Certified Casting Instructor
“I like to make each trip a unique experience. I want to lead people to fish, but I want to do it through education. My style is to create an all-encompassing fishing experience that involves learning and catching.”
Wherever the trout are,
it’s beautiful.
When asked what brought him to Idaho, Riley Berman replies, “I just never left!” Born and raised in Ketchum Idaho, he did leave to attend college and holds a degree in English from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. His entire family still lives in the Wood River Valley, and Riley spends his winters coaching ski racers for the local ski team. This true Idahoan is happiest during any trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River where the cutthroats are going crazy for hoppers.
“It is the best because the beauty of floating through the amazing canyon cannot be beat,” he said. Closer to home, his favorite fly for the Big Wood is the extended body Green Drake Dun. “However nothing beats a good Salmon Fly anywhere in the west,” he said.
Guiding Style
Teacher.
Fun Facts about Riley
- He has rafted the entire Salmon River from headwaters to the confluence with the Snake river – 428 miles!
- Riley’s first fishing memory is of digging through his grandfather’s fishing stuff, deep in the garage, wondering what the heck all the junk was.
- He simply loves rivers. Kayaking, rafting, floating, or wading — being on the water makes him happy.
- Between ski coaching in the winter and guiding in the summer, Riley could not think of a better line of work!
