incredible work ethic, knowledge of the river and unmatched desire to "get his clients into fish" are renowned. Chuck seems to find a fly pattern that will work even when the fishing is slow, much to the delight of the clients in his boat. He and his father own an elk hunting business in the Wise River area and he spends the fall guiding hunters in the Pioneer Mountains. In the winter he grooms the Lost Trail ski area at the top of the Bitterroot watershed. Chuck lives with his wife and daughter in Wise River.
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Rick Rossi
Rick and his wife have a beautiful home south of Butte where they board their donkeys, dogs, and cats while enjoying the pleasures of living in Montana. Rick has a Ph.D. in Statistics and has been the Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Montana Tech in Butte for the last 12 years. With his background in data analysis and teaching, Rick has a great sense of what the fish want and what the client needs to enjoy a successful day on the water. He has a calm, reflective demeanor about him and since he tied flies commercially for eleven years, he is very knowledgeable about aquatic insect life. Spending a day on the river with Rick is not only fun, but very informative and rewarding.
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Matthew Lyng
Matt Lyng has been a full time guide on the Big Hole since 1989 and knows many of the secrets of this fabled river that only experience can bestow. With his easy-going western demeanor, he will slide his raft into unsuspecting places on the Big Hole where many trout hide from the casual observer. Upon graduating from Colorado College in ’87, he headed north and has been fishing Southwestern Montana ever since. The Big Hole is the river that captured his heart, but he is very fond of the smaller creeks and streams as well. He may say, “Fishing is where you find it” but it does not hurt to have a good idea of where to look. Whether it is birding, local history, geography, reading water or casting a fly, Matthew enjoys sharing his passions of fly-fishing and southwestern Montana; it is not just about the fish, but rather the experience of fishing. Matthew lives in Helena with his wife Hope and son Will, where he teaches high-school Spanish.
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Allen Baker
Allen has worked, fly fished and hunted big game worldwide, including locations such as Russia, New Zealand, Australia, and extensively in Africa and Montana. He continues to work full time in the hunting industry, guiding for Montana Professional Hunters, and working around the globe with Russ Smith-Hunting Worldwide.
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Marc Seifert
Marc is a local boy who grew up in the nearby town of Idaho Falls. He learned the art of fly fishing from his family on the great trout rivers of Southeast Idaho, like the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River, where his passion was ignited. Marc played football for the University of Montana -Western in Dillon and graduated with a degree in wild land interpretation. He is now studying for his master’s in biology. Marc spends his free time in the fall/winter/spring months chasing steelhead and salmon on the Salmon River in Idaho with his family and friends.
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