Fly Fishing Guide
“There is nothing as beautiful and pure as watching a fish slurp your dry fly. However, the vole hatch at Silver Creek is pretty fun.”
Sorry I didn’t answer my phone today
I was on the line.
Sun Valley and the East End of London, where Guy Robins is from, have little in common, but how Guy spent much of his childhood, out of the city, fostered in him a love of fishing that has been a constant thread throughout this life. Guy was educated at a boarding school in the Scottish highlands where he, from the age of nine, learned to fly fish for brown trout on the banks of the Spey River. He said, “After tying up some Greenwells Glories, I would sneak out of school and fish the Fiddich River from which the water is drawn to produce the famous Glen Fiddich whiskey.” As a small boy, Guy remembers packing up his fishing stuff with a jar of maggots and heading out to his favorite pond. “I would sit on the bank all day watching a float and catching warm water species like carp, perch, tench, and roach.” When friends invited him to ski in Sun Valley, the area immediately resonated with him. He fell in love with the mountains, river, and community, and has been here ever since. In his free time Guy’s favorite adventure buddies are his wife and two young children. Together they enjoy skiing, biking, rock climbing, and hiking.
Guiding Style
Flexible.“While catching fish is a part of a guide’s job, it is also about the full experience of being out on a river in the wilderness and having as much fun as possible, about creating a unique and memorable experience. I really like to pass on knowledge about the sport, so that my guests can improve their own personal skills and use them on their next unguided fishing trip.”
Fun Facts about Guy
- Guy loves American football, more than soccer, but admits to not knowing all the rules.
- He has ridden elephants in Asia looking for Bengal tigers.
- An unconventional Brit, he prefers coffee to tea.
- An avid adventurer, Guy has scaled El Capitan in Yosemite nine times.
- Guy has been a career guide for more than 40 years, as well as an outfitter in the Himalaya.
- Beers, margaritas, flank steak tacos with all the homemade fixings, followed by a night under the stars at a riverside camp is Guy’s perfect end to a day of catching big fish.
- He enjoys all hatches “as there is nothing as beautiful and pure as watching a fish slurp your dry fly. However, the vole hatch at Silver Creek is pretty fun.”
