Fly Fishing Utah with Four Seasons Fly Fishers

Welcome to our Utah fly fishing guide family!

Our mission is to ensure that your valuable time spent with us will be a Rocky Mountain fly fishing experience that you will not soon forget. Out team of Provo and Green river experts are recognized as true professionals and elite specialists in Utah's fishing culture. We look foreword to sharing with you all that fly fishing Utah and Wyoming has to offer.

Mark Forslund is proud to introduce you to his crew. They work very hard at maintaining our strong reputation. We love to "hook you up!"

Note: All Four Seasons Guides are required to be fully certified with current first aid and CPR training.

MARK FORSLUND

Mark was fortunate to have had the opportunity to begin his 21 year fly fishing career guiding on Utah's Green River. During this 10 year period; Mark learned through experience what is required to meet the daily challenges of producing a genuine and unique fly fishing experience. In 1997 Mark relocated his Utah fly fishing career to the Blue Ribbon rated Provo River. His hard work and attention to the intricate details of the Green River fly fishing world paid off when making the transition over to the finicky trout residing in the Heber Valley.

Mark is always searching for new opportunities for his family of friends and clientele. This professional aspect of his personality led him to the lightly trodden terrain of the Wyoming section of the Green River. This high desert western river rolls through the pristine Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge and is notorious for its monster trout and limited fishing pressure. Mark can regularly be found floating the Upper Green with his long standing clientele during the months of June and October. Part of Mark's desire for adventure has led him and his affiliates all around the globe. He has hosted several ESPN crews on fishing adventures: from the local waters of the Provo River to the Corrientes Province of Argentina chasing golden dorrado. He has chased trout across both North and South American continents and continues to adventure with a newly found saltwater itch that can not seem to be satiated.

Mark founded Heber City's very own Utah fly shop in 2002 under the name Four Seasons Fly Fishers. He has established and maintained the operating mission for the company: based on a higher level of standards and ethical conduct than previously known in the industry. The Four Seasons crew strives daily to ensure that their clientele has the best fly fishing Utah experience possible.

With all of that stated; Mark feels that "My most important personal achievement has been to share the wonders of fly fishing with all of those individuals that I have fished with over the years." He offers a heart felt thanks and appreciation to all of those people that have helped him in fulfilling his dreams as a career fly fisherman.

AARON EGGLESTON

Aaron is our very own born and bred Heber City local. He has spent his entire life fishing in and around the local waters of the Heber Valley. With this in mind: he has more experience on the Provo River than most of us combined. Aaron is a romantic angler in the true sense of the word. He is the guy that you will catch on the river without a rod... just watching the hatch and relishing in the majesty and wonder that trout fisheries possess. He is usually one of the more "tuned in" guys on the staff for this reason. Aaron is respectfully reserved; but that shouldn't stop you from picking his brain about the fly fishing universe. If he is in the mood to divulge information - you could quite possibly be taken back by the detail and expanse that his angling comprehension entails.

BRETT RENARD

Having been raised on a lake in Minnesota; Brett has fishing in his blood. Brett learned the basics on a variety of small streams in Minnesota at a young age and can boast being taught by three generations of men in his family. His love of skiing, fly fishing, and the outdoors lead Brett and his family to start heading west at the age of 10. When his family settled in Park City, Utah Brett's Provo River obsession was born. His pursuit for higher education led him to the University of Montana. With a limitless supply of trout fisheries: Missoula, Montana could not have been a better place for Brett to hone his fly fishing skills. However; his passion for small stream fishing for big trout has made Brett always call the Provo his 'home water.' Brett is a graduate of The Sweetwater Guide School and an up and coming river ace that you should keep an eye out for. Brett's youth and enthusiasm have made a great addition to the Four Seasons Fly Fishers guide staff.

MOLLY MCKINLAY

Fly fishing is a family affair for Molly. Her earliest memories of the sport trace back to adventures outside of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho with her father and brother. Since then she has spent time fishing in and around her native turf in Washington state and in south eastern Idaho: where she graduated with a BS in Recreational Leadership from BYU Idaho. Molly has an edge over most of us in that she actually has college credits stacked in the field of fly fishing. Molly has spent several summers interning as a guide for the city of Spokane’s Outdoor Recreational program – a program that includes canoeing, kayaking, rafting and biking amongst other things. She also doubles as an ASIA Certified snowboard instructor for Snowbasin Resort during the snowy months. Look for Molly both in and around the fly shop and out in the local waterways of the Heber Valley!

JEREMY ALLAN

Jeremy is yet another of the renaissance men on the Four Seasons Fly Fishers team. In addition to being an expert angler - Jeremy is a professional photographer. Many of the beautiful images featured on both the Utah Fly Fish and The Online Fly Shop websites are his signature pieces. Jeremy is a Utah native and has been throwing fly line on the local waterways since the age of 5. His grandfather, Brooks Allan, was a very well know angler and contractor in the Heber Valley and is responsible for Jeremy's corruption at such an early age. Jeremy is also Four Season's resident Czech and Polish nymph fishing expert. He has competed as a member of the Rocky Mountain Regional Fly Fishing Team. He qualified for the 2007 National Fly Fishing Championship in Boulder, Colorado: where he placed 1st on the Big Thompson, 2nd on the Cache La Pourde. Jeremy's passion and life long affinity for fly fishing carries over into his guiding. Any mad nymph fisherman out there should look forward to an afternoon fishing with Jeremy - he could show us all a thing or two in that light!

RYAN BUNNELL

Ryan is native to Saint Louis, Missouri; where he learned all about warm freshwater fisheries and unspoiled Ozark waterways. He spent 7 years living in the Gunnison / Crested Butte area of Colorado: where he earned a painting degree in Fine Arts with an unsung emphasis on the pursuit of large trout. Ryan began his professional fishing career in 1998 as a guide and fly shop manager in the Gunnison Watershed Basin: specializing on the Taylor River. Bitter winters inspired visions of tropical flats. Ryan's travel and fishing disorder was fully manifested as he became addicted to Caribbean flats fly roddin' - for any or all of the presiding glamor species to that region. Between 2001 and 2003; Ryan worked for an outdoor retailer in Saint Louis and participated as an instructor in their multiple day fly fishing schools down in the Ozark Mountain Range. Ryan moved to Heber City as a graduate student and has since fallen victim to the allure of the rare and complex Provo River system. Many of the Four Seasons affiliates are grateful to have "hooked" this one up and look foreword to keeping him "on the line" for some time to come.

AUSTIN HAACKE

From stalking 20 lb. carp to throwing tiny dry flies at picky trout: Austin loves fly fishing. He is as much at home on a lake as he is on a river and is commonly referred to as our Utah fly shop's still water expert. Austin is Four Seasons resident fly tying ace. A number of his own patterns are being commercially produced and stocked in fly shops across America. Austin is also Four Season's foremost student of entomological studies (a discipline that compliments his fly tying well). Austin works in the shop in addition to guiding on the river. He has a talent and a flare for the technical and the instructional side of fly fishing. This makes him an all around valuable asset to the Four Seasons team and a good guy to keep an eye out for; either on the water or in the store. Spending a day with Austin will provide an educational fly fishing Utah experience that few can offer in comparison.

JIM O'NEAL

Jim is a lifelong flyfisherman: retired from the fishing tackle retail business in Utah. He specializes in fly casting instruction. A veteran casting teacher; Jim helps beginners as well as experienced anglers. He believes, "It's okay if you haven't cast a fly rod before because you are starting out with good fundamentals." Experienced anglers can fine tune their techniques with Jim's instruction. Jim has worked with fly casting legends Lee and Joan Wulff as well as champion caster Steve Rajef. Jim can help you improve your double haul for distance and become more accurate with all of your other casting techniques.

JARED EDENS

Jared was born and raised in Southern California and has formative 'roots' in avocado farming. He relocated to Utah in his early adolescence and found the transition from the fruit and nut district in California to Park City a very natural fit. Growing up in PC is a difficult life: snowboarding and fly fishing became a way of existing for Jared. Jared's skills with his hands transcend the obvious fly fishing realm. He recreationally has constructed his own snowboards and his very own drift boat - which you may be lucky enough to fish in if you hit the Green River season appropriately. Jared's fishing skills could be described as 'instinctual' and he has a knack for thinking outside the conventional guide box. However; his real virtues are entwined with his calming disposition and interpersonal skills. Look for Jared on any given day on the water... He will probably be there.

STEVE LANERI

Steve is [quite simply] one of our favorite Utah fishing guides affiliated with Four Seasons Fly Fishers. In fact: Steve is yet another of Four Seasons’ list of guides that started out as a regular customer and has ended up part of the crew. Steve has an unpretentious nature and is as honest and genuine as men come. His ‘real job’ is working sound for major motion pictures. This line of work is relatively on and off – which has historically given Steve plenty of time to nurture is own personal fishing disorder. Also inherent in the movie business: Steve likes to travel and fish wherever he may roam. This has allowed Steve to fish from the Gulf side of Florida to Washington State and everywhere in between throughout his career. Steve is a lifetime angler with maturity to back his skill set. Look for Steve on the river or reporting back from his fishing adventures on the sales floor at the fly shop. Wherever you see him… he is likely to put a smile on your face with a smile of his own that is unmistakable.

JEREMY FISHER

Jeremy Fisher is native to Northern Michigan - where his formative years as a fisherman led him through that region's many streams, rivers, and lakes: in and around the Upper Peninsula. Jeremy started fly fishing around the age of 10; at which point he began to nurture regular relationships with the local salmon, steelhead, and trout of that region. Jeremy was fortunate enough to have Grandparents that lived in South Western Florida. This gave a lifetime excuse to explore the finer points of catching Tarpon, Snook, and Permit on a fly rod. He moved to Park City in 1993 and started guiding fishing trips on the Provo and Green Rivers at that time. Since 1998 he has spent April, May, and June being a Saltwater Guide and Captain out the world famous Islamorada - in the Florida Keys. While there he teams up with big name guides such as Roland Martin [The Bass Master on OLN]. In the summer, fall and winter seasons; you can find Jeremy here at Four Seasons Fly Fishers. Wherever you find him; Jeremy is all about a good time and a tight line for his clients.

JEFF HARWIN

Jeff grew up in Fort Myers Florida; where he started fishing with his brother and friends on the inshore waters of Fort Myers. He discovered fly fishing at the age of 16 while working as a Camp Counselor in Pennsylvania. After that he put down his spinning tackle and started chasing tarpon and snook on a fly rod. He moved to the Park City area in 2005 to guide fishing trips on any of the great rivers that the area has to offer. Jeff is enthusiastic about the sport and enjoys nothing more than participating in the joy that catching big trout brings to his clients.

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