After a long hard busy winters season always sitting at a desk I went looking for an avenue to connect more to the natural world and found it on the Bow River. With three sons at home and being a fan of Mark Twain, I thought I might like to go fishing and still get paid for it and chuckled at the thought of it. Such a gift, I reasoned, could become an enterprise in which all parties gained.

I've packed some kind of fishing rod while surveying in all of the back and front places throughout Alberta, always seeking out the trout, and the Bow River is the most rewarding. Having grown up in a river guiding family and being an avid fisherman I had the tools needed to build a guiding company. There would be many people with a job looking to balance their life with a peaceful outing once in a while. This symetry birthed the FLY FISHING EXCHANGE.

What if you could drive the ten minutes down to the Bow, toss on a fishing hat and immediately jump into a canoe or drift boat and push off already searching the river bottom for trout shadows at a rate that can be afforded!

I began this company to connect with my past and to link that past to my family's future. Beginning in 2007 when the Walk For Breast Cancer asked for a Silent Auction donation and I offered them a river trip it has become largely a philanthropic venture. Now that's a good future!

Stephen Stewart
President
FOOT & CHAIN