Rick has spent the last 16 years guiding anglers across the Pacific Northwest, with a lifetime devoted to Spey casting and swinging flies for steelhead. His approach is shaped by thousands of days reading classic steelhead water and helping anglers fish effectively—not just cast. Alaska’s Sandy River is a natural extension of that background, where traditional steelhead tactics meet powerful wild fish in a remote setting. When he’s not guiding in Alaska, Richard is back home in Washington, staying connected to the rivers that shaped him as an angler and guide.