Meet Jeff Brazda and the Guides of Brazda's Fly Fishing

My Personal Guide Guarantee

As a person that expects accountability in another person's word. you can count on me and my guide partners to deliver the highest professionalism in the fly fishing industry. We will go out of our way to make your day with us the best it can be. We will always be prompt, courteous, and safe in the presence of our clients. I personally will guarantee to any client that I book that he or she will be in the hands of a qualified and experienced fishing guide that will perform his duties in a professional manor. If for any reason you feel that your guide did not guide you in a prompt, safe, courteous and professional manor I will personally guide you on another available day free of charge.

Jeff Brazda
Owner - Brazda's Fly Fishing

Tyler Barrus

Tyler Barrus has been a fishing guide his entire working life and before then I’ll bet he was a fishing bum/hardcore addict. He comes from the majestic state of Montana where he guides for Crane Meadows Lodge by Twin Bridges. He has spent many years in South America guiding sea run Brown Trout and brings that two handed knowledge to the table. Tyler is the REAL DEAL outdoor enthusiast, believe me when Rooster and Tyler go hunting or fishing nothing is done half ass. He has been out fishing the OP every day during winter for five years now and we have finally talked him into justifying the means. I myself am lucky to just have met and fished with such an angler at the top of his game.

Jim Kerr

Jim Kerr, the absolute king of the "one liner". He will fill your day with witty commentary and good humor. I was fortunate to have met Jim a few years ago on the Olympic Peninsula while needing another guide. He has graciously offered to help me with some of my inherent guiding needs as Brazda's Fly fishing expands. He has been guiding fly anglers in these parts for a decade and has pioneered some great fly fishing accomplishments. A wealth of local knowledge, Jim will teach you of more than just a good drift. Jim guides Spring salmon on the OP and summer run steelhead on the Kalama system where I am sure he has the fishing down to a T.

Jim Willaur

Joe Willauer began fly fishing as a kid growing up in Eastern Washington exploring spring creeks such as Rocky Ford and some lesser known not to be mentioned waters. While attending CWU and guiding the Yakima he began chasing steelhead. Joe has spent many days fishing Washington Steelhead Rivers with a focus on the Methow, Klickitat and the Olympic Peninsula. Joe graduated from CWU in the spring of 2006 and is now guiding some on the Yakima but mostly in SW Montana with myself and Rooster for the Stonefly Inn, Twin Bridges Montana during the summer. He has uncanny skills that most of us will never acquire.

Rex Mauer aka High-Powered Maurer

I met Rex on the Bogachiel river a few years back and we have been great friends ever since. He has recently retired from 3M corporation as a regional sales manager, where he also managed an over the top love for outdoor wilderness adventure. Every minute Rex has had away from sales work has been spent pursuing incredibly adventurous lifestyle. The owner operator of not one but two private planes one with floats, he used them tirelessly to get him to where the action is. Flying as a bush pilot in Alaska, operating a hunting camp for Brown bear to Doll Sheep, and fly fishing every great spot on the west coast is just the beginning to his passions. Rex is the only Spey angler I know that has caught multiple 30 plus pound steelhead, and one of recent on the Sol-Duc River in Forks. I am rewarded every day I get to spend with Rex and am very happy to have him agree to take care of some fly fishing clients. He has the uncanny ability to find steelhead and is possibly the craftiest spey angler on the planet.

Dan "Rooster" Leavens

Dan Leavans or Rooster as nearly everyone calls him has a position here not so much as a guide but as a friend and colleague. Dan has quite a presence on the river, everyone knows him as a fantastic guide and fisherman. It was inevitable that I ran across Rooster years ago as we fished all over SE Alaska during the same time period in the late 80’s and early 90’s without officially meeting. For all I know he may have been one of those crazy COASTIES that boarded our commercial vessel from a raft going 20 knots in high seas, that sounds like something he would do! I have a great admiration for the man and look forward to guiding together through out the year be it fly fishing trout in Montana or Steelhead on the OP.