Out Fly Fishing outfitters
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Josh Nugent (Outfitter and Guide) |
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_1.jpg) | Josh learned to fly fish at the age of 6. By the time he was in Junior High he was giving casting lessons to other kids from his school. After completing a coaching diploma and playing basketball for Red Deer College Josh moved to Calgary. Once again he was back on the Bow river. His passion and love of fly fishing were second to none. In 2003 Josh started Out Fly Fishing outfitters Ltd. Guiding put Josh through the rest of his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Calgary. "During my undergrad I couldn't always tell you what happened during class, but I could tell you what the bow river trout were eating."
Josh was fortunate enough to do his Master's Thesis on the visual characteristics of expert fly casters during an accuracy event. His thesis was an eye tracking study where expert caster's eye movements were monitored while casting to near and far targets. It examined the visual system with respect to accuracy, and what types of visual characteristics are associated with accurate compared to inaccurate performances. His thesis also addressed manipulations of attentional focus, and which is more conducive to an accurate performance. This study is the first of its kind in the fly casting world. "When I started this company at the ripe old age of 21 it was an incredible risk. Five years later I couldn’t be happier with what I've seen. I knew from day 1 that I was half the age everyone expected a fly fishing guide to be. To me that simply meant I had to work twice as hard if I wanted to get people's attention." That is what Josh has done and continues to do. On a river as world renowned as the Bow river there is going to be a great deal of competition in the industry. Competition is a great thing, because competition forces Outfitters and guides to work harder and strive to provide the best service possible for their clients. That's why day in and day out you'll find Josh is the last one off the water. At the end of the day he's exhausted, that's because his idea of rowing a drift boat involves hitting every seam, as many times a necessary to make sure his clients have the best opportunity to catch fish. Bow river trout are worth more then 1 pass, and not every seam is reachable from the bank. Josh's philosophy has, and continues to be, "it's your day O.F.F. not ours. It should be fun, memorable, and every second as long as you wish it to be". |
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Akasha Bopp |
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Out Fly Fishing outfitters is proud to announce the addition of Akasha Bopp as one of its newest team members. Akasha and Josh coached club basketball together and have been fishing together since.
Akasha is high school social studies teacher who has been learning and helping others learn about fly fishing for over twenty years. He cut his teeth fly fishing on the many small streams in southern Alberta while growing up in Pincher Creek.
Akasha specializes in helping beginners enjoy the sport of fly fishing that he loves so much. He also has a passion for stalking surprisingly large trout in skinny water, which the Bow river is famous for. Although he enjoys fishing the Bow, his true love is the waters in the deep south of Alberta like the Crowsnest, the Livingston, and the Oldman along with the many other smaller tributaries in the area. |  |
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