Moses Lake, Washington
“After making the switch from another boat manufacturer to the Hyde drift boat six years ago, I’ve noticed a lot of customer compliments for comfort, fishability, and just plain good looks!”
– Brian Nielson
I started fishing eastern Washington rivers in 1967 when just out of high school. I fished and hunted along the beautiful Grande Ronde, and Klickitat rivers for some 16 years before taking anglers on float trips professionally. I started out fishing 5 different rivers here in eastern Washington, including big water, such as the Columbia river. After a few years of that i narrowed my efforts into what was most popular for my clients. The Grande Ronde and Klickitat rivers via drift boat.
I started out professionally in 1983 doing overnight combo hunting/fishing on the Grande Ronde river. The guide business picked up to the point where it made more sense to concentrate my efforts on fly fishing/gear fishing on the Grande Ronde and Klickitat rivers only. The Klickitat is a glacier fed river providing anglers with king salmon and steelhead in the late summer and fall. The Grande Ronde river is an excellent river I fish in late October through February. After making the switch from another boat manufacturer to the Hyde drift boat six years ago, I’ve noticed a lot of customer compliments for comfort, fishability, and just plain good looks! I feel very fortunate to have been chosen for the Hyde Pro Team for the last five years . Thanks for listening and implementing my suggestions on the improvements to the Hyde “combo” boat that have been made. Its been a pleasurable experience , fishing the two greatest rivers in Eastern Washington for the last 22 years!
